You guys are nuts... Brandon didn't beat anyone, he filmed it. Sam did blackface before the current cultural movement which has shown how distasteful it is, but that doesn't make him the devil; assuming you are referring to Stevie with the homophobia comment, but that was during an argument with a shithead that probably got him heated and saying dumb things, not like he was actually doing anything terrible to someone with a different sexual preference than him, and lastly.. abusing women?.. Kenny argued with his lady, I never read or heard that he actually hurt her physically.. and in fact I believe the true story is that they were both volatile with each other and the fighting (verbal) went both ways. What are we missing here guys.. you want skaters to be nuns and priests? the level at which you all seem to hold these people is bonkers.. they are human beings, they make mistakes. To finish.. Yonnie, as soon as Crail new the extent of the damage he had done they in some way or another encouraged him to walk.. what more do you expect of them?
I just want to add this, since you may still be lurking on this page Smyth.
The main thing is Girl/Chocolate should’ve made an official statement about Yonnie’s situation, it was too heavy to ignore.
For the other stuff I think people just thought you guys were apologizing to shut people up. I understand the desire to defend your dudes, especially in situations where the public may not have the full story. Just understand you guys are doing a terrible job of reading the room.
Sure there’s some nuance. For example I feel Stevie’s situation with Feedback Ted was somewhat bullshit. Ted was trolling Stevie then tried to lecture him for using a slur. Knowing damn well that a young hispanic probably understands the pains of a slur deeper than most 40 year old white dudes.
Thing is though, you guys mixed excuses with your apologies instead of just acknowledging the bullshit. Look at last year when Julien Stranger, T mo, and Kyle Walker where called out for being racist by Nakel. Dudes gave genuine apologies with no excuses - and surprise...nobody got cancelled.