This is the most pervasive and common response I hear, and it's extremely annoying. I don't know where people keep getting this idea that the divide on this issue falls along "You're either in the country or you're in the city, and I can tell by where you stand on the Kristi Noem execution of her dog issue."
I've never lived in the city, never had a desire to, and I grew up in the country. I fully embrace the idea that life is hard, and sometimes hard decisions have to be made. This is not a foreign or unwelcome concept to me.
However, NONE of that belongs in this conversation. This conversation comes down to whether or not Noem knew what she was doing, was a trustworthy and informed source of information, and whether the dog could have been trained or rehomed. That's it. Growing up in the city or country has zero bearing on being able to evaluate these things.
That faulty line of reasoning is all over comment sections on YouTube and Twitter as well, and I almost feel like people are just repeating what they heard other people say who are on their side of this issue. Well, I will tell you what... plenty of farmers and countryfolk have come out against Kristi Noem as well, stating that this is not how they would handle the situation. In fact, there are videos on YouTube right now of farmers who have a young dog who has preyed on their small livestock, and rather than kill it they began working to train the dog better. And if they fail, they still didn't intend to kill the dog and stated their goal then would be to find an appropriate home for the dog.