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Maybe try “stable”?[/quote]

That would be more accurate but less hateable than a pretty ice princess from a "wealthy New England family".  [/quote]

None of my posts disparaged Nancy. Sorry that doesn't fit into the box you want to put me in. [/quote]
You said she came from a wealthy New England family. That's a lie. You portrayed her as Tonya's rival in a classist war.  That's a lie. Who wants to put people in boxes now?[/quote]

I admitted my word usage was bad but that is not a disparagement in any interpretation![/quote]

This is what you said, assuming it was you:

"Tonya grew up abused and her only ticket out was skating. If you back an abused dog into a corner they are going to lash out when they try to escape. I think the whole thing also showed how insanely classist figure skating was (is?). Tonya was 'athletic' and not 'graceful'. She didn't have the prettiest costumes because she couldn't afford them, she didn't have the grace of a girl raised in a wealthy family in new england. Those things were not her fault but resulted in the whole skating industry/country rooting for Nancy because she was prettier and more graceful and more what people wanted their daughters to be. "

And it is wildly, wildly untrue.  By the time of the attack, Tonya wasn't an "abused dog", and she wasn't "in the corner".  She was a decorated athlete who could have become even better with good work ethic.  She received ample financial help.   Kerrigan didn't come from a wildly different class, her family is blue collar and her parents sacrificed greatly for her training.  Her coaches transformed her look completely before the Olympics, the teeth, the hair, everything.  Tonya could have the same if she listened.  Tonya wasn't graceful because she didn't care to be, it wasn't because big bad boys flew down and stole her grace.  She didn't have grace because she didn't see it as a value.  The country rooted for Nancy because who in their right mind would want a daughter like Tonya? It was utterly within Tonya's power to act with grace. She chose not to.

Incidentally, her costume at the Olympics came free from USFSA because they were afraid Tonya would give another boob show. [/quote]

Listen dude you are all over the place. What we are discussing in the pps you quote is whether or not I disparaged or spoke poorly of Nancy Kerrigan. Nothing in the post you just quoted, which is mine, puts any qualitative judgement positive or negative on Nancy. Calling her wealthy was a poor choice of words but still not an insult in any way shape or form.

The fact that you think Tonya could just 'choose' to be classy and graceful shows you don't really understand how different her upbringing was from Nancy's. And pointing that out ISN'T AN INSULT to Nancy. Your posts are making me more convinced of my position frankly. [/quote]

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