WASHINGTON (Circa) --- A San Diego Union-Tribune opinion piece on dogs is causing major controversy.
The article's title is "let's be honest, America: Dogs are parasites, not man's best friend." Author Chris Reed said in a tweet, "over-under on when I'll get my first angry Twitter response over this column: in eight minutes."
Reed says in the article that the cost of taking care of a dog is getting more pricey. He cites the amount of money it costs to pamper animals and how some dog owners have even resorted to plastic surgery in order to take care of their prized possession.
"Lavishing animals that donβt appreciate luxury goods with luxury goods seems nutty," Reed said. "The more the human-canine relationship is examined, the more its parasitic nature becomes obvious β and the more clingy and forlorn humans come to appear."
Reactions to Reed's article were not positive. It became such a big issue that Twitter featured reactions in a Twitter moment.
This is why you don't let cats write for your newspaper.
β Deb Chachra (@debcha) July 12, 2018
Haters be hating. π Best explaination I saw was, they hire π as reporters!!! pic.twitter.com/WMgUfddhTC
β luminous numinous π¬ (@LuminousNumino1) July 12, 2018
βthe more the human-canine relationship is examined, the more its parasitic nature becomes obvious β and the more clingy and forlorn humans come to appear.β
β Tony of House Isaza πΈ (@PRIM1TIVPATRIOT) July 12, 2018
This is satire, right? Iβm being trolled here. https://t.co/mKA6CE08wK
Best part: author relies mainly on a book that was junk science 20 years ago and later disprovenhttps://t.co/QW8MjuQQsS
β Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) July 12, 2018