Comments by "possumverde" (@possumverde) on "Rebel HQ" channel.

I doubt she gave it much thought at all. Farmers/ranchers (she being the latter) with chickens at the time would most likely have done the same for an "egg sucking" dog that bites.
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@Arbadee.PayZaLee When it comes to ranches and farms, indoor "pets" aren't all that common (not until recently perhaps). Such pets are going to be expected to pull their own weight to some degree. For example, cats will likely be barn cats/mousers, dogs will be livestock defenders or herders etc. Any that become a problem rather than a benefit (raiding chicken coops for example) are likely not going to be kept around long. Also, a dog can be a biter but not bite certain people. If it goes after workers, livestock, etc. it will likely get put down. I'm not saying I like the practice, but I did somewhat grow up on a farm (grandparents had one), and farmers/ranchers are a pragmatic lot who tend to take care of such business on their own. Depending on how rural an area is, there may not be shelters available and if someone is trying to get rid of an animal, that usually means there's a problem with it and thus no one will be interested in taking it. Noem already has enough issues for me to dislike her, condemning her for something that isn't that uncommon of a practice just seems a bit pointless and possibly hypocritical to me.
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On ranches/farms, an owner putting an "egg sucking" dog down wasn't exactly an uncommon occurrence during the time period she did it (and likely still isn't today in some areas). Especially if they had biting issues to go along with it (like she claims hers did.) Also, in very rural areas, shelters aren't always going to be available and even when they are, most people aren't going to be interested in a dog with a history of raiding chicken coops and biting. Generally, ranchers and farmers are used to taking care of such business on their own.
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Our sanity might not survive the cringe of knowing each justice's taste in fetish porn courtesy of their browser histories (which someone would definitely leak.)
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@TenaciousTMidwest It wouldn't matter anyway as no rural prosecutor or rural jury member(s) would see it as cruelty. When it comes to ranchers/farmers with chickens at the time, the owner of an "egg sucking" dog that bites would most likely put it down.
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