By The Free Press | Created at 2026-08-21 22:12:23 | Updated at 2026-09-02 10:37:32
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Jon Bernthal’s comments are “a nice change of pace from the usual reason pit bulls end up in the news, which is that one of them has mauled someone to death,” writes Kat Rosenfield. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
‘The myth of the pit bull is a lot of bullshit,’ said actor Jon Bernthal. Kat Rosenfield says he’s not just wrong, but dangerously so.
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“The myth of the pit bull is a lot of bullshit. Pit bulls don’t attack. It’s just racism. It’s just dog racism.”
So said the actor Jon Bernthal recently on The Howard Stern Show, setting off a fresh round of the cursed conversation cycle known as “pit bull discourse.” A bit silly? Sure, but if you’ve been around for previous iterations of this cycle, you’ll know that this is a nice change of pace from the usual reason pit bulls end up in the news, which is that one of them has mauled someone to death.
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