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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Fri Feb 7, 2014, 03:57 PM Feb 2014

Look at this disgusting picture 1 of the athletes lighting the Olympic Flame posted of the Obamas:

@YahooForde: Wow. RT @TerryMoran
Russian skater who just lit Olympic flame tweeted doctored, racist photo of Obamas last Sept.

Reason number eleventy billion that these Olympics are grotesque.

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Look at this disgusting picture 1 of the athletes lighting the Olympic Flame posted of the Obamas: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Feb 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author polly7 Feb 2014 #1

Another reason to ignore the Olympics yuiyoshida Feb 2014 #2

Even better was she doubled down when called out on it.. SomethingFishy Feb 2014 #3

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yuiyoshida

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2. Another reason to ignore the Olympics

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Fri Feb 7, 2014, 04:27 PM

Feb 2014

bleh.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

3. Even better was she doubled down when called out on it..

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Fri Feb 7, 2014, 04:30 PM

Feb 2014

The hilarious comment this Russian woman made was "Free Speech is Free Speech, there is nothing wrong with that picture".

Nothing like a Russian attempting to school me on freedom of speech.

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