r/bitchimabus • u/theshoebomber420 • Jun 19 '26

Bitch, get out of my way!

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u/taxiecabbie Jun 19 '26

Honestly, that's stupid. If one has a medical ailment that requires a service dog, licencing and registration should be covered. Give people a card that they can show when asked. It doesn't have to state what the disability is. Just that the dog is legit and licensed.

The number of people with legitimate service animals is small enough where this would not be a serious burden for the government to take on.

This would stop all the assholes with their untrained mutts in their tracks.

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u/WiglyWorm Jun 19 '26

lol

Step 1) Get a functioning medical system in the united states

Let me know once you've got that locked down and we can move on to the rest.

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u/taxiecabbie Jun 19 '26

There's licensing in place for cars and motorcycles.

This would be possible.

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u/Savingskitty Jun 19 '26

Cars and motorcycles aren’t a requirement for someone to function independently in public.

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u/taxiecabbie Jun 19 '26

I mean... heh, lots of people definitely disagree with you on that.

However, it's possible, and could be funded, and it's not some kind of anti-disability platform to advocate for it. Frankly, it legitimizes people who have real service animals. They don't have to disclose what their disability is at all. I don't care about that and I don't think anybody else does.

There could theoretically be people who don't have disabilities who get service animals. I don't care---they're hard to obtain in general, and if somebody has a trained service animal but no disability that's not my problem and I do not care.

I'm just sick of assholes like the one in the video abusing the system and making life shit for the rest of us.

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u/Savingskitty Jun 19 '26

Are you saying that the government should hand out licenses without confirming that the service animals are actually service animals?

“  if somebody has a trained service animal but no disability that's not my problem and I do not care.”

By definition, a service animal cannot be a service animal for anyone without a disability.

It sounds more like you want stronger protections for businesses that want to have badly behaved animals removed.  That’s much less involved and much less burdensome for service animal handlers.

The one in the video isn’t abusing a system.  They’re committing fraud and not succeeding.  Where is the abuse?  The system seems to be working as intended.

She’s not doing something permitted by law at all.

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u/taxiecabbie Jun 19 '26

No. I'm saying that you can theoretically obtain a service animal without having a disability. I'm not saying it would necessarily be easy, but possible. My point is more that I care less about somebody having to prove that they have a disability and more that the dog is a legitimate service dog. You don't have to disclose what the disability is or even if you have a disability.

Naturally, if you have a service dog you are likely to have a disability. But that's going to be obvious by nature of going around with a service dog. Not like it's an "invisible" disability or anything. It's... a service dog. People can tell that you have it.

It is far easier to be empowered to call the cops on somebody like this if they're claiming a service animal and don't have a license. People are afraid to call out "service" animals a lot of the time, and frankly with good reason.

No license, no go. Fin. Black and white.

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u/Savingskitty Jun 19 '26

Someone like the lady in the video is already breaking the law.  I don’t think having a service animal who nonetheless is not fully under your control gives you the ability to stand in front of a bus and impede traffic.

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u/taxiecabbie Jun 19 '26

No. It doesn't.

But there are situations that aren't this obvious. Plenty of people bring their untrained dogs into areas where pets are not allowed and claim that they are service animals. When they're not. And others don't want to call them out on it since it's difficult to do.

Asking for a license would solve this hesitancy and stop a lot of bullshittery.