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Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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One of those core memories. We are at Uncles shacks in the sticks. All the kids are running around and adults milling about. The door swings open and the cutest red dobie is being dragged out the screen door. One pop to the back of the head and my uncle let it slide into the shit pit. Come to find out it nipped at one of the kids. No questions. No apologies, just handled.
It's too bad I don't believe in hell because Noem and your uncle both belong there.
I got downvoted for my experience :( I didn't do it.
You did share it. Very very few people will sympathise with that story.
I suspect you're getting down voted because you tried to make it sound positive (the 'just handled' bit for instance), rather than condemning it as barbaric.
That's fucked up, I'm sorry you had to live through that.
Handled poorly. Nipped at or actually bit? Did that happen often? Did your uncle not train the dog? Was there nobody who could take the dog? Was there no vet who could ensure the dog was put down humanely?
Noem's dog did not bite anyone. She said it tried to bite her a couple times but made no mention that it bit anyone. Same with the billy goat. She said it chased some kids but never mentioned it biting anyone. That one is even worse because it took her two shots to kill it. In reality, she shared the stories to try to seem rough and hardened. I grew up with lots of ranchers and farmers. None of them would do that shit. I have seen a lot of idiots claim that animals on farms are tools and once they are no longer useful, they are gone. I can't say I have ever come across a rancher or farmer who actually takes that stance especially with a dog.
One of my dogs actually bit me today. He was on my lap and the other dog was barking and he turned and growled. So I nudged him and said, “go on,” which is not uncommmon, and he turned around and bit me. Hard. Didn’t draw blood but it still hurt for quite a while. I bopped him on the nose and sternly said bad boy to him and refused to pet him and he clearly realized he did a bad thing.
I did not then lead him to a gravel pit and shoot him, I let him come back on my lap after a while and started petting him again.
And she knew it was an aggressive dog because the people who gave it to her told her so. She is claiming that she put the dog down for the safety of her children but apparently that was not a concern when she knowingly got an aggressive dog.