"I Don't Like Dogs." Are People Allowed to Say This? Has America Gone Too Far With Dog Freedoms? Is There A Double Standard With Cats? Is There Any Difference Between Dog & Political Echo Chambers?

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Let’s just get this out of the way: I don’t like dogs. I don’t like the way they smell. I don’t like the way they jump on your dry-clean-only pants. I especially don’t like the way they “get to know you.” (I generally don’t like to be poked down there unless it’s so someone can tell me whether I have HPV.) I don’t believe animals are equal to people; I can’t believe $15,000 pet surgeries exist in a country where not every person can get health care.

I’ve long kept this feeling to myself, because in America, saying you don’t like dogs is like saying you think the Taliban has some good ideas. Recently, however, I learned about a community of people just like me: The Dogfree Subreddit. I don’t use Reddit much, but immediately, I was taken by r/Dogfree’s tagline: “We don’t like dogs.” I had never before seen this, my most taboo opinion, written out so plainly.

This paragraph comes from an essay in The Atlantic. The essay is titled: "I Don't Like Dogs." The essay is written by Olga Khazan. You can read the full essay here:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/people-who-hate-dogs-reddit-dogfree/675372/

Zac and Don discuss the essay and share their personal opinions on whether they like dogs. They also wonder if America has gone too far with it's bending of the rules for dogs.