Killer

What’s the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath? Which bin does puppy-killer Kristi Noem best fit inside?

According to the Mayo Clinic:

Antisocial personality disorder, sometimes called sociopathy, is a mental health condition in which a person consistently shows no regard for right and wrong and ignores the rights and feelings of others. People with antisocial personality disorder tend to purposely make others angry or upset and manipulate or treat others harshly or with cruel indifference. They lack remorse or do not regret their behavior.

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What is psychopathy? According to a 2015 article in the National Library of Medicine, healthcare professionals characterize psychopathy as involving:

• shallow emotional responses
• impulsivity
• lack of empathy
• increased chance of antisocial behavior

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Adults with antisocial personality disorder usually show symptoms of conduct disorder before the age of 15. Symptoms of conduct disorder include serious, ongoing behavior problems, such as:

• Aggression toward people and animals.
• Destruction of property.
• Lying and dishonesty.
• Theft.
• Serious violation of rules.

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Sounds like Noem tics off boxes for both psychopath and sociopath. She's solidly on Team Antisocial Personality Disorder.

I saw a post where the writer claimed that shooting a healthy animal for its crime of being inadequately trained or, otherwise, being unsuited for the job for which you brought it, is just part of Western culture. ‘Scuse me, I just happen to have a born, raised and, until five years ago, life long Westerner right here. I asked Ten “is this an accepted Western practice? If a dog misbehaves and won’t train itself, it’s cool to just shoot it dead?” Ah…no. More accurately, how you treat your children and animals is indicative of how you treat other adults.

"I killed a puppy because it wouldn’t read my mind and do exactly what I wanted, when I wanted” doesn't make you a good leader. It makes you a fucking psychopath.

This is the same governor who sent National Guard troops to the Texas border with Mexico (at a cost to South Dakota taxpayers of $1.3 million) in support of Texas Governor Abattoir’s migrant invasion fantasy. 

On top of shooting her family’s 14 month old puppy, Cricket (for the sin of being a 14 month old untrained puppy) she also, immediately afterwards (because, apparently gunning down the family pet didn’t satisfy her bloodlust) shot and killed their other pet, a goat. Why?

Her family, she writes, also owned a male goat that was “nasty and mean”, because it had not been castrated. Furthermore, the goat smelled “disgusting, musky, rancid” and “loved to chase” Noem’s children, knocking them down and ruining their clothes.

Noem decided to kill the unnamed goat the same way she had just killed Cricket the dog. But though she “dragged him to a gravel pit”, the goat jumped as she shot and therefore survived the wound. Noem says she went back to her truck, retrieved another shell, then “hurried back to the gravel pit and put him down”. (source)

Why didn’t Noem have the goat castrated? Why didn’t she have it bathed if its smell was so offensive to her? Why didn't she just wash her children's clothes? Why? Because she’s an empathy devoid barbarian.

Then there’s this “god-fearing,” “family values,” governor’s, reportedly, yearslong affair with former Cheato aide Corey Lewandowski. She’s said to have only ended la liaison illicite after it came out that Lewandowski had propositioned a donor’s wife at a Benihana.

A few things:

• If I was one of Noem's children, I'd lay low until I could escape to college or join the Witness Protection Program.

• Lewandowski being fired from Noem's crew—he got off easy. He's stii alive.
  

• Ten says Noem is just another Sarah Palin. Remember Caribou Barbie? I believe she's gone the way of Pet Rocks and Beanie Babies. Hopefully anger management needing psycho Noem will join her soon.