(source: feedyourlocalgoth @ tumblr.com)(source: dutchelmdisease @ tumblr.com)Man I hate people who are like, super verbal about hating cats. NOBODY cares that you don’t like cats. Also I think you’re a bitch ass
It's been said before but people who hate cats and think they're evil are definitely the same kind of people that don't understand consent. Cats are great, unless you violate their consent. If you say all cats are evil, you're outright TELLING me that you don't respect boundaries
yes. yes.
this is one of the very common types of Loud Cat Haters i've come across and lines up perfectly with my own experiences of this kind of person. i've heard so many excuses as to why cats are "evil" and "bad" now, and one subset of them is i did something and then the cat HIT ME with its CLAWS for NO REASON!!!!
if you press them they'll, more reluctantly, tell a story of obviously violating a cat's boundaries or just generally being very mean to it and being surprised and angry when the cat defended itself as a living autonomous being and not a toy you can treat however you like. shocking, i know.
the depressing part is like the second poster says, it's a clear demonstration of not understanding consent and not caring about consent, and is part of why i immediately drop any trust i have in someone the moment they strongly declare they hate cats. and note the wording, it specifically does not say "dislike" or "are afraid of." hate is used specifically and pointedly. but also... cats aren't the only animals with boundaries. every living thing has boundaries, even the dogs the vocal cat haters claim to love. a dog will enforce its boundaries much like a cat does if they're pushed too far, and of the two only one of them is very capable of fucking killing you. but of course that never comes up, can't have inconvenient truths like "all living things are autonomous creatures with boundaries they will enforce if pushed too far" getting in the way of someone's irrational seething cat hatred.
this isn't even the only facet of cat hatred i've seen, and the other one i honestly find even more unsettling as a neurodivergent person because it mirrors pretty much perfectly the way neurotypical people have for most of my life resented and abused me for being "abnormal." the other very common group of Vocal Cat Haters is the kind that expects cats, and often other animals as well, to behave exactly as dogs do, and will resent and sometimes even abuse non-dog animals when they act like the animals they are instead of dogs. it chills me to the bone every time i encounter this, as not only do i have another Cat Hater i will never trust with anything, i also am dealing with a person who is a type that has near perfect overlap with the type of person to mistreat and even harm me simply for not living up to their "normal" (see: neurotypical) expectations.
these aren't mere speculations on my part; Vocal Cat Hate is VERY common and i have had far more opportunities than i will ever want for in my entire life to encounter these people and their fucked up beliefs. and whenever i do encounter them, it's merely a matter of waiting the very short amount of time to see which manner of fucked up they will reveal themselves to be okay with.
this is why i judge people very strongly on how they treat cats, especially when they claim to hate them. it is my firmly held belief that how you treat animals you dislike and even hate says just as much and maybe even more about you than how you treat animals you claim to love, and my life experiences only told me what science already knew, that the way people treat animals very frequently extends to how they treat people. i can't recall any Loud Cat Hater i've met in my entire life that didn't have their cat hate come from a honestly disturbing set of views that has unfortunate implications for how they will see and treat me in turn.
also. feedyourlocalgoth is right. if you hate cats you're a bitch ass.