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CMV: The reactions to Elizabeth Holmes and Lindsay Clancy show how selectively people take mental illness seriously

Reddit r/changemyview·u/Small_Parfait_3027·20 days ago
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If you believe Lindsay deserves leniency for mental illness, you can't dismiss Elizabeth Holmes mental state outright.

I saw "You Can See Everything ", and right after watching it, I was under the impression that she was being more genuine than she actually was. A lot of people have claimed she's a psychopath or sociopath, and I've seen a lot of genuine hate towards her. Holmes never killed anyone and went to jail for defrauding investors, never the patients.

Postpartum psychosis isn't something that Lindsay Clancy would be in control of, and if you believe Elizabeth Holmes is a psychopath, a sociopath, or another diagnosis, you have to acknowledge that's something that she didn't ask for. And if she really is a psychopath or sociopath, nothing in the documentary suggests anyone around her is trying to help with that. She accused her ex, Sunny Balwani, of manipulating her, and her husband, who has power of attorney over her , comes across in the film as similarly controlling.

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