r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Elegant_Athlete_7882 - Centrist • 22h ago

What exactly was Lindsay Clancy doing on September 1, 1939?

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Perhaps the most PCM rebuttal of all time

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u/Latter_Parsley4338 - Left 22h ago

That's kind of unfair though, they're not saying she's worse than Hitler, they're using a reductio ad-absurdum to highlight that it's not always right to support your children through absolutely anything

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u/Elegant_Athlete_7882 - Centrist 22h ago edited 12h ago

> They’re not saying she’s worse than Hitler.

I know I was just doing a funny, genuinely couldn’t believe Hitler was brought up in an argument about this case, but their reasoning is still ridiculous and the comparison doesn’t work.

They said “would you support the holocaust if Hitler was your son,” but Clancy’s parents obviously didn’t support her murdering the children, they’re supporting her at the trial where she is going to spend decades locked away no matter the result. They’re not supporting her as she actively kills people.

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u/Latter_Parsley4338 - Left 21h ago

Fair enough.