busket:

most people who hate cats 

• have only met other people’s cats, who may be shy or aggressive around people they dont know. they have genuinely never met a cat that cares about them
• have no idea about cat body language, so when a cat is giving off signals saying “leave me alone” “stop touching me” “im annoyed” they keep giving it attention and end up getting swatted or bitten
• have never met a cat in their life and just go off the stereotype that cats are jerks

One of my neighbours asked me for cat advice last year so I was able to tell him about stuff like this without seeming weird.