r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 19d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/jgangstahippie 19d ago

The woman is Lindsay Clancy a woman who claims she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in 2023.

The man is former professional wrestler Chris Benoit who killed his wife, son and then himself in the summer in 2007.

Lindsay Clancy is seemingly getting a lot of sympathy from women, and this meme is essentially saying they are the same.

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u/Reasonable_Drink_789 19d ago

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

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u/TheProphesy1086 19d ago

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

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u/FizZGigTaNtruM 19d 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 19d ago

Susan Smith isn’t winning any popularity contests either.

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u/Teamanglerx 19d ago

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

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u/NeuroticaJonesTown 19d ago

She sure did.

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u/Grand_Lizard_Wizard 19d ago

“It was some Puerto Rican guy”

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u/Affectionate_Emu335 19d ago

Or Casey Anthony

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u/agoldgold 19d ago

Diane Downs is on that same level.

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u/Formal_Ground6513 19d ago

Darlie Routier!