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[QUOTE="longislandcuse, post: 3918467, member: 937"]
I didn’t say she’s not behaving a way befitting a champion though… I’m just saying, she’s not a champion currently at the Olympics.  She didn’t win the gold.  Dropping out because of valid reasons doesn’t equate to winning the gold.

People are just over the top in their adoration, and it’s weird to me.   She’s barely getting criticized (relatively speaking), yet people are defending her - valid - and then going so far to celebrate her over people like her teammates who truly had to step up in a massive moment.

Simone is completely valid to drop out given her mental health issues, but we don’t need to go over the top celebrating it.  We can simply acknowledge that mental health concerns are valid and Simone was justified.

I’ve dealt with anxiety in my life.  I get it.  If I felt I couldn’t perform in some aspect of my life due to my anxiety, I’d hope people would understand, but I wouldn’t expect them to celebrate me for it… because I wouldn’t celebrate myself for it.  I’d be frustrated with myself and feel like I need to work past what held me back for however long I struggled with it.
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