This article glosses over the historical mistreatment of dogs where millions were killed yearly, and then cherry picks and details a bunch of examples of Bad Things happening to dogs nowadays.
It ignores all the benefits of neutering just to make a point.
Also, my dog is neutered, and is not aggressive at all, EXCEPT towards un-neutered dogs. Where I live it's illegal to bring an un-neutered dog to the dog park, but some people do. When that happens I don't make a fuss about it, but I do leave the dog park early. So when I'm asking an owner of their dog is neutered it's not because I am pushing some bad societal norm, it's because I'm trying to prevent a preventable incident.
Could this be a nature vs. nurture case? I don’t have much experience with dogs, but is it possible that the people who don’t neuter their dogs raise them differently?
In my social circle at least, neutering your dog is the social norm. If you don’t, and then break the law to take your dog to the park, most people would say you’re acting irresponsibly. Perhaps these sort of people aren’t compelled to train their dogs properly?
Or to be more charitable, since intact dogs can’t go to socialization classes, is it any wonder that they are aggressive?
Intact dogs (of both genders) can go to obedience or dog sport classes (I'm assuming that's what you mean by socialization classes). It could definitely depend on the facility but I've taken classes across 3 different facilities with intact males and intact females (thankfully not at the same time).
That said, there could be some correlation there where less informed owners who don't train their dogs and don't neuter them. In general though, neutering has been shown (in the same dog) to help curb some unwanted behaviors. Trainers can and will recommend neutering in some cases [0]
It ignores all the benefits of neutering just to make a point.
Also, my dog is neutered, and is not aggressive at all, EXCEPT towards un-neutered dogs. Where I live it's illegal to bring an un-neutered dog to the dog park, but some people do. When that happens I don't make a fuss about it, but I do leave the dog park early. So when I'm asking an owner of their dog is neutered it's not because I am pushing some bad societal norm, it's because I'm trying to prevent a preventable incident.