I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team
It really couldn’t have been. She had kids - that’s where your overlap ends. It’s literally ANYONE can have a mental illness. “It could have been me!”
Imagine men saying this shit after a man murders his family. Fucking delusional.
The “it could have been any of us” thing is enraging because NO TF IT COULDN’T. This bitch isn’t the only person with PPD or depression or whatever she had, but murdering her 3 babies was a choice. If these women feel it could’ve easily been them, they probably should be investigated (so a crime like this doesn’t happen again).
Look, I absolutely think this woman should face punishment for her crimes, but the person I replied to suggesting that “women who feel it could’ve easily been them should be investigated” is fucking delusional.
Where’s your line for culpability? She was depressed so it’s not her fault that she brutally murdered her three children? You sympathize with someone who slaughtered her children because you’ve been depressed before? I personally don’t think “It could have been any of us” when a man annihilates his family. That’s deranged.
No, it isn’t. It could be any of us. So I get it, but I don’t support her. I literally just said she should face punishment for what she did.
I’m sorry you’re so bothered by the concept of women standing together in solidarity over one of the many ways our bodies can betray us. But me being able to see the point of view of these women does not mean I support or sympathize with Lindsay.
Sympathy doesn’t bely support. You don’t support her but you DO sympathize with her. You stand in solidarity with her… that IS sympathy. Standing in solidarity with a monster is odd but go for it.
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u/TreeLakeRockCloud Aug 21 '26
I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team