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[–] 133 points 1 year ago (1 child)

She wrote it in her fucking auto-biography! She was bragging about it! She was proud of it, she thought it made her sound tough, but it only made her sound like the psychopath that she is.

BTW, she also wrote that after killing the puppy, she immediately killed a goat that she said was "disgusting." So she got angry enough at a recalcitrant puppy that she yanked out a handgun and shot it, and was still so fired up, she had to kill something else, too.

I've been really angry before, but never angry enough to pull a gun and start killing all the innocent animals in my proximity. Now that she is essentially untouchable, what happens if she gets that furious at a person?

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    South Park has been the only major media voice giving this Administration the respect that it's due. It's the only one uncensored enough that it can.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    Apparently you haven't seen Colbert, or Jon Stewart on the Daily Show.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    He would be an incredible President precisely because he doesn’t want it.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    He could be the Cincinnatus of our time. Trump proved you don't need qualifications to do the job, so why not pick someone who has demonstrated that they are willing to fight for the average American without an expectation of a reward? Rather than some business tycoon sociopath who wants to run the country like a business and promptly bankrupt it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have. All of them have to hold back something because their format doesn't allow it. South Park is a format that's designed to be crude, and that's what Trump deserves.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [+] -36 points 1 year ago* (23 children)
  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    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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  • [+] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is the internet. Deflection from the point being made, in an effort to one-up or simply argue with a post.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    More specifically this is Lemmy. If we don't have morons arguing with the dumbest logic possible, something is wrong.

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  • [+] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    You used an individual animal's tragic death to stand on a soapbox and denounce the animal agriculture industry. It's a bit like being told a child died and saying, "Are you aware of what happens to children in Gaza??"

    You don't need to make everything about your personal (plant-based imitation) beef with humans eating meat.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    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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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She's just proud of completing her SS training

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago*

    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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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Is there anyone reading Lemmy that wasn't already aware of this one? I mean, it's not bad to bring it up again (and again, and again, etc), but it's hardly news.

    But if you haven't already, be sure to see the second 2025 episode of South Park!

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago*

    She killed her puppy in a gravel pit, and got such a buzz off of it, she killed her goat right after.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Has anyone else noticed the high number of outright Psychopaths are in the trump Reich? It's becoming obvious that they are actively seeking them out ..

    I wonder why that is

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    They tend to treat dogs in particular as disposable things. Killing something they have control over is a common practice…for psychopaths.

    It helps if your SS thinks of the other as little more than dogs, also shows you how fucking abysmally they must treat all the family pets if they think dogs aren’t worth protection.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    Same Kristi Noem who as governor spent $5 million of S. Dakota's COVID money on a tourism campaign, saying her state was coping with the pandemic using "personal responsibility and freedom".

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    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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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    The sick psycho bastard is worthless and untrainable and she would have thrived in the NKVD, Mao's CCP and the SA.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't know much about her, but I'm guessing she is pro life.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I've seen this news story so many times – months ago. And considering the inhumanity of this administration, the blatant violations of the law it commits, the blatant racism, and how it tramples on constitutional democracy, I am constantly amazed that it seems to be this stirring up American sentiment. That's probably how it is in the age of social media. Not reason but a sob story with a puppy dog is what it takes to reach people.

    Edit just to be on the safe side: This does not only apply to the US, of course—it is the same worldwide.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    What is wrong with her face?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Stuff removed, stuff added, everything pulled tight. It's like taxidermy but for still alive vanity-obsessed women, and it often looks like it too.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

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

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  • [–] 83 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I like how this is coming back into public knowledge after some washed up, irrelevant cartoon aired.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That “washed up irrelevant cartoon” got a contract for $1.5B. Totally washed up…

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Bitch doesn't look very "american" by her own standards, does she? Time to visit salvador I guess.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    "We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm," Noem wrote. "Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years."

    Has anyone looked into these horses??

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh my fucking god what the hell is in the water over there?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    This is the puppy. Immediately after she shot a pet goat that “disgusted” her.

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    Way ahead of you. I've known this since she did it.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't think that's true. I think you learned it with the rest of us when she wrote about it in her book. Which is honestly way, way more wild, that she would consider doing this as a relatable story that she'd want people to know about her. True sociopath.

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