Why on Earth is a CNN Employee Encouraging Americans to Eat Dogs?

An Immodest Proposal

07.24.2014 | News | Matt Fox |

Sometimes, I read opinion pieces that are so heartless and cruel, I hardly want to give the writer any additional play by mentioning him or her here. But what John D. Sutter of CNN Opinion posted online is so vile and disgusting that I have to at least wonder why The Most Trusted Name in News is still employing him.

In the op-ed which you can read here — though I suggest you don’t — Sutter says “It actually could be seen as helpful” if we…eat dogs.

That’s right. As if there isn’t already enough deviance in America, this loser parading as an opinion writer believes we should entertain the notion of treating Man’s Best Friend the same way we do cattle and poultry. Here’s a key passage from the piece:

“[U]nlike all farmed meat, which requires the creation and maintenance of animals, dogs are practically begging to be eaten,” Jonathan Safran Foer, a vegetarian and novelist, writes in the book “Eating Animals.” Euthanizing pets, he says, “amounts to millions of pounds of meat now being thrown away every year. The simple disposal of these euthanized dogs is an enormous ecological and economic problem. It would be demented to yank pets from homes. But eating those strays, those runaways, those not-quite-cute-enough-to-take and not-quite-well-behaved-enough-to-keep dogs would be killing a flock of birds with one stone and eating it, too.”

Now, you might point out that Mr. Sutter was merely quoting another author in his column. But it’s the conclusion of the piece that really informed me that this guy is an A-hole with a capital A. He describes the experience of a photographer who was offered dog meat in Vietnam but decided to turn it down. Sutter then explains, “I likely would have done the same thing. Exactly why? That’s a harder question. And it’s the one all of us should further examine.”

What a contemptible, portentous way to cap off an article which should have spent its time drawing attention to the horrible fates that befall many dogs in Asian countries. Rather than shame the behavior, this guy thinks we should “further examine” embracing it too? Sorry, but as a dog-lover, I’m calling foul on this wannabe, provocative jerk.

Personally, I’d have no problem if a real-life Hannibal Lecter decided to saunter on over to John D. Sutter’s house. Sure, it would be deviant and cruel behavior, but hey…it’s something “all of us should further examine.”

Matt Fox

Senior Editor

Fox has history in broadcasting that spans two decades. From his early days as an FM host and club DJ in the mid-90′s to his later experiences in political talk radio, he has always had a knack for combining topical news with his love for popular culture. Those experiences culminated in his position as executive producer for several radio shows featured in the TALKERS Heavy 100. Originally from New York, Fox has made the great pilgrimage down to sunny south Florida.

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