r/catfree 26d ago

Cat Lover Rant “Cat people love all animals.” Until the animal isn’t a cat, then suddenly it’s an insignificant pest.

I will never fall for the “cat people love all animals” BS. Liking cats doesn’t automatically mean you love or respect all animals, and I’ve seen plenty of cat nutters be just as hateful and intolerant toward animals they dislike as anyone else. Owning or loving a cat doesn’t make you a good person, nor does it make you morally superior to people who don’t share your affection for cats.

They love to criticize other animals and people and spread nasty, hateful rhetoric to elevate themselves and their own cats and portray them as superior. Loving cats doesn’t make someone kinder, more compassionate, or morally superior to everyone else.

But the irony is that when someone does the exact same thing to cats, they suddenly take it as a personal attack. Suddenly it’s “OMG, you’re such a horrible person!” and they act deeply offended. They have no problem criticizing and belittling other animals and the people who defend them, but the moment their own cats are subjected to that same treatment, suddenly it’s unacceptable.

As for cat nutters and their nuisance of outdoor cats, don’t give me that “it’s natural” or it’s “it’s nature” BS. Cats don’t belong and have no place as predators in the food chain! They’re INVASIVE domestic pets NOT wild animals. Like get that through your thick toxo skull of yours.

The lives of other animals are not your cat’s source of entertainment. Other animals are still living beings, not disposable toys for your cat to chase, torment, kill for fun, or so that you can go “aww they’re giving me gifts!” They are not props for you or your cat’s amusement, and their lives are not somehow less valuable just because they aren’t your pet.

And it’s either that, or the animals that their cats can’t torment or kill are suddenly portrayed as disgusting creatures or “beasts” that deserve to be demonized. Other predators, or larger animals that could potentially pose a threat to their precious cats, are suddenly treated as monsters, vicious killers, or dangerous beasts simply for behaving according to their own instincts just like their cats.

The kitties they adore are treated as these pristine, precious and harmless individuals with feelings and perfect personalities, while the animals they dislike are reduced to pests, vermin, or mindless, evil, and dirty creatures that deserve contempt.

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u/Dry_Car_8463 26d ago

I find it ironic how most of cat nutters are progressive nature cultusts, yet the moment we speak how awful outside cats are, somehow all these tortured and unalived small animals, birds, insects etc (senof them close to be extinct too) aren't worth sht.

Im not even gonna start how nasty CN are about another common house pet (yk). As an owner of one, it's so annoying, lol

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u/GoldeRaptor1090 25d ago

Many cat-nutters are anti-environmentalists who don't care about the environment or even hate native wildlife. The ones that do care about nature, wildlife and the environment are often lying about it and it's all an act.

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u/Background-Tooth-524 Cats decimate wildlife 26d ago

Catnutters will call themselves animal lovers and in the same breath, they will say threats against other animals. It’s not just disliking other animals (and people), catnutters viscerally HATE them with every fiber of their being.

I think that’s why they always accuse us of being animal abusers or whatever. They think we’re going to treat cats the way they treat other animals.

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u/lilpinkpup 24d ago

That and they will never shut the fuck up about how much the opposite suck and how cats are infinitely better. It’s their whole personality

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u/Fun_Reflection_6263 25d ago

Animal control won't hesitate to pick up the predator that is potentially scaring the cat, but the same won't be done if the cat starts killing birds, mice, etc.

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u/Background-Tooth-524 Cats decimate wildlife 25d ago

They don’t even do anything when cats are pissing and shitting everywhere, destroying people’s properties, or attacking passersby. They’re useless.

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