Steamboat willie; cruelty to animals?

Sounds pretty darn harmless givin' it's a cartoon and all. It could never be actual animal cruelty because no animals are hurt even if you made a cartoon/animation depicting "actual" animal cruelty. I think the concern some people might have is inspiring youngsters to hurt actual real life animals. but that line is up to parents to decide and teach their kids that spinning the cat by its tail is okay in "toon-verse" and not real life if needed. Ive never seen the cartoon you're talking of though, would love a link ! :)

It wasnt cruelty because it was just a cartoon! Its not like they were really hurting animals so its all for fun.

Also lemme just list everything Mickey did to those poor animals, and leave it up to you if it sounds funny or not.

1. Yanking on a cat’s tail multiple times, and finally spinning the cat around you by its tail and chucking it across a boat (if you don’t like cats then think about a dog or whatever animal you like, cause it’s just as bad)

2. Pulling on a duck’s neck multiple times (like he was trying to extend the bird’s neck or something)

3. Yanking on piglet’s tails, and then picking up the momma pig and pressing down hard on all of her nipples (idk how it is for guys, but for women and especially pregnant or recent mom’s nipples are SUPER sensitive)

4. Playing a cow’s teeth like a xylophone (teeth can be really sensitive, like think when you bite down on something cold. They can really hurt)

5. Chucking a large, uncooked, and I assume hard potato at a bird, and knocking it into the water

I’m scared by the fact that so many people can get away with bad cartoon violence in shows meant for kids because people are like “iT’S jUSt a CArToON”. And I grew up with like super hero cartoons and stuff that showed blood and some sorta heavy violence, but that’s actually okay cause it’s crime fighting. This is literally just Mickey picking up living creatures and playing them like instruments. Idk about all of you guys but I didn’t laugh at all. And I would never let my kids watch this. Maybe to teach them about animal abuse awareness and say “you see this? This is what you shouldn’t do to living creatures who have emotions and feelings” cause seriously although it may be common sense to us, some kid may see that and figure it’s okay behavior. (And yes I also grew up with Road Runner and Tom and Jerry and those were different, cause it’s like two animals that actually have more knowledge than the ones in Steam Boat Willie who were just like common animals, and in those two shows it’s like two rivals getting at each other, in which it’s funny to see their antics. Not just one smarter animal hurting harmless animals who did nothing “for a laugh”)

I’ve been racking my brain for about an hour trying to understand why you would even give a god damn.

its a fuckin cartoon

dont even try watchin the roadrunner or tom & jerry