Almost 40 percent of South Dakotans say Noem shooting dog was justified
Almost 40 percent of South Dakotans say Noem shooting dog was justified
Nearly 40 percent of South Dakota residents said Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) shooting of her dog was justified after the governor faced backlash over sharing the story in her new memoir, according…
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Almost 40% of South Dakotans are trash.
I was curious just how many people actually live in South Dakota, just so that I could have a point of reference for the 37.8% statistic. Basically, it's roughly the same amount of people as the population of New Orleans or half the population of Washington DC that agree with her. What an empty state.
and yet they get two senators.
also the full complement of representatives not a truncated amount so their citizens votes count more than most other states.
And they're not even the least populated state at about 900k
That title goes to Wyoming with about 580k people
That entire fucking regions needs to be merged itno onw big fuckoff state.
They'd lose electoral college power then.
Exactly
Splitting up California, would work too. But really, we need to finish the Interstate Popular Vote Compact.
Splitting up California would only prove to weaken the region as a whole. Sure you may gain a couple senators and college votes but theres no guarantee that the resulting states would be economically solvent. You could just end up with a bunch of Mississippi type states, also a good chunk of California is quite conservative.
Combining the Northern states has far clearer advantages both politically and economically. Namely it would allow a better spread of taxes.
It’s all in how you interpret the story. Animals that endanger humans and can’t be redeemed do need to be dealt with. The stories do talk about attacking humans and in particular the goat being aggressive toward children.
However, it seems minimized: I’m not getting anything about actual danger nor irredeemable behavior. Dogs are dogs, especially with insufficient training: there’s a huge difference between a warning bite and one intended to hurt, and I don’t see references to damage or hospitalization. Is the dog sufficiently trained for the intended role or did she just assume she can take prey out of its mouth with no objection? Certainly the first response to a rented goat not serving the needs should be to return it, potentially with a complaint.
Could 40% of South Dakotans be interpreting this as endangering humans, and with no better options?
I’m going to take the position that misinformed actions or stances still make a trashy person. I understand animals harming humans needing to be put down, however that does not seem to be the case (?)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kristi-noem-dog-killing-story-worse-context.html
She killed a dog because it pissed her off. It was a poorly trained dog. I also understand dogs that won’t listen pissing you off, but I know if I killed a dog in the same way my farmer/country friends would crucify me.
This is a story you don’t state with pride. She stated this story with pride which is baffling, but it makes a little more sense if you take the reductionist view that she’s stating, with pride, that she is willing to kill things that don’t listen, work her desired way, or are untrained and “irredeemable.”
Coming from someone with ambitions to be a fascists VP, that’s horrifying.