
I love cats. Something I read one time was: People who hate cats are people who hate having to ask consent. Dogs tend to be very friendly and okay with you petting them suddenly, while cats need to warm up to you, and those people get so offended when a cat isn’t so accepting of strangers
People can treat dogs pretty bad too. Both of my dogs were rescued, and they both have had a lot of clear mental and emotional issues. My old dog had massive separation anxiety, and my current dog is really stressed around new people, and has problems with control his hunger (he was likely underfed in the past)