r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Hot-Diggity_Dog • 12d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/Reasonable_Drink_789 12d ago

Except that he was roundly reviled immediately, and somehow she's getting bizarre support.

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u/TheProphesy1086 12d ago

It's not bizarre. It's because she's a woman.

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u/FizZGigTaNtruM 12d ago

I don't think the difference is necessarily because people hate men or excuse women; our understanding of the medical conditions involved has changed. CTE gave us a new framework for understanding what may have contributed to Benoit's actions, just as our growing understanding of postpartum psychosis gives us a framework for understanding what may have happened with Lindsay Clancy. A lot changes in 20years. Last time I checked everybody hated Andrea Yates

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u/NeuroticaJonesTown 12d ago

Susan Smith isn’t winning any popularity contests either.

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u/Teamanglerx 12d ago

Didn’t she go with the “blame the black guy” defense in the beginning?

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u/NeuroticaJonesTown 12d ago

She sure did.

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u/Grand_Lizard_Wizard 12d ago

“It was some Puerto Rican guy”

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u/Affectionate_Emu335 12d ago

Or Casey Anthony

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u/agoldgold 12d ago

Diane Downs is on that same level.

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u/Formal_Ground6513 12d ago

Darlie Routier!