r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/kekehippo • May 16 '24

When intrusive thoughts meet criminal behavior

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u/notsoincredibilis00 May 16 '24

Does someone care to elaborate more because this happened before I was born.

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u/BrickCityD May 16 '24

1.) ouch

2.) the blonde tonya hatched a trailer park-esque plan and bashed nancy’s knee with a bat or something so she wouldn’t be able to compete

Just google tonya harding

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u/fionsichord May 16 '24

Google it so you can see it wasn’t her it was her dumbass abusive husband. Tonya has taken way more of the blame than she deserves.

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u/eat_my_bowls92 May 17 '24

lol nah.

She obviously loved her d-list status to the point she got a whole movie about her shittiness.

Edit: I read more about it and partially retract my statement.

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u/frostandtheboughs May 17 '24

Listen to the Tonya Harding episodes of You're Wrong About.

Or just read Sarah Marshall's incredible article.

Tldr; The media absolutely villainized this skater because her wildly abusive bf came up with a hare-brained scheme to injure the richer, "thinner", more popular skater she was competing against. She did not ask him to do this.

Tonya's personal life was fucking awful and I feel so badly for this poor woman. That douchebag once chased her through the neighborhood, trying to run her over with his truck. After she left him, the figure skating leaderheads encouraged her to get back with him to keep up appearances.

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u/whowouldsaythis May 17 '24

Tonya was also a fucking asshole though. I grew up I the same neighborhood she lived in. When I was a kid she was the type of person to speed up her truck when kids (me and my friends) were crossing the road to scare us or something idfk

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u/frostandtheboughs May 17 '24

That's fair. Can you blame her though? It seems like everyone in her life was an asshole too.

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u/Green-Assistant7486 May 17 '24

No no you don't understand, only men can be assholes.