DTulpa
10d ago
It doesn’t need to be a majority of women. Just like with Islamism and Socialism, my concern is if there's more support than I am comfortable with before I let the preference cascade do its usual slide. And as we all know, society has had a weakness when it comes to bending itself to satisfy a 'loud minority' once it exceeds a low threshold.
This also not a case being witnessed in a vacuum. The discomfort comes from watching the typical excuse making and minimization extend even to something this heinous. Nor do I think much turns on wether shes 'truly insane'. The question is what to do in the aftermath any way. If the father had murdered his children in a psychotic break, many men may also have a degree of sympathy or understanding for him. My hunch is that none of them would strenuously object if it was determined he still needed to be hung.
But yes, I too would like to see a decent poll on the matter. The displays outside the court and the online defensiveness is distortive. It is also not a clean break away from the kind of soft-pedaling I've encountered irl.
DTulpa
11d ago
The phenomenon itself isnt new. But it does feel like it may have been 'undercounted' in a pre-internet era because there was less opportunity to broadcast and receive it. And if you think female conformity, feminized societies, and social contagion are 'real things', the obvious question is if this is reinforcing and perpetuating things towards negative ends.
This is just another iteration of the 'wait, you think this too?' cycle that's been going on for years now. What's novel is seeing the extent of it now that everybody's veils have been lifted, and the sense that we're witnessing a cult-like level of solidarity that's extended to all members for almost any crime... unless you're Shiloh Hendrix and said the forbidden word.
I don't know who originated the comment that if Lindsay strangled three puppies you'd only see the knives out for her, but it rings true to me.
I use the Twin Peaks filter:
It's all a dream.
That doesn't mean it's not real!
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