A NYT Opinion Piece Criticizing Dog GIFs and People Were Quick to Disagree

Recently a New York Times Opinion Piece ,"Is This Dog Actually Happy?", created some stir in the Twitter community. The author, who studies dog behavior and cognition, argued that the portrayal of dogs in GIFs, memes and movies often 'anthropomorphizes' them and is degrading to the species... Well, this is what Twitter users had to say! 

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    The list was endless! Just take a look for yourself here

    What do you guys think!?

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