A five year old, a three year old, and a baby. Exercise bands around their necks. And the internet's first instinct is to ask how she's doing.
Cora was five. She was old enough to understand what was happening to her. She watched her mother come for her. And thousands of women read that story and their first thought was "but the medication though".
No. Stop. A woman wrapped exercise bands around a baby's neck. An eight month old. Callan couldn't crawl away. He couldn't say stop. He couldn't do anything. And the comment section says "this poor lady is very sick she needs psychiatric care". POOR LADY? The poor baby needed to not be strangled by his mother.
And then, THEN, these same people turn around and attack the father. The man who walked into a house full of blood and dead children and called 911 begging his kids to breathe. That man. They're mad at THAT man. For what? For surviving? For not dying alongside them? For daring to find someone who loves him after the worst thing that can happen to a human being?
He forgave her. He publicly defended her. He said she wasn't a monster. He raised money for her. And they're dragging him for remarrying. What was he supposed to do? Build a shrine and stop existing? He gave that woman more grace than any human being has ever earned and the public response is "how dare he move on."
And they know, they KNOW, that if a man had done this, there would be no sympathy campaign. There would be no conversations about how the system failed him. There would be no comment sections saying his wife should have known. He'd be Timothy Jones. He'd be Chris Watts. He'd be a monster, sentenced in two hours, case closed. Nobody would write "this poor man is very sick". Nobody would blame the mother for going to the store.
The double standard isn't subtle. It's not hidden. It's right there in plain text and they still can't see it because seeing it would break something they need to believe about themselves, that their empathy is universal, that their compassion is principled, that they care about victims. They don't care about victims. They care about women. The three actual victims in this story are children.
2026-08-20 19:26:29
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Zoso :
They would 100% support Casey Anthony
2026-08-20 19:59:21
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fwthunder :
patrick: yeah she did it
Lindsay: yeah I did it
defense: yeah she did it
prosection: yeah she did it
tiktok: nah it was the guy
2026-08-20 17:47:50
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emma.sunflower06 :
They’re supporting a woman who murdered her own kids? This is my first time hearing about this so I’m confused
2026-08-20 18:48:57
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Mg :
Everyone there should be looked into
2026-08-20 19:27:37
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. :
This is disgusting she needs 3 life in prison sentence
2026-08-20 18:02:55
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Happycamper :
I am embarrassed to be a woman in this day and age.
2026-08-20 20:00:01
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That One Teacher :
It's starting to become a cult now. Apparently Lindsey can't do any wrong.
2026-08-20 18:54:39
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•|𝔐𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔦𝔬𝔩𝔦|• :
they dont even show this much support for war veterans bro💔
2026-08-20 19:53:23
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Larxene :
I can’t imagine my baby sister getting killed not being able to do anything and crying because she doesn’t know why her own mother is ending her life it’s sad really
2026-08-20 19:58:49
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S :
Funny how people only care about mental health when it’s a white woman. When it’s a man or a poc you just get told to fuck off
2026-08-20 19:04:56
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Loki’s wife :
The amount of men in the comments who are clearly not actively watching the trails and are just going off what they see online is wild.
2026-08-20 19:29:34
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The Intellectual Neanderthal ❌ :
Honest question… If the role was reversed between the mother and father in this scenario, would there still be the same energy??
2026-08-20 19:33:23
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Just.one.more.thing :
Anyone confused: it’s because mental health in America is bad and not taken as seriously as it should. The system failed her
2026-08-20 18:34:19
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✮KΛYBΣΣ✮⁷ :
why are people supporting her doing that? Im not keeping up with any of it. Can someone explain to me please
2026-08-20 19:43:50
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ShadowStarofDyingSuns :
the "hate men" mentality has gone off the rails and this is proof of it
2026-08-20 19:09:16
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daphne :
They are supporting mental health, not Lindsay’s actions. Lindsay reached out to psychiatrists and her husband about how she was having thoughts about harming her kids, nobody did anything. This could’ve been prevented.
2026-08-20 19:07:00
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Anya 😛😛 :
Yall should do some research on the case before you hate on her. There is more evidence against Patrick than against her.
2026-08-20 19:52:17
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🪶🇨🇦🌈 Two Wives One Woods :
hot take... if someone BEGS for mental health help for MONTHS... those caregivers (husband and medical providers) should be the ones on trial here... not the victim of gross negligence. She did literally everything in her power to prevent this. Everyone in her life knew this was a bad situation and was 100% preventable... IF... IF she even did it.
2026-08-20 19:25:58
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‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚. :
it’s crazy how all the women are on Lindsey side and all the men are against her
2026-08-20 19:07:00
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Aviii :
are women okay?
2026-08-20 18:40:45
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brad monaghan :
People have f**kin lost their mind
2026-08-20 19:55:17
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brett_holland1 :
LOCK THEM ALLLL UP!!!!! Hurry!!
2026-08-20 19:12:08
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danielle ☀️ :
Now everyone cares about mental health now that this white woman killed her kids huh. Put her under the jail with three consecutive life sentences.
2026-08-20 18:45:43
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landonc.24 :
Here’s my take, she’s 100% guilty. Her husband was terrible to her
2026-08-20 19:06:01
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