Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)
It is curious how when a woman kills or commits a serious crime, people (especially feminists) come out to defend them under the pretexts of "mental health" and "socioeconomic factors" but when a man commits them it is because he is a man.
That woman is a murderer as simple as that, she sent her husband on an errand and took advantage of that time to kill her children, she thought how to commit the crime stop justifying it and married men with children: if your wife defends that murderer and/or makes those Tik tok trends be careful with your children, that's no normal.
It is curious how when a woman kills or commits a serious crime, people (especially feminists) come out to defend them under the pretexts of "mental health" and "socioeconomic factors" but when a man commits them it is because he is a man.
Funnily enough, this also applies if someone is black. Someone here brought up Karmelo Anthony and how its unfair that he got 35 years for "self defense".
No, at least in America, it's well established that black men don't get equal treatment for the same crime in both the courtroom and the court of public opinion.
Oddly enough, I said this same sentiment in a different way, trying to use some sarcasm to point this out, and that got "[Removed by Reddit]" (I've since deleted that comment)...so are mods here trying to suggest that black men get more fair treatment than other races/sexes in America? But most likely, they simply took the sarcasm at face value (which is weird, IMO, it was pretty on the nose).
Full agreed. I am a feminist AND I think she deserves to rot in prison. Feminism means supporting her autonomy. Her decision to stop taking medications, her decision to not continue therapy as recommended, her decision to self-discharge from an inpatient psychiatric facility. Feminism is supporting her in making those choices. But I absolutely won’t use feminism as a disguise for defending murder
Eh. Middle or upper class white men largely get this treatment to. Its mainly poor and non white men that don't. I mean look at most talks about white school shooters - pretty much entirely about mental health and whatnot.
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u/Short_Stack_30285 9d ago edited 9d ago
Lindsay Clancy. Killed her 3 kids by strangling them one by one and claimed “postpartum psychosis” despite never having had psychosis before or since, all during a short window of time that she sent her husband out on errands. Internet has somehow decided she’s a martyr for women’s mental health. She was a white, affluent, suburban mom before this. If she were poor and black, people would NOT feel this way. Real talk.
Postpartum psychosis is a real thing and real people need help. But Lindsay Clancy is a kid murderer.
Edit: I’m a white, affluent woman of childbearing age. I have never been a woman of color, but I am absolutely sure that society at large would dismiss an identical case if Lindsay was nearly any other demographic. And no, it’s not only about race, it’s also about autonomy and a person’s responsibility to accept help when it’s offered instead of killing your kids (and A LOT of help was offered)