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    I have a theory about her intentions for writing about killing that dog.

    Noem published her autobiography while vying to be the republican running mate in the election. On the one hand, why would she choose to publish something so openly sinister in her autobiography, at such a consequential time for her political career? She must have known that story would get picked up and blasted in the media. But part of me wonders if maybe, that was her goal. Maybe by including the dog story in her book, Noem was sending a signal to Trump that she wouldn’t flinch to do the cruel, dirty work that maga wants done. And now here she is, doing dirty work.

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      Oh for sure. Look at the Huckabees, dog torturing/killing family, much beloved by Trump. I’m Sarah Huckabee’s neighbor and her dog Traveler is a total asshole, my dog hates him, but I also feel bad for whatever might happen to him.

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    You know dogs are by law required to be out down if they have the habit of hitting people.

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      What habit of biting people? It bit a bird…after she took it bird hunting. To train it to hunt birds.

      She says it “whipped around to bite her”, but apparently, it didn’t. Nor did it bite anyone else.

      14 month old dog, didn’t bite a single human, please tell me more about how vicious dog laws are applicable here.

      Especially since the law was never involved in the first place, she just shot it in the head herself.

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        That’s true, but you see why you can use that argument to take every single post from any other political community, slap “YSK” in front of it, and post it here, right? That’s not really the point of YSK. At least not why I’m here.

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          I don’t disagree that this isn’t the right community for this, but it is at least more useful to know because this is the head of US immigration, and so people outside the US should be aware of the caliber of people that we’ve put in power over people visiting our country. Like the tourist who got deported upon entering the country on vacation because he had a meme image of a bald Vance.

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          I didn’t post it. Just answering your question. No need to whine to me (or anyone) about it. Politics touch everything. The idea they should be cordoned off is toxic.

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      I hate that I now live in this reality, but the US head of immigration is significantly more cruel to animals than the actual Nazis. The Nazis had very very very few redeeming features, but they were surprisingly decent in animal welfare.

      Noem is roughly on their level when it comes to human welfare though, that’s more due to public perception than ethics though, I’m sure.

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    Also, the latest South Park episode went all in on showing her that way, into the credits lol

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    “Less than worthlesss and untrainable” is a pretty accurate assessment of all republicans.

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      Because you and everyone else in the world are american and must know about everything every american public figure has ever done.

      yOu sHoUlD kNoW tHaT tHiS rAnDoM cHiCk kIllEd a dOg!!
      No. No I shouldn’t.

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    I can’t wait for someone to mention her name and I can dimlight 'em like, ‘that famous dog murderer? She’s in politics now?’

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      Whatever I’ll say it. Is she a dangerous sociopath, very likely. Does what she did to the goat fit the definition of the South Dakota law written above, doubt. A judge/ jury would find she thought a gunshot would kill the goat, and shot it. And since it is her story no one can prove she pranced around or did anything other than what she said she did, which was go get another “shell” to end its life. Her compete disregard for other peoples lives/feelings/wants/freedoms make her a shit person who should fear the possibility of her claimed religion being real. But being a shit person isn’t part of that law.

      What I don’t understand is why I’ve seen people say she used a pistol and she keeps using the term shell. Her wording seems specific to her using a shotgun to shoot the goat, which should make it harder to miss… But it isn’t a guarantee. But my point being is that if she shot the dog with a pistol she had on her, she would have had to put the pistol away, see the goat, go grab a shotgun from the truck and shoot it at least once, and realize she was out of shells and go back.

      She may need to see a specialist to figure out if she should be committed, but I don’t think anyone could prove she broke a law.

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      pointing out that her killing of the goat appears to have violated the states animal cruelty laws

      Killing billions of farmed animals a year: I sleep

      Killing a pet: REAL SHIT BRO.

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        This is exactly my mental response to this kind of story. Total hypocrisy. Try to ignore the pushback, cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing.

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            You support the Trump administration?

            Because when this shit comes up and you do your best to shift the focus, that’s one of two conclusions I can come to.

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              i feel like you’re a tad misinformed. They are super cruel to the animals. They split families up, they kill animals when they’re still children. They castrate pigs without anaesthetic. They cut off the beaks of chickens so they don’t peck each other. They throw male chicks into a giant masher ALIVE. How is that not cruel beyond cruel?

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              How they’re “put down” (that’s a very kind euphemism) is only part of the problem. It’s how they’re forced to live

              That’s their entire life.

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              Between what the law says and what actually happens, there is a yawning gulf. It’s the same in basically all jurisdictions where there are animal-welfare laws. The meat industry is powerful and consumers are unrelenting in their clamor for cheap meat. With such incentives, the weakest link is always going to be animals, which by definition have no voice.

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        Not withstanding what @boddhisatva wrote in reply and in no way a defense of the meat industry, you’re missing the point.

        The point is the woman demonstrably lacks any empathy and in fact appears to be a sociopath. She should never have been in any position of power over others, far less the position she holds now.

        It’s about her, not the animals (as horrible as it was for these, and is for other, animals).

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      I see… Just normal serial killer behavior. I wonder why someone would want to put scores of people people matching a certain profile in the care of a serial killer?