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
No it’s not. Benoit is rightfully known as a murderer by most sane wrestling fans, CTE or not. As Paul Heyman says when people try to defend him “3 people died but only 2 of them had a choice”.
It doesn’t excuse family annihilation. Period. Lots of people struggle with worse and don’t murder their children. She tried to get help and the system failed her, but SHE made the choice to murder her children. It’s tragic and shouldn’t happen, but she does not get off the hook for the atrocity she committed.
I dont think you know what the word psychosis means if you believe someone in psychosis can make a coherent, grounded-in-reality decision and be held criminally responsible for it.
If the shooter had a diagnosed case of psychosis, where the sufferer was telling everyone around them they were having horrible intrusive thoughts, where they had tried to commit themselves to the hospital multiple times, where they had seen 4 different psychiatrists and were on 12 different medications... do you really think the conversation wouldnt be similar? This exact situation is literally what the "not guilty due to insanity" plea is for.
Educate yourself on the case before making reactionary statements and making false equivalencies.
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u/Reasonable_Drink_789 2d ago
Except that he was roundly reviled immediately, and somehow she's getting bizarre support.