Was just talking about this recently with someone who has been in the industry a long time, about how weird it is that skateboarders are their own worst enemy because so many of them like to attack other skaters and cringe at things like "skaters supporting skaters".
It doesn't surprise me because when I grew up skating, other skaters were the worst to other skaters. Not the cops, not your friends who didn't skate, etc. but there was always both happening at once: Some skaters would treat you better than anyone, and just accept you while others were your worst enemies, would sucker punch you, steal from you, talk behind your back, ditch you the second they could, etc.
TNC came along and tried to help change that crap but the ones who don't want it to change, well you know who/where they are.