It's fucked up, but there will be people more upset that he shot a dog than that he shot four people, killing two of them.
Edit: are you downvoting me because you think I'm wrong or because you think I'm right?
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Personally, I'm not sure what the point of this statement is. It's not about whether or not it's right or wrong. Let's just for the sake of argument, assume that it's objectively correct. So what? How is saying this, or identifying generically that some people inevitably have their priorities mixed up, a meaningful contribution to the topic?
At best it comes across as cynical. And then you're thinking "it's not cynical if it's true"... But we're all thinking that it's cynical because it lacks pointed meaning.
It's like a teenager got on the Internet, read something, missed the point entirely and instead says "but what about this indirect incorrectness thing that is otherwise unrelated" for no reason other than to be edgy or sound smart.
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You're getting downvoted because you're being a huge downer without evidence
It just depends on what perspective you choose. Obviously human life is more significant than dog lives, but a lot of people see dogs similar to children. A life of love and innocence that does not deserve to know violence. It's not so much comparing the value of lives but the value of innocence.
Except that's my point. The people he assassinated were also innocent. The people he tried to assassinate were innocent. This wasn't like a mob hit or an act of war. This was a terrorist attack.
What I mean is that people will usually see dogs as more innocent than even the most innocent human adult. Literally how most people feel about children. That type of innocence deserves to be protected, and failure to do so hurts more than the death of a stranger. It's not rational, but it's just how a lot of people feel. If those same people were to think about it rationally, they would say the loss of human lives is definitely worse.
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Proof that ICE Barbie is complicit.
Republicans sure love shooting dogs. I thought Trump would just pardon the guy. Now I think he'll nominated him to a cabinet position too.
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