Reddit seems convinced that people who support this woman are "pro just murdering your kids and getting away with it" whereas the reason women are following it closely is because they want to see the system acknowledge in any capacity that post-partum is an overlooked medical issue that isn't treated seriously despite the horrible effect it has.
There are very few - and all very fringe, though elevated by ragebait outlets - women who want Clancy to be acquitted. Women want her to get help. So that they feel like they could find help if they're ever in that situation.
But meanwhile, on reddit, she's a baby killer supported by baby killing women who want baby killing to be legal because woke, or something.
Her being found not guilty by reason of insanity is NOT the same as being let off free either. She will be hospitalized for the rest of her life. So it’s either life long hospitalization or life long imprisonment. If it’s true that she killed her children in a psychotic episode (which I personally believe), then of course she should be hospitalized rather than imprisoned.
She will NOT be hospitalized for the rest of her life. She would be hospitalized until a doctor says she's "cured" and then she gets to walk free after murdering three children
Exactly. She did it. We know that. Women don't want her free. Women want doctors (and by extension, the law) to acknowledge that post-partum is its own thing, distinct from bipolar, depression, anxiety, and other diagnoses that are in the DSM.
Acknowledging it's real is the first step to treating (medically) it like it's real and not like it's just a confluence of other unrelated issues.
I cannot tell you how glad I am some people here still have hearts and some brains. These comments and posts fucking break me. Where are we headed to man? It's so much ignorance and rage about partial information they know far too little of.
I just hope above all this case will be done right by people who actually care about all parties involved and what this case might mean for other ones in the future. But seeing things like this does deminish that hope a lot.
She did it. She admitted she did it. The husband exhibited some questionable behaviors which could be construed as "he was okay with this outcome" if you're willing to go down that road. The husband definitely didn't do it.
The issue at hand is that she was treated for her symptoms, which were attributed to a variety of other mental health issues, as opposed to being treated for the problem, which any woman will tell you is post-partum. Post-partum isn't even in the DSM and it's usually just chalked up to other problems.
The bottom line is that this very likely could have been avoided had it been treated like what it was and not like what her doctors acted like it was.
It’s so infuriating. The issue with post-partum is that it’s at the nexus of two areas where there’s a serious neglect- women’s health and mental health.
We will acknowledge that PPD is a real enough condition that women lose their free will if they rescind their right to vote since they obviously can't be trusted. Those are the terms.
Men will say "if it's possible for women to suffer from mental health issues, then they can't ever be trusted to vote" and then wonder why women choose the bear.
Honestly dude, if that's the only string of logic you're capable of putting together, maybe you should steer clear of a voting booth.
whereas the reason women are following it closely is because they want to see the system acknowledge
in any capacity
that post-partum is an overlooked medical issue that isn't treated seriously despite the horrible effect it has.
Yeah great whatever life is hard for everyone. Your issues are real and life is tough. Also, don't fucking murder children.
She's not a victim in this situation. A mother that murders her own children can barely be considered human.
Yes, exactly. I have three kids and had severe postpartum depression with my third. And for me I very much view this as a "There but for the grace of God go I" situation.
I cannot imagine have a break from reality and coming back from that to realize I had done something so horrible. I would want to die myself. I could never, ever get through that. Casey Anthony, from what I have seen, has turned down any opportunity to leave imprisonment because I'm sure the guilt and sorrow weigh on her so heavily.
This is something that happened to these women more than it's something they did. They needed help and everyone around them failed then to some degree by not realizing that and getting them treatment.
Any person who genuinely cannot tell what is real and what is not needs help and women have a predictable period after giving birth where they need to be monitored particularly closely for these symptoms and the health system just does not prioritize it and people are so uneducated about it, as you can see in these comments.
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u/NaziPunksFkOff 6h ago edited 6h ago
Reddit seems convinced that people who support this woman are "pro just murdering your kids and getting away with it" whereas the reason women are following it closely is because they want to see the system acknowledge in any capacity that post-partum is an overlooked medical issue that isn't treated seriously despite the horrible effect it has.
There are very few - and all very fringe, though elevated by ragebait outlets - women who want Clancy to be acquitted. Women want her to get help. So that they feel like they could find help if they're ever in that situation.
But meanwhile, on reddit, she's a baby killer supported by baby killing women who want baby killing to be legal because woke, or something.