That's kind of half assed logic my friend. A good friend of mine was attacked by a dog when he was young and still has very visible scars all over his arm. So are you saying his fear and dislike of dogs would make you dislike him? I don't consider him a monster. I consider him a victim of a lazy neighbor who failed to leash his aggressive dog.
I was raped when I was just seven year old. Do I just jump in fear and pull out a crucifix whenever I see a man? No.
Him judging all dogs by one bad experience is a problem indeed and a big personality flaw. But in my experience, people whose scars are visible are usually more coddled and therefore more likely to stay in this generalizing mindset than people whose scars are internal.
What the fuck? My friend is allowed to be scared of what he has a good excuse to be afraid of. It's bizarre that you think of a fear as a 'problem indeed and a big personality flaw.' He is literally scared of dogs because he was attacked by one. I don't see why you have such a huge problem with that. You've never even met him. I don't want to bring up the rape card but I don't feel like I can explain as deeply without it. Yes, I was raped too, and I lost my virginity when I was four years old. It is hurtful that you think it's a joke that someone could be scared of a person of the same gender as their attacker. I don't know what else to say. You sound so....I don't know. You've just got some odd opinions.
Can we just agree that everyone has different experiences and handles them differently? No two peoples experiences are the same and they won't be handled the same way.
Totally fine with the "two people's experiences aren't the same thing" but I have experienced serious double standards, people who were attacked by animals are usually permitted to be afraid whilst people who were attacked by people aren't, is all I'm saying.
You can prefer cats, sure, but just not liking dogs? What kind of monster are you?
Him judging all dogs by one bad experience is a problem indeed and a big personality flaw. But in my experience, people whose scars are visible are usually more coddled and therefore more likely to stay in this generalizing mindset than people whose scars are internal.