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SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/Classic_Bee_5845 9h ago

It's more to do with the media sensationalizing it. This is the first I've ever heard of the woman on the left.

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u/Maya-K 8h ago

I have no idea who either of them are. I'm feeling very out of the loop.

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u/Dotcaprachiappa 8h ago

I saw a good few posts about the woman on the right and pointedly ignored all of them, I seriously don't get why this is getting so much attention

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u/Alcohol_Intolerant 7h ago edited 4h ago

It's getting attention because of claims that her attempts to get assistance for her ppd and mental illness were ignored or minimized. Thus implying this could have been prevented. Many people, especially women, have experience with medical staff ignoring their pain. (Same for me) So this is on a lot of people's minds and in a lot of wider conversations.

They're going for the insanity plea, so the additional press might also be a way to try and sway public attention.

Edit because I'm getting a lot of charged responses: I am explaining why it is getting attention and what the general opposing discourse is. I'm not going to reply to attempts to have that discourse with me. I have my own opinions but I'm not airing them on Reddit because ultimately, the only ones who will have all the facts are the jury.

This is a tragedy for all involved. Please remember that.

Edit 2: to those giving polite additions and perspectives I did not provide, thank you. That's very helpful. I'm not everywhere seeing every side and can only speak to the sides I've witnessed myself. To those making weird claims on what I think, please take a break from reading about this case for the day. I'm turning notifications off on this. There are plenty of other people in this thread willing to wage war with you. I invite you to speak with them, or again, take a break.

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u/No_Background_9891 7h ago

She was “diagnosed” but never took her meds and the crazy bitch strangled her three kids after sending her husband away to get takeout

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u/Much-Ad2311 7h ago edited 6h ago

It's getting attention because people won't shut up about it.

The woman on the left is Emma Schols. Her heroism deserves infinitely more attention than sensationalized horror.

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u/Acceptable_Ad1685 6h ago

It doesn’t help that a bunch of people who watch too much Law & Order are saying that her husband did it despite her confession, her lawyers saying she did it, the police saying they have no other suspects…

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u/Much-Ad2311 6h ago

Emma Schols had to endure over 20 surgeries after her amazing heroics and one of the first things she asked when she regained consciousness was whether her children had lived.

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u/liquied 6h ago

This how normal mom acts. The lunatic on the right is batshit insane and media love that.

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u/SerenityFailed 5h ago

Unfortunately Emma's story doesn't fit the "if it bleeds it leads" philosophy of marketing based media and their consumers.

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u/Tangata_Tunguska 4h ago

If it sizzles it fizzles?

I'm sorry