I have a love-hate relationship with the Daily Mail. Some days they really get it and other days, not so much. Aside from them using a ridiculously Photoshopped Palin photo in this piece for which they should immediately apologize and remove, the author did Giles right and presented the story of a self-empowered woman and her love of the hunt.
That the author managed to write an entire piece without coming off as gunophobes was refreshing.
‘The shoulder is the perfect place for a shot. It breaks them down, severing major arteries and hopefully puncturing the lungs,’ she explained nonchalantly.
‘I remember feeling exhilarated as the hog buckled and hit the floor. I reloaded, and placed three more rounds in him, making sure he was dead. It was such a rush!’
‘I have friends who are anti-hunting,’ she said solemnly. ‘I don’t tend to argue with them, they’re just not well informed. Hunters like me actually help the wildlife. Taxes on our weapons and equipment go directly to state conservation programmes, and last year $294m was raised by hunters.’
Boom, and that’s how you win an argument and that’s how you embody female empowerment.
(Relatedly, Giles promised to take me hog hunting in the future. Delicious, delicious bacon.)
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