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Shameful that she would thank Tonya Harding.


What type of society do we live in where a person that conspired to cripple a fellow athlete is thanked by Allison Janney for being a role model for being different? Is this what America is about? Is this something to be proud of?

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Tonya was not involved. Educate yourself.

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She is on record saying she knew it was going to happen. Maybe you should educate yourself.

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“Knew of” a plan is NOT being involved. There are varying stories of why she did not contact authorities in advance and while I was a Kerrigan fan at that era in the figure skating world and seeing what the attackers were like i believe Tonya’s account of it.

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Knowing someone is going to hurt someone to benefit yourself is pretty well involved. Particularly if you do nothing about it. She wasn't involved in the act of assault,but I think it's a stretch of logic to claim she had no involvement, regardless of her reasons not to report it. I'll agree that things tend to be more grey than black and white,but I have a very hard time believing she was innocent of all wrong doing.

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I don't know about Innocent Of All Wrong Doing, but Tonya DID overcome a life where she shouldn't have been expected to accomplish much, and she became an Olympian. Whatever the dumb crap that happened subsequently, she overcame a lot of obstacles to get somewhere, and that's worth applauding.
Kerrigan was born with a Silver Spoon. She had it relatively easy.

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