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The Lindsay Clancy Case - When Ideology Becomes Identity: The Psychology of Defending the Indefensible

I’ve been observing the Lindsay Clancy case over the past few weeks and I am…baffled. But not for the reason you may think.

We’ve got people defending Clancy despite substantial evidence, reframing her from perpetrator to victim, her husband being blamed, bizarre astrological arguments, re-enactments of murders with dolls from people going “same, Lindsay” with a terrifying emotionally intense identification.

 

What the hell are we actually watching?

This isn’t merely disagreement over a criminal case. There’s something a lot more psychologically interesting being demonstrated here.

 

I hypothesise that the women so vehemently defending Clancy all have 1 thing in common: ideology has become fused with their identity.


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