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Can someone give me a steelman of the popular pro-Lindsay Clancey argument? I’m not really talking about the defense, whose argument is a complex justification for why she medically and legally qualifies for the insanity defense. I’m more asking about the people online arguing that she is a victim and her being prosecuted/this situation is an example of sexism. My wife told me about the case and is very anti Clancey. ChatGPT also gave what I felt is an unsatisfactory steelman. I don’t have a theory of mind for her supporters, and wish to rectify that.
Some of it just the usual misinformation. Some of it is biased interpretation of facts. A lot of it just women in group bias. There is no steelman because for many of her supporters there is no logical argument for why they actually support Lindsay other than she is a fellow woman.
There's a go fund me for Lindsay's parents. It's surpassed a million in donations. There are some comments that could give insight into why some people are donating.
There is an entire headcannon from some of her loudest supporters about how the husband actually did it or egged her on to do it so that he could get out of his marriage and get married to his now wife. I think some people have too much spare time.
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