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mimi85

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11. I tend to agree with you...

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:18 PM

Dec 2014

I asked my husband and he said you could look at it two ways. He said how people always seemed to state that blacks can't swim and she's proven them wrong. I vaguely remember this same disagreement when Arthur Ashe was playing tennis. I honestly don't know how to feel. But congrats to her no matter what. Oh, there was also Greg Louganis who was gay and it was a big deal. Ridiculous.

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I tend to agree with you... mimi85 Dec 2014 #11

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