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Here are the racists on Twitter who hide behind their pets

No pet deserves this treatment.

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David Britton

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Being a racist on Twitter is bad enough, but hiding behind a picture of your pet while tweeting racist sentiments? That’s cowardly and nonsensical. Luckily, a Twitter account called Racist Pets is exposing the people who use their furry friends as social media avatars.

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Racist Pets doesn’t bother commenting on the accounts it exposes. It simply shows screenshots of the tweets, along with a picture of their pet.

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/954353121467224065

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/953202698811269120

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https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/953592767661445121

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/918584132208418817

Sometimes these racists even hide behind cute little baby animals. Like this cuddly pile of xenophobic puppies.

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/954133766221557762

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Or this adorable yet bigoted fox cub.

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/952909518542983168

Even meerkats aren’t safe.

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/952912993481908224

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And, just to prove these racists are in fact human, the account shows that they sometimes take a break from spewing hate to spew, well… other things.

https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/953997435868794880

Racist Pets is run by someone living in London, so most of the tweets focus on British racism. But obviously, there are plenty of Americans who are willing to pawn their racist views off on their pets. You probably already know about one of them.

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Dogs, by the way, totally have knees. It’s almost as if these people are ignoring facts just so they can expound their ignorant, crazy theories.

One person, while still totally a bigot, at least picked the right animal to represent their cowardly behavior: a chicken.

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https://twitter.com/RacistPets/status/954731530789761025

Then again, chickens are actually useful.

 
The Daily Dot