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It is uncharacteristic of the breed when raised in a very loving home. Pits can be extremely nice dogs. However, even with those raised in a loving home, they can get pretty aggressive. We adopted a Pit/Lab mix, and even with the lab in him to "water him down", I will sometimes have to just pick him up and pin him on his back when he is getting to aggressive.

Pure pits are even worse than this, and if they're not raised in an absolutely loving home, I'd hate to think what those jaws can do.

They are inherenently loving dogs, but they're also inherenetly aggressive and inherently dangerous.

I do believe that this will earn you today's "John Kerry Memorial Self-Contradictory Post of the Day" award. Congratulations.

You think? Take the Latin lover. Fiery, aggressive, attentive, compassionate, but also more prone to abuse. Contradictory? Not really. Comes with the territory.

I think the same applies for a pitbull. They can be incredibly friendly. Aggressiveness can usually be halted with a simle, "No!" My pit/lab mix will stop as soon as he realizes that I think he's being too aggressive.
Or if they're abused, you're not going to get them to heed when you call.

I think there are several competing sides at play here. I think few would argue that pitbulls are less loving than a cat. But pits are also more likely to become aggressive than a cat. Nothing really contradictory about it.

I'm not really defending the breed. If it were my choice, I'd far rather have another type of dog than the one that we have, but it wasn't my choice, and I don't trust the breed that much, to be honest. But I don't demonize them, either.