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  It is generally a good indicator that someone will be a bad person. Likewise, people who dislike children are usually not good people either.
context: There are plenty of people that like animals even more than humans with bland justifications like 'human bad, animal innocent and good'
  I'd say they're a worse type of person than those that don't like animals >
  
  First off sir, pie o my was a beautiful horse. >
  
  Thank you.  My mother and my husband did not like animals, so it bothers me to hear negative, offensive things about people who don't.
  Come to think of it, I might put myself in that category as well, because while I don't dislike animals, I don't actively like them either.  I'm indifferent to them. >
  
  You can measure a man more by how he treats his lessers than his equals. >
  
  Very true.
  What people can't seem to wrap their head around is that me not wanting to interact with an animal is not the same as me wanting it dead, hurt, sick or even unhappy.
  I'll watch a nature documentary and go to the zoo. I'll smile at you frolicking with your dog. I don't want to pet your dog, nor do I want to be licked by your dog. Somehow, that boundary is unacceptable in society nowadays lol. >
  
  I think as long as you treat them with respect it doesn’t matter if you like them or not. >
  
  Idk treatment and attitudes toward children and animals are frequently indicators of personality dysfunction in people. Not universally or without nuance but….yeah, I think it’s fair to proceed cautiously with people with your attitude until you get to know them. Sorry, satan. >
  
  Lol, so if I don't enjoy having an animal throw itself at me, I'm Satan?
  And I find it deeply concerning that two people have now bucketed treatment of human children and animals together. >
  
  Mostly because it's scientific. A cat's meow has adapted to mimic a human baby's cry as to illicit a protection response from humans. And there is evidence that when looking at animals (especially domesticated animals), the same parts of the brain light up as when looking at children. 
  Like you may not like it, but science does indicate that a person's response to animals is not all that far off from their feeling towards children or other humans. >
  
  Well, first if you read what my stance is, it's that I don't want to interact (as in physically touch) the animal. I don't want to kill a cat or dog the moment I see it lol. I'm indifferent.
  Kids? Love them. Get along great with them (kids of friends, cousins etc). Adult humans? Sure. Animals? Two feet away? Great. At my feet or licking me? No.
  I don't think my feelings contradict what the science is saying and no scientific experiment will yield a 100% success rate anyway so there can and will be exceptions. >
  
  Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you hated animals, only that the reason people have the feelings of unease around people who don't "like" animals is founded in science, and that lumping children and animals (particular animals traditionally considered pets) is not actually that weird scientifically speaking in this case. How you classify "liking" animals is definitely subjective. >
  
  Fair enough. I appreciate your clarification. I take issue with that unease even if it has a basis in logic simply because it's not a 100% empirical truth.
  Again, expressing the dislike should be a stronger basis than the existence of dislike itself. I'd be in the same camp as most animal lovers if I were to meet someone who kicked a cat or pushed them away roughly. I empathize with someone who just freezes when an animal is in close proximity.
  Both are dislike/unease/discomfort. The latter is judged more harshly than it should is my stance (merely reiterating this, not saying you were for or against it) >
  
  “Unhygienic, gross and potentially dangerous” is literally how i would describe humans lol >
  
  Except if a human were to throw themselves on you, you could press charges and they'd be arrested (hopefully) lol.
  (I am not saying animals should be arrested or punished for doing this) >
  
  Depending on severity and frequency, the animal would probably be put down. Many animals are when they haven’t done anything at all. Tbf. >
  
  The death of an innocent is always a tragedy. >
  
  I find people unhygienic, gross and potentially dangerous. >
  
  Someone already beat you to this insight >
  
  Okay. Well, my cat probably doesn’t want to be around you either. >
  
  One of the reasons I prefer them to dogs >
  
  Here's the thing, in today's society, there is no room to have indifferent opinions about something like that. No matter what, you will be pressured to love or hate something depending on what you say about it. If you say, 'I don't really like animals, but I can't say anything bad about them', you will have two armies at your poles. One will try to pull you in to make you truly hate them, the other side will think you're already there, and battle you too.
  I noticed this with kids and families, as well as animals. It's something I speak about a lot. I hear how many people don't 'like' but don't 'hate' them, but soon will someone fly past and polarize that thought. I had a discussion with two people once, where I expressed my affiliation with prominence of family. One of them said this; they never found themselves ready to have a family, but could not fault anyone else for feeling otherwise. The other, however, could not stand the fact. Somewhere in the middle where I spoke to both of them, they started fighting. The angry one tried to push the other out in front with the same angered motive.
  Simply put, there's a lot of hatred and fanaticism in this world today and it plagues the middle-ground people. It's the same as politics. Exactly. If you are neither a crazy liberal or a block-headed conservative, one of them is going to try and capture you like an HVT. In today's society, everyone is fighting a social war and blank assets are paramount.
  The best thing you can do, honestly, is to not act halfway one way or the other, if you show any sign of that, one of those sides is gonna get you. I won't condone just fleeing to either side, but the few things I feel null about I don't even speak about. It's not worth my effort because I don't give a shit about those topics, and it's a tactical move to avoid being sucked into a war. >
  
  I love animals. They’re delicious!