{"id":2654675,"date":"2026-09-04T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T14:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:13:15","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clancy Spectacle Is A Descent Into Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2654675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article criticizes contemporary cultural attitudes towards motherhood and justice, focusing on the case of Lindsay Clancy, who murdered her three children. It depicts a disturbing scene where some supporters cheer Clancy, likening her to a victim rather then a perpetrator, and suggests that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guns-arent-radically-deadlier-than-they-were-50-years-ago-but-our-sick-culture-is\/\" title=\"Guns Aren...t Radically Deadlier Than They Were 50 Years Ago, But Our Sick Culture Is\">cultural decline<\/a> has lead to the normalization of such tragedies. The author reflects on personal family stories, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >contrasting unloving parental figures wiht<\/a> the deep comfort traditionally associated with mothers, and highlights the emotional and spiritual void in modern society. The piece condemns the public display of support for clancy as a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seedbed-of-fascism-left-blasts-plan-to-privatise-uk-public-broadcaster-channel-4\/\" title=\"&#039;Seedbed of Fascism&#039; -- Left Blasts Plan to Privatise UK Public Broadcaster Channel 4\">cultural vandalism<\/a> and warns that the erosion of family values contributes to moral disintegration, with political systems powerless to remedy the deep-rooted cultural sickness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z7Ng1oOSd_Q\">CBS Boston \/ YouTube<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/04\/motherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Motherhood Is The Last Stop Before The Abyss, And The Lindsay Clancy Spectacle Is A Cultural Freefall&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/04\/motherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Motherhood Is The Last Stop Before The Abyss, And The Lindsay Clancy Spectacle Is A Cultural Freefall&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/04\/motherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/04\/motherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Motherhood Is The Last Stop Before The Abyss, And The Lindsay Clancy Spectacle Is A Cultural Freefall&#038;body=Hurt, scared, dying, you run for home. %20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/09\/04\/motherhood-is-the-last-stop-before-the-abyss-and-the-lindsay-clancy-spectacle-is-a-cultural-freefall\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;Motherhood Is The Last Stop Before The Abyss, And The Lindsay Clancy Spectacle Is A Cultural Freefall&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an <em>attack<\/em>, an aggressive act of cultural vandalism dressed up as warmth and support:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"QW6SfPdX56nTs73YjYNH4eKDuM38a0z4r2SG1mqZLnw9cfhgKbjp7B1TiI0EdV2G9JpCFc8DUuCtBr5oZgOqbM\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Female Lindsay Clancy supporter says it could be her who murders her own children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could be me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of women showed up at the courthouse today and gleefully cheered for the child murderer as she drove by.<\/p>\n<p>Bring back the asylums. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7vhjqw3bqe\">pic.twitter.com\/7vhjqw3bqe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2090473160005369897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father didn\u2019t particularly like his mother, who was not particularly a nurturer. She lived for 89 years (at 89 pounds) on black coffee, cigarettes, and grim stubbornness, hating more or less everything and announcing her irritation with considerable regularity. She didn\u2019t do anything well, and the famous Thanksgiving turkey with the plastic bag of giblets cooked inside it can stand in for a lifetime of stories. Dying, surrounded by her Catholic family, she didn\u2019t want the comfort of last rites, because priests are all a bunch of crooks. She said it a little more colorfully than that. She was not where you went for comfort and support.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4153372430\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when he was dying, my dad closed his eyes, stopped talking to us, and started talking to his own long-dead mother. \u201cMom, I\u2019m in trouble,\u201d he said, and the rest of the family snapped back like we\u2019d been stung by bees. \u201cHis <em>mother<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, his mother. The body you were born from. Hurt, scared, dying, you run for home. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"eoRcg9ujdcC3NZhjUlzqIAmPSoKfTJ0IkQJsnZHD3t2NdEXwES1aUaxpFKOWkGMmuOiyWh4V8vnfAVbB\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Morning\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUJeDfevL4Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much will God comfort you? So much, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah%2066%3A13&#038;version=KJV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says Isaiah<\/a>, that God\u2019s comfort can be compared to a mother\u2019s comfort. If he drowned at sea, Rudyard Kipling <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/mother-o-mine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cI know whose tears would come down to me,\u201d and of course it would be his mother. The <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/sode.12392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scholarly literature<\/a> describes the centrality of the relationship in slightly dryer language: \u201cAll mean effects were in the expected direction, with higher maternal bonding contributing to infant developmental outcomes, including higher attachment quality (<em>r<\/em> =\u00a0.35) and parent-reported lower colic rating (<em>r<\/em> =\u00a0.22), easier temperament (<em>r<\/em> =\u00a0.19), and positive infant mood (<em>r<\/em> =\u00a0.27).\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As they died, Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy watched their mom cause them pain. Their mother\u2019s face was the sign of their destruction. The nurturing body where they expected their greatest safety and comfort brought their suffering and death. And now a bunch of mothers are making a loud and sustained public display of the degree to which they\u2019re <em>just like Lindsay<\/em>. They\u2019re cheering her like she\u2019s a winning quarterback. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"f1IFcYQJhgvtZ52kGoq3KaEs78yxndLlzmHRrD4TMXp9OUeBW\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Literally cheering a murderer of three little children. <\/p>\n<p>And these people vote.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qj0KdCWf2i\">pic.twitter.com\/Qj0KdCWf2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/2095633434832237047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything in the realm of politics falls before the reality of sick, empty, soulless culture. Nothing you vote for can save you if family evaporates. The spectacle outside Lindsay Clancy\u2019s trial is a loud and clear alarm. To borrow an image from Paul Bowles, it\u2019s like a hole is opening in the sheltering sky, exposing us to the darkness that waits behind it.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Chris Bray<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/chrisbray\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags no-print bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/book-of-isaiah\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Book of Isaiah<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/callan-clancy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Callan Clancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/clancy-trial\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Clancy trial<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/cora-clancy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Cora Clancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dawson-clancy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Dawson Clancy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/lindsay-clancy\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-strangled-her-children-then-attempted-suicide-prosecutors-say\/\" title=\"... 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