You don't? How about "I think they got a bad reputation because farmers really don’t like it when they kill off their livestock." so, "bad reputation" is unfor

You don't? How about "I think they got a bad reputation because farmers really don’t like it when they kill off their livestock." so, "bad reputation" is unfortunate, X caused it, but it's unwarranted to read that as "X is unfortunate"? It seems like a reasonable inference.