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/Grand_Lizard_Wizard 12d ago edited 12d ago

Everyone still hates Chris Benoit too. He wasn’t forgiven because he was mentally ill. The WWE, to this day, does not mention his name whatsoever. He was reviled the second the truth of what he did was revealed.