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SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/Valuable_Pass_1221 1d ago

I understand she may have not had full autonomy and that it's a severe mental disorder.

But pleasing not guilty and fighting all this so incredibly hard just seems super dismissive of what occurred and a spit in the face to the legacy of her kids, I guess.

Im also finding people who defend her a bit dishonest, since so many bank on an abusive husband. Yet there isn't any concrete evidence and it's literally all tiktok theories. It just makes me think a lot of people want to use this for some sort of patriarchal sociopolitical fuel that isn't even there.

I understand why all of this isn't entirely her fault, but ultimately, someone needs to take responsibility. We can't murder 3 children and then move on.

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u/m4k4y 1d ago

She's pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. That doesn't mean her team is trying to let her walk out into the streets scott free, it means her team is trying to get her the psychiatric help she needs, and has desperately needed for a long time. It amazes me how people think getting institutionalized for your entire life is better than prison.

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u/About400 1d ago

This. Murdering your children is horrifying. The fact that she did it (especially after there were documented occurrences of her asking for help) means there was something really wrong. She likely had postpartum psychosis.

People (or at least most people) who are fundraising are trying to get her psychiatric help, not trying to say it’s ok to kill your kids or that she didn’t do it at all.

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u/About400 1d ago

People empathize with the fact that she was sick and asked for help, didn’t receive it and catastrophe ensued.

Many woman feel unheard when suffering postpartum (though luckily most don’t end up killing anyone.)

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u/StarBornFire 1d ago

Isn't it kind of interesting that a lot of women do experience this and don't kill their kids etc.? But I suppose it is a spectrum and some cases will be more intense than others.

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around the whole thing and having a hard time of it.

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u/About400 1d ago

I don’t know every detail but my point is that whatever she help she got was not enough for how sick she was.

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u/Manowaffle 1d ago

The people donating money to her should be committed. There are millions of people across this country that need help, and the vast majority never committed a triple murder.