re: #8 silverdolphin

Kristi Noem wants to shoot more dogs

Like all conservatives, everything is a zero-sum game. The dog either lives or dies. Adoption or rescue never enters into her equation.

The interesting thing about conservative is that not only do they force a binary, but they do so specifically to create of facade of utilitarianism: the thing they did, are doing, are or going to do is the “necessary, and thus smart and moral” thing. All things are power struggles, and there is one way to be powerful and many ways to be weak.

It’s not just an A or B, it’s that one side embodies strength—shooting the dog—and all alternatives are weakness and hesitation and thus are the same thing. Which is why she can turn around and mouth off about Biden’s dog: there is only one way to strong.