This makes me so efing angry!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Police in Texas have identified a minor who livestreamed herself putting a small dog inside a clothes dryer and then turning it on.

The video shows a girl saying she was going to put the dog "back in the dryer." She then grabs a white dog, puts it in the dryer, screams and closes the door. After turning the dryer on, the girl laughs and claps while the machine runs for about six seconds.

She continues laughing after opening the door. The dog frantically climbs out of the dryer and then runs off-frame. The girl approaches the dog, who appears to hide under a table. She laughs while saying sorry.

The video has been video more than 5 million times.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/12/texas-girl-dog-clothes-dryer-could-face-cruelty-charges/1994217001/

[NightWatcher]

1. My turn to cram her in the dryer for a go round. I bet I'd get 50 million views.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. Exactly! 🤬

[democratisphere]

3. Budding psychopath for which there is no cure.

Today her dog. Tomorrow her friend.
Lock her up.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Yep! 🤬

[Mike 03]

4. Awful. Stories like this worry me.

More and more people in our society seem incapable of compassion for others. I worry that we're actually evolving in this direction because it's too painful to experience empathy in a world where there's so much suffering.

Animal abuse is also one of three factors behaviorists see frequently in people who go on to kill other people (the other factors are arson and bedwetting beyond a certain age).

[Zoonart]

5. Social Media has created an arms race for attention....

humans all over the planet are so focused on the "black mirror" (cell phone screens), that they arw loosing their shared humanity.

I spend a good deal of time giving attention to my granddaughters and attempting to wean them from the constant selfie-self agrandisement and toxic vanity.

[Duppers]

11. You are a good grandma. nt

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Very true!

[Blecht]

14. The connection of future violent behavior to bedwetting has been debunked

It's called the MacDonald triad, and it started with a paper published back in 1963. More recent studies find that bedwetting should not be lumped in with cruelty to animals and other destructive behavior like arson.

Please do not propagate the myth that bedwetting is a sign that somebody is destined to be a monster. Five percent of 10 year-olds still wet the bed.

[dalton99a]

6. Makes you wonder how many times she does this off camera

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Or what other horrible things she's done! 🤬

[Duppers]

10. How can a child like this be taught

compassion and empathy?
Is there *any* hope for that? What's missing?

So glad my son was never capable of such horrid, cruel, inhumane behavior. I would have been so enraged that I'd have beaten the living crap out of him had he done something like this.

Yrs ago I got into an argument with my nephew about compassion: he said it has to be taught; I maintained it's innate. Opinions?

[Caliman73]

12. A little of both, but likely more about learning.

Unless there is some structural damage (brain damage) affecting certain centers of processing, empathy is learned socially.

Attachment Theory has some decent research on brain development and learning as infants. Attachment which is the bond between infant and care giver (typically mother, or parent, or surrogate) is critical in the development of trust and the ability of people to form meaningful relationships in adulthood.

[smirkymonkey]

13. How old is this little creep?

I was unable to see the video and I am kind of glad. What an evil little POS, regardless of her age.