Comment on YSK: US Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem publically bragged about killing her puppy
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days agopointing out that her killing of the goat appears to have violated the states animal cruelty laws
Killing trillions of farmed animals a year: I sleep
Killing a pet: REAL SHIT BRO.
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).
This is exactly my mental response to this kind of story. Total hypocrisy. Try to ignore the pushback, cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing.
But what about the children?
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The point isn’t the killing of the animal. It’s the method and needless suffering involved. Taking pot shots at them until they’re dead is a little beyond the pale.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
are you aware what happens in the animal agriculture industry?
Serinus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You support the Trump administration?
Because when this shit comes up and you do your best to shift the focus, that’s one of two conclusions I can come to.
Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Sadly, I am. There are laws about how the animals can be put down and though they are not what I would want them to be, they do at least somewhat limit the cruelty inherent in the process.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
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
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That’s their entire life.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
i feel like you’re a tad misinformed. They are super cruel to the animals. They split families up, they kill animals when they’re still children. They castrate pigs without anaesthetic. They cut off the beaks of chickens so they don’t peck each other. How is that not cruel beyond cruel?
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 4 days 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.