The video doesn’t “try” to show her as anything it just captures a moment in court. You can attribute to it what you want. What I see is the extreme results of bipolar disorder after a lifetime of abuse and lack of treatment. It is a stark example of a society that failed their citizen. Here is someone who had enough humanity somewhere in their system to just cry and want a hug from someone they loved before facing the consequences. I’m not even bipolar but I don’t know what kind of human being I would be if I literally faced abuse since infancy.
To me the video doesn’t take away the heinousness of the crime, it just brings into the focus how these types of situations aren’t always some cut and dry stereotypical “evil person does evil things”.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
They chose to show this moment. They didn’t choose images of the evidence or the grieving family of the murdered child, they chose this. That’s “trying” real hard, in my book.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The lack of empathy you show here is similar to the lack of empathy that Christa Pike showed to her victim. You are not so different - but do you have the same traumatic childhood to explain your sociopathy?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Oh, I sincerely doubt Christa’s problem was Apathy. Christa likely felt a little too much emotion, like yourself. But the fact that we’re flinging that at each other like an insult kind of proves my point, no? Not sure how you missed that irony while typing your reply.
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ok I am clearly wasting my time arguing with someone who mistakes lack of empathy for apathy.