I could never shoot a puppy, and if I did, I wouldn’t brag about it, and if I did, I wouldn’t put it in a book.
The whole KN rebuttal of “you city people don’t understand life on the farm, where you have to make tough decisions like shooting your dog” just doesn’t wash. You only kill animals if they are going to be eaten.
You don’t murder untrained young family pets like puppies, kittens, or guinea pigs unless you’re a psychopath.
If you are going to be a governor and impose your values on many people, you better have great values. Got a puppy you don’t want? Find a new home. Set a positive example for many families.
I’ve been hearing my whole life that we needed to have more women in office because women would be more kind and life-affirming and nurturing and empathetic.
With exemplars like KN (not to mention HRC, AOC, KH, RT, JY), I think that narrative framing is as dead and buried as Cricket and the goat and KM’s VP chances.