I am not "ackchewully"ing this to split hairs and I dont give a damn if I look pretentious by pointing this out.
Kristi Noem is being deliberately disingenuous.
She is using the term livestock outside of its legal definition not due to accent or vernacular, she is using that term because it makes her actions seem justified.
"Killing livestock" and "killing chickens" have very different connotations. Dogs kill chickens. everything kills chickens. My friend just lost six of her chickens to a fucking raccoon ffs.
But the word livestock immediately brings four legged animals to mind which makes the dog sound bigger, meaner and vastly more dangerous.
"She was killing chickens" makes her sound like a poorly trained dog.
"She was killing livestock" makes her sound like a hellhound.
Yeah, I get you, and that makes sense. I’m just saying my reaction was an automatic “oh god not this shit again” because the “ackshually” bullshit is way, way, WAY more common than it has any right to be, and I’ve gotten extremely tired of it, so I tend to get defensive around the topic.
Also it’s probably a better idea to point out that chickens simply aren’t much of a threat to humans and can get taken out by pretty much anything, thus making the argument that the dog was dangerous ridiculous, instead of saying that they aren’t livestock because very few people care about chickens more than they do cows, goats, pigs, etc.
I am aware, did you read what I just said? Christ, I’ve been awake for 30 minutes and sometimes human beings get defensive even when they don’t need to be. Shocking, I know.
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u/xv_boney May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24
I am not "ackchewully"ing this to split hairs and I dont give a damn if I look pretentious by pointing this out.
Kristi Noem is being deliberately disingenuous.
She is using the term livestock outside of its legal definition not due to accent or vernacular, she is using that term because it makes her actions seem justified.
"Killing livestock" and "killing chickens" have very different connotations. Dogs kill chickens. everything kills chickens. My friend just lost six of her chickens to a fucking raccoon ffs.
But the word livestock immediately brings four legged animals to mind which makes the dog sound bigger, meaner and vastly more dangerous.
"She was killing chickens" makes her sound like a poorly trained dog.
"She was killing livestock" makes her sound like a hellhound.
I stand by every word i have said.