Old-Timey Anti-Cat Letter to the Editor Is Amazing and Sexist

[ismnotwasm]

The bird lovers' call for the eradication of cats (but then who will I talk to at parties?!) isn't just a modern phenomenon. On the contrary! It's been going on for years as proven by the amazing New York Times letter to the editor from 1914 that was recently unearthed by Gothamist. Of course, what makes this Letter to the Editor so exciting isn't just its age or its argument against domestic felines— it's the heaping dose of old fashioned sexism that the author somehow managed to insert within.

http://jezebel.com/old-timey-anti-cat-letter-to-the-editor-is-amazing-and-1493974809

And just think-- this guy couldn't have conceived of lolcats-- or the ASPCA

[Squinch]

1. There is no such thing as the good old days.

[redqueen]

2. +1

[newfie11]

3. The rats & mice would be overjoyed

Followed quickly by the Black Plague.

[wryter2000]

4. My cat's about 449 birds behind

She'd better get cracking.

[nomorenomore08]

5. "Hideous noises"? I think spaying mostly takes care of that... n/t