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@davidfrum L Armstrong, B Bonds, M McGwire were always suspect. No evidence whatsoever re Serena W, greatest US athlete of the moment

@JamesFallows Really? Armstrong et al "were always suspect"? Only to a few.

@Tehaspe If you were following baseball you would have heard it *forever* re Bonds, McGwire, etc

Seriously? Do you have evidence that Serena Williams is using steroids? @davidfrum

@jelani9 @davidfrum he didn't have evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq either #jingo

Do you have evidence that Serena has taken steroids? How much do you know about defamation law? @davidfrum

@davidfrum you mean that this was a perfect opportunity to talk about the obvious steroid issue & they didn't?

@vonHerff @davidfrum You mean that this was a perfect opportunity to talk about the obvious racist issue & they didn't? #FixedItForYou

@RicardoHarvin @davidfrum I don't think it's a question of race to note some athletes being unusually developed& why that might be

@vonHerff @davidfrum There's no evidence I'm aware of to even suggest she cheats, ever. Why else impugn her character like this?

@RicardoHarvin in fact "body image" to me came across as far more racially loaded.

@vonHerff That *is* also a big part of the racism in all this. It always comes down to the hulking black brute overwhelming the white women

@vonHerff The new twist is that the "brute" in this scenario is a woman. The language & message is the same though. Black, not human (woman)