Cover Your Ears, Dogs Being Discussed

If you haven’t been on the Internet today, everyone is talking about this YouTube video of a Marine throwing a puppy. Good guy!

As such, every Internet messageboard discussing any animal abuse incident initially breaks into the following two camps, people (1) wishing for death and/or bodily harm toward the animal abuser, and (2) complaining about how people don’t get similarly outraged by abuses done to humans. (If the abuse takes place in a foreign country, someone will also point out about the different status of said animal in that country. Even if it’s Canada and the animal in case is a rhino.)

Members of each messageboard then choose one of several sub-argument groups, such as people (3) arguing humans are better than animals because humans do mean things, (4) seconding especially long comments in agreement, (5) linking to research that shows people who hurt dogs go on to hurt humans, (6) complaining even more because people aren’t outraged enough. If applicable, especially hardworking members of the Internet may then tell personal stories about their own beloved animals or post personal information of the animal abuser.

Anyway, now that you don’t have to read any of the coverage of something you really don’t want to read (like, say, a puppy-throwing incident), have we settled on a name for this? I’ve heard puppygate, but personally I’m kind of leaning toward 2soldiers1puppy.

Editor’s Note: All links safe for work. Don’t abuse puppies, kids!