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I AM NOT THEM.I am NOT Lindsay Clancy.I am NOT Corie WalshI am NOT Casey Anthony.I am NOT Susan Smith.I am NOT Andrea Yates.I am NOT Diane Downs.I am NOT Ruby Franke.I am NOT any woman who chooses to harm or kill her innocent children.And before anyone gets cute in the comments—Understanding mental illness is not the same thing as excusing murder.Understanding someone’s trauma doesn’t mean I have to sympathize with the person who committed the crime.I can believe postpartum psychosis exists.I can believe severe mental illness exists.I can believe people can become profoundly unwell.AND STILL SAY: YOU KILLED YOUR CHILD.Those babies didn’t choose their circumstances.They didn’t choose their mother.They didn’t get a second chance.So no, I won’t make excuses for mothers who deliberately destroy the very children who depended on them for protection.My sympathy will always begin with the innocent child.That’s my line.And I’m standing on it.Girl, We Need To Talk. 🎀#GirlWeNeedToTalk #ProtectTheChildren #ChildSafety #ChildAbuseAwareness #ChildMurder #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity #TrueCrimeDiscussion #JusticeForChildren #ChildrenDeserveBetter #BelieveChildren #EndChildAbuse #MothersWhoKill #Accountability #NoExcuses #MentalHealthAwareness #PostpartumPsychosis #MentalIllnessAwareness #UnderstandingIsNotExcusing #TrueCrimeAwareness