Cheyenne posted:
...my personal views being dismissed as if I'm a msm zombie instead of an independent thinker made me a lot less interested and patient.
Response:
Your independent thinking led you to post a hit piece on Noem.
The title alone indicates a post based on emotion and not logic.
Comparing the her intelligence to "Dementia Joe" is like comparing Trump to Hitler.
A more accurate title would be "Are Biden's handlers more political savvy than Noem?"
You praise Biden for not publicizing "his irresponsible and heartless behavior."
But why bring in Biden at all? He's not relevant to your point.
As an independent thinker, you created your own narrative by selecting quotes from the selection that MSM provided.
I still don't know where you got the information that the dog had no biting history.
One of the few mitigating quotes that the MSM did provide stated that Noem assessed the dog was "dangerous to anyone she came in contact with."
Your narrative ignored that statement and your response when I posted it was to again ignore it and state: "Noem did not indicate the dog was a danger to people."
Your personal views were not dismissed, they were challenged. You failed to address those challenges.
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Cheyenne posted:
That is a good video. Cats can be amazing.
Response:
The video caught my attention because of the cat.
However my reason for posting it was to illustrate how one incident by a dog that was supposedly loved and considered safe around children led to it being put down.
Noem witnessed a similar incident where her dog savagely killed several chickens and then turned on her, presumably when she tried to control it.
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Cheyenne posted:
My source was digging for as many exerts of Noem's book I could find and watching her interviews and giving a public statement.
I didn't save the links but there are entire paragraphs from her book out there.
Response:
So if I want to challenge the context in which you acquired your information, I have to search on my own and guess which ones you used?
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Cheyenne posted:
What I have experienced and witnessed of animal rescue and raising dogs was also a factor of my views.
Response:
I respect that and acknowledge you have more experience in that regard.
However you come to conclusions without considering the obstacles and circumstances that Noem faced.
There are many circumstances that you don't know and have no way of knowing, yet you conclude Noem is at fault.
A few examples:
The dog's origin and behavior when Noem acquired the dog.
Her experience and ability to train a dog.
The availability of training facilitates.
The behavior of the dog when she owned it.
Why Noem didn't like the dog.
How hard it would be to rehome a chicken killer who would turn on its owner.
So to answer your earlier question, who am I to declare what people want when I have no experience with rescue?
I'm one who looked up the opinions of those who do have experience, in this case particularly with those who face the difficult decision to put down a pet.
I'm out of time to respond to the rest of your post.
I'll try to get to it later. If you have a particular item you particularly want me to address, let me know.
