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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: sacking rails on September 22, 2022, 12:45:46 PM
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is it lame when a pro is super open about their political beliefs or no?
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If they’re using politics as a cover to be racist, sexist, homo/transphobic, etc, then yes they absolutely are.
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
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I don’t really care to hear or discuss politics in general, and never bring it up.
I definitely don’t need to hear what some high school dropout, who’s brain has been equally cooked by the California sun and weed thinks.
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I don’t really care to hear or discuss politics in general, and never bring it up.
I definitely don’t need to hear what some high school dropout, who’s brain has been equally cooked by the California sun and weed thinks.
Hey as a college drop out whose brain was cooked by California sun and weed, I'm deeply hurt
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I think its lame when anyone is open about their political belief to strangers, the smart thing to do is to keep it to yourself or the people around you (who want to hear it).
I don’t really care to hear or discuss politics in general, and never bring it up.
I definitely don’t need to hear what some high school dropout, who’s brain has been equally cooked by the California sun and weed thinks.
Ironically, most people who talk politics/social issues alot use it as a way to make themselves feel smarter or superior. I guess it can be considered narcissistic behavior.
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the amount of pros who watch Fox News is depressing
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ask your local horse-i mean city councilman
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I’m all for it. It makes me appreciate some pros more and ignore others.
As a public figure or just any person on the internet, they shouldn’t be mad if they get kooked for their opinions. If you don’t want to catch heat for it, don’t put it out there. Doesn’t matter where you are on the political spectrum
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
http://mikeytaylorforcitycouncil.com/index.html
Also, fuck this guy. He is so insanely wealthy and his first thought is, "How can I benefit me." This piece of shit could spend his time giving away money making people's lives better, instead his goal is to continue to cosplay financial genius because he is 5 pages into an econ 101 book.
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
Also, fuck this guy. He is so insanely wealthy and his first thought is, "How can I benefit me." This piece of shit could spend his time giving away money making people's lives better.
Mikey should be put out to pasture at a farm upstate. Maybe Sacramento
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
Look up how vague his issues page is. It doesn't really say anything of substance.
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Well “political” is vague.
You have some pros like Duffy or Templeton who spew the propaganda of their respected echo chambers, which is inherently political.
Then you have dudes like P Rod and Pontus Alv, who don’t say much about social issues but are very open with talking about the logistics of running a business, which is also inherently political.
To me it all kinda depends on how thought out your stances are and how well you articulate them.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Xz7dyVm/dead-in-the-eyes.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xz7dyVm)
[After showering, Mikey puts on his businessman costume and enters the bathroom]
Mikey: *just stares at himself in eyes for a long time*
Mikey: What have I.... become?
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
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No. I buy boards and stuff based on whether I like someone. If they’re like “I love Trump” then fuck them, not buying their shit. If they’re mocking people for say fuck people who love Trump then fuck those people too.
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
hes plant based duh
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(https://i.ibb.co/Xz7dyVm/dead-in-the-eyes.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xz7dyVm)
[After showering, Mikey puts on his businessman costume and enters the bathroom]
Mikey: *just stares at himself in eyes for a long time*
Mikey: What have I.... become?
(https://i.postimg.cc/K8QBN8bN/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-2-04-30-PM.png) (https://postimages.org/)
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politics are super lame
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
Freebase
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(https://i.ibb.co/Xz7dyVm/dead-in-the-eyes.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xz7dyVm)
[After showering, Mikey puts on his businessman costume and enters the bathroom]
Mikey: *just stares at himself in eyes for a long time*
Mikey: What have I.... become?
“I didn’t sell out, I bought in”
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I do not care the opinions of pros. If they on the level than that just a plus. 99.9% of the time we are not on the same page.
I am kinda against riding for brands. Especially new shit. New shit isn't worth anything. Old shit isn't "cool"
Old heads have bad attitudes. I know I was there.
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I care more about the person who landed their first kickflip today. I want them to want anarchy and peace and unity.
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Yes. They are lame AF.
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Lame.
Unless of course their political opinion 95% agrees with mine, then I’m all for it.
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Yeah keep that goofy shit to yourself.
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People only care about a famous person being too "political" when the politics they preach go against what you believe.
The people who squeal that Kapernick (for example) needs to shut up and play football never complain about Toby Keith or Ted Fucking Nugent.
In general the idea that famous people aren't allowed to speak their minds politically is weak shit.
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(https://i.ibb.co/Xz7dyVm/dead-in-the-eyes.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xz7dyVm)
[After showering, Mikey puts on his businessman costume and enters the bathroom]
Mikey: *just stares at himself in eyes for a long time*
Mikey: What have I.... become?
Then swiftly gallops into the kitchen to strap on the ol feed bag.
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I don't really care what pros do besides entertain me in their skateboard VHS cassette tapes.
I will say though, since Instagramz, I've definitely learned to pay less attention to these dudes outside of just watching them grind and flippity flip flap their wheelie boards
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Guess it depends on how obnoxious they are about it. Even if their opinions are generally in-line with mine, still find it annoying if they are smug/obnoxious about it.
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yeah politic boards suck
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yeah politic boards suck
you suck >:(
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Did we ever get the back story on who gave this the thumbs up?
(http://www.infowarsshop.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/Div_Con_Bottom.jpg&maxx=300&maxy=0)
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
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you suck >:(
jokes jokes just told my friend i wish we could get more of their boards in the shop
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Anti-Hero did an amazing series a few years ago.
I wish I would have bought more of the series.
(https://i.ibb.co/4MKyvDp/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-1-13-06-AM.png)
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not a fan because 99% the time it's just some guy that i otherwise would have respected making it known to everybody that they have an infantile expectation of how the world should work
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Yes! Especially when it involves right wing conspiracy theories and alien abductions.
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It’s sick when pros are transparent, as long as they’re ok with being judged on it. If someone’s a conservative fuckhead they can get in the bin, that’s freedom of speech babyyyy. Unfortunately most conservatives confuse that with being free from repercussions because they’re dumb fuckheads.
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Yes they are. Just stick to skating.
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Goodcurbs - how do you feel about the unjust tyrannical treatment of Bam Margera, the marginal pro, certified jerk from 20 years ago?
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Goodcurbs - how do you feel about the unjust tyrannical treatment of Bam Margera, the marginal pro, certified jerk from 20 years ago?
wait bam was a skater?
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Goodcurbs - how do you feel about the unjust tyrannical treatment of Bam Margera, the marginal pro, certified jerk from 20 years ago?
https://youtu.be/hW2tqff00Zw I think April deserves an Oscar for all of this. I don't think Lima deserves all the heat on her. April's the one behind it. She probably is psychologically damaged by bam so now she's trying to get him locked up. It's really easy to get family members locked up. I think ape has been giving Lima the go with Steve-O O orchestrating the whole thing.
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It's messed up what they're doing to him. Locking him up without due process. Gaslighting him up. It could happen to anyone.
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is it lame when a pro is super open about their political beliefs or no?
Yes.
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It 100% lets me know what brands to support.
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I’m all for it. It makes me appreciate some pros more and ignore others.
As a public figure or just any person on the internet, they shouldn’t be mad if they get kooked for their opinions. If you don’t want to catch heat for it, don’t put it out there. Doesn’t matter where you are on the political spectrum
sounds like it does
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I mean say what you want about the tenets of political pro skateboarders, dude, at least it's an ethos.
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I'm pretty tired of a lot of political posturing, but to me one of the most political acts in skateboarding in the last 10 years was when Ryan Lay filmed in Palestine, and is an ambassador for SkatePal. Just skating in Palestine is inherently political, and broadcasting from what is essentially an apartheid state but from the side of the oppressed is pretty rad.
https://youtu.be/n1ds-nnDRQk (https://youtu.be/n1ds-nnDRQk)
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When I agree with them it’s cool
And when I disagree with them it’s lame
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Bam getting the forever 16 treatment.
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I know a lot of people who’ve encountered Danny Renaud and thought he was lame. I personally like his style.
Joey Pepper, Dave Caddo, and Steve Durante rip too.
I just wish that Brian Brown wouldn’t have quit so early. They had a good thing going at first and that triangle owl logo was pretty sick.
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I'm pretty tired of a lot of political posturing, but to me one of the most political acts in skateboarding in the last 10 years was when Ryan Lay filmed in Palestine, and is an ambassador for SkatePal. Just skating in Palestine is inherently political, and broadcasting from what is essentially an apartheid state but from the side of the oppressed is pretty rad.
https://youtu.be/n1ds-nnDRQk (https://youtu.be/n1ds-nnDRQk)
This is what i was referring to when i said Ryan lay was based. Incredibly brave to do this
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Much Clothing.
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
As soon as someone uses the word "woke" as pejorative, it tells me all I need to know about them.
Honestly, it shouldn't bother anyone to see pros advocating for things like basic human rights (such as LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and anti-colonialism). I take issue with pros who are posting whacky conspiracy theories and other right wing shit like QAnon because that stuff actively causes real life harm.
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
As soon as someone uses the word "woke" as pejorative, it tells me all I need to know about them.
Honestly, it shouldn't bother anyone to see pros advocating for things like basic human rights (such as LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and anti-colonialism). I take issue with pros who are posting whacky conspiracy theories and other right wing shit like QAnon because that stuff actively causes real life harm.
yup
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yes. i go skateboarding to get away from shit like politics so i cant stand when people bring it up on the message board etc.
i have never been about spewing hate so i think its funny people label me this or that when i acutally just dont want to talk about it while i am skating
cant stand when people use skateboarding as a platform to push ANY sort of agenda tbh. even if it is one that i support. i sympathize with ppl who are oppressed for sure but i dont understand why a certain thing like sexuality or skateboarding has to become your entire personality
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yes. i go skateboarding to get away from shit like politics so i cant stand when people bring it up on the message board etc.
i have never been about spewing hate so i think its funny people label me this or that when i acutally just dont want to talk about it while i am skating
cant stand when people use skateboarding as a platform to push ANY sort of agenda tbh. even if it is one that i support. i sympathize with ppl who are oppressed for sure but i dont understand why a certain thing like sexuality or skateboarding has to become your entire personality
Feel this and agree also. I would put a 100% emoji but I don't have one handy
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
Look up how vague his issues page is. It doesn't really say anything of substance.
i’ve read grocery lists with more depth
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Who’s going to be the first to request a Mikey Taylor yard sign?
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I'm not very political but I do like when the pros unite us common folk with slappy edits along with clips of simple tricks at overlooked spots and/or DIY spots... it really ignites the stoke in me
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Did we ever get the back story on who gave this the thumbs up?
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @Rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
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Tell ‘em Kinky
Tho I think the homie Dwyck is first gen Jamaican
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @Rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
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Ya'll are asleep, woke people know that Alex Jones is a psyop and that he was let into bohemian Grove. Everything you know is a lie
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A different political opinion than mine?
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
Boomers can not understand "based" since they remain rooted in an arborescent and hierarchial logic that something must be "based on" something else. The Zoomer conversely, grasps that the singularity is simply based, not "based on what?"
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Alex Jones looks like a shaved gorilla and has a steaming hot diaper for a brain. He's funny to laugh at, but I know a lot of people who treat his word like gospel which is insane.
Definitely does not deserve to be pro.
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
based
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It's dope that Ryan lay is based. It's whack that sinner is cosplaying as one of Joe exotics side pieces
based on what
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness.
You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
calling biopc and/or lgbtq people “political” is really really funny and really really stupid
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @Rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
I don't think I would like you as a person. But, as a source of entertainment, I'm all for reading the shit you say.
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
This is a dumb joke and you're going to run out of steam in a week man
I didnt say I'd defend him. AJ existed to shitcoat credible ideas with dumb bullshit masquerading as anti-authoritarian. He's just a right-wing pundit like any other, but he 'held' beliefs that pulled anybody who didn't think about it too long. He was a 9/11 truther, but he was a no-planer, which is just an op to make questioning 9/11 look stupid. He'd discuss Bill Clinton's ties to sex trafficking, for example, but he'd then go further and say they eat babies down at Bohemian Grove, or whatever. He'd say that a billionaire was in the basement of a B-List DC comedy club committing moral atrocities. (Why would they do that. Epstein had an island. Geffen has huge yachts.) You make it sound dumb enough that no sensible person's gonna believe the first thing, either, until credible news sources actually discuss it. Unless they're some kinda 'inquisitive thinker.' And life continues on, Jones made money, and US politics and living conditions just got worse.
It's understandable that the UFO heads over in Ohio would be down for Jones's schtick. In the mid-20s he hated Bush and questioned 9/11. He rallied against "globalists" before a skateboarder from Ohio might realize that's just anti-Semitic.
The "crisis actors" thing was the irrevocable bullshit. It's in a subset of 'conspiracy theory' that only exists to line to pockets of the NRA. Ironically, using the murders of the blood of children, after basically refashioning the fucking blood libel against boring war criminal Democrats. Democrats with a cavalcade of awful stuff in their closets, and he trots around nonsensical shit last used to genocide people.
Anyway, he rode that, making money off partisan, elites-first movements that masquerade as populist, be they based on tangible lies (MAGA) or nonexistent fantasy (Q). Jones has only circled the drain in terms of credibility with 'curious thinkers' like Mike Hill as he's grown in popularity and harm to the public. Now tech companies can ban him and bat him around while everybody cheers, and no one notices when they do the same to leftwing shit.
Jones has long been a tool of the upper class to disenfranchise both marginalized people in general and the people who follow him. He just had an easier time flipping guys you think are cool 15 years ago
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
so confused right now... dont care ;D anyway i am hype for you to have a good weekend <3 whatever your political stance may be!
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @Rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
wait was this supposed to be funny?
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Can we get back to the topic of the grassroots movement of slappys and DIY parks? This cultural revolution of bringing stoke nationwide and furthering the global expansion of simple buttery clips is what will unite the common folk on boards.
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Can we get back to the topic of the grassroots movement of slappys and DIY parks? This cultural revolution of bringing stoke nationwide and furthering the global expansion of simple buttery clips is what will unite the common folk on boards.
"I can't believe these clips aren't buttery"
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Political pros suck. Paul Hart is a good example. There is no reason to bring politics into skating unless you want someone to hate on you for that. Leave that shit out of it. Let me just see some sick tre flips
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FJWJcuffQ
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https://youtu.be/2rg7VN2pO7s
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If they’re using politics as a cover to be racist, sexist, homo/transphobic, etc, then yes they absolutely are.
Exactly. It's really not that complex of an issue.
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Letting pro skaters determine your political convictions is lame.
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
As soon as someone uses the word "woke" as pejorative, it tells me all I need to know about them.
Honestly, it shouldn't bother anyone to see pros advocating for things like basic human rights (such as LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and anti-colonialism). I take issue with pros who are posting whacky conspiracy theories and other right wing shit like QAnon because that stuff actively causes real life harm.
anti-colonialism is just anti-white, no one gives a fuck when non-white countries colonise each other
focus please
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
As soon as someone uses the word "woke" as pejorative, it tells me all I need to know about them.
Honestly, it shouldn't bother anyone to see pros advocating for things like basic human rights (such as LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and anti-colonialism). I take issue with pros who are posting whacky conspiracy theories and other right wing shit like QAnon because that stuff actively causes real life harm.
anti-colonialism is just anti-white, no one gives a fuck when non-white countries colonise each other
Gulf War I, the Korean War and Vietnam were all fought because one non-white country invaded another non-white country. So… somebody gives a fuck.
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https://www.mikey4to.com/
Look up how vague his issues page is. It doesn't really say anything of substance.
Addressing the tough issues like making sure Thousand Oaks stays a safe, affluent and 80% white community. I looked it up too that is an accurate statistic...
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if there's some woke/fashion loser it's irritating and I kind of only want to watch their slams... if on the other hand they're based and have the courage to go against the Zeitgeist I love that s***
As soon as someone uses the word "woke" as pejorative, it tells me all I need to know about them.
Honestly, it shouldn't bother anyone to see pros advocating for things like basic human rights (such as LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and anti-colonialism). I take issue with pros who are posting whacky conspiracy theories and other right wing shit like QAnon because that stuff actively causes real life harm.
anti-colonialism is just anti-white, no one gives a fuck when non-white countries colonise each other
"actually it's racist against white people for countries to have their own self determination"
Shut the fuck up
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Political discussion on social media goes nowhere with people going straight for ad hominem attacks instead of even trying for productive counterpoints. Too many people lump everyone into one of two groups and then sling pejoratives at the opposing 'side' as if that 'side' were all of the same mind.
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Aj was defendable before sandy hook
Bold stance to stan a xenophobic homophobe like Alex Jones there chump. BuT TaKe PoLiTiCs OuT oF SlAp. Guess what?! YOU SUCK! You're a brain worm infected no talent piece of shit. How dare you come into MY SLAP and post this.
I cannot believe how ignorant of Alex Jones you are. I mean head up asshole stupid. Dehydrated-rock-hard dumb. Stupid, so ignorant that it goes way beyond the stupid we know into a whole different dimension of stupid. Maybe if you and @rawbertson were born a "political" race and gender you'd have more social awareness. You two aloof dinguses deserve each other.
I now pronounce you dipshit and dumbass.
This is a dumb joke and you're going to run out of steam in a week man
I didnt say I'd defend him. AJ existed to shitcoat credible ideas with dumb bullshit masquerading as anti-authoritarian. He's just a right-wing pundit like any other, but he 'held' beliefs that pulled anybody who didn't think about it too long. He was a 9/11 truther, but he was a no-planer, which is just an op to make questioning 9/11 look stupid. He'd discuss Bill Clinton's ties to sex trafficking, for example, but he'd then go further and say they eat babies down at Bohemian Grove, or whatever. He'd say that a billionaire was in the basement of a B-List DC comedy club committing moral atrocities. (Why would they do that. Epstein had an island. Geffen has huge yachts.) You make it sound dumb enough that no sensible person's gonna believe the first thing, either, until credible news sources actually discuss it. Unless they're some kinda 'inquisitive thinker.' And life continues on, Jones made money, and US politics and living conditions just got worse.
It's understandable that the UFO heads over in Ohio would be down for Jones's schtick. In the mid-20s he hated Bush and questioned 9/11. He rallied against "globalists" before a skateboarder from Ohio might realize that's just anti-Semitic.
The "crisis actors" thing was the irrevocable bullshit. It's in a subset of 'conspiracy theory' that only exists to line to pockets of the NRA. Ironically, using the murders of the blood of children, after basically refashioning the fucking blood libel against boring war criminal Democrats. Democrats with a cavalcade of awful stuff in their closets, and he trots around nonsensical shit last used to genocide people.
Anyway, he rode that, making money off partisan, elites-first movements that masquerade as populist, be they based on tangible lies (MAGA) or nonexistent fantasy (Q). Jones has only circled the drain in terms of credibility with 'curious thinkers' like Mike Hill as he's grown in popularity and harm to the public. Now tech companies can ban him and bat him around while everybody cheers, and no one notices when they do the same to leftwing shit.
Jones has long been a tool of the upper class to disenfranchise both marginalized people in general and the people who follow him. He just had an easier time flipping guys you think are cool 15 years ago
Hi @Dwyck. I owe you an apology, I read your post and you're right about Alex Jones. I was wrong and you're completely absolutely correct. Your reply was the first genuine human connection since my SO left me. I'm a little flustered. Geez, excuse me. Am I blushing? I'll buy you coffee sometime.
Hi @Rawbertson you're right about keeping politics out of skating. You're also right about there being no politics in regard to DMing brand managers' daughters. Once again sorry. And you're ugly, REALLY ugly. You need to get plastic surgery like yesterday. Seriously I can't believe everyone's been humoring you for this long. >:( But don't stop DMing those messages where you namedrop pros in the Street Fighters scene.
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i can’t believe your SO left you, what were they thinking
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i can’t believe your SO left you, what were they thinking
This guy over here must’ve worked for Dionne Warwick’s Psychic Friends Network, or Sister Cleo, or something, because mans is all up in my head, reading my thoughts.
Condolences about that break-up, tho.
Hope you feel better soon.
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Political pros suck. Paul Hart is a good example. There is no reason to bring politics into skating unless you want someone to hate on you for that. Leave that shit out of it. Let me just see some sick tre flips
What is bringing politics into skating tho? Like having some political deck graphic or some political shit in a skate video or magazine ad?
Is sharing some political belief on some social media account considered bringing politics into skating?
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I would like to think that Ed Templeton's TWS interview challenged my personal beliefs, which were somewhat conservative then. Until that point, I never heard anyone within skateboarding (my peers or the "industry" in general) address homophobia. Now I could care less what he or any other pro thinks, but to answer your question--no(?).
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I would rather listen to pro skaters talk about politics than 95% of the people I grew up around and many of my friend's SO's. Cuz at least at the end of the day we have something likable in common that we both could relate to.
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There’s definitely one political party that skaters see as lame and one they see as cool/good which is sad. So I guess it depends on their party, but we tend to jump to conclusions when we shouldn’t.
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Political pros suck. Paul Hart is a good example. There is no reason to bring politics into skating unless you want someone to hate on you for that. Leave that shit out of it. Let me just see some sick tre flips
What is bringing politics into skating tho? Like having some political deck graphic or some political shit in a skate video or magazine ad?
Is sharing some political belief on some social media account considered bringing politics into skating?
You know that the process of building skateparks as a part of spatial planning and development is also political.
So I'm glad that skaters get political and get involved in this planning process.
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I miss the days where you didn't have a clue as to any celebrities politics and you didn't know what they were like as a person. It makes everything more consumable.
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There’s definitely one political party that skaters see as lame and one they see as cool/good which is sad. So I guess it depends on their party, but we tend to jump to conclusions when we shouldn’t.
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There’s definitely one political party that skaters see as lame and one they see as cool/good which is sad. So I guess it depends on their party, but we tend to jump to conclusions when we shouldn’t.
What a dope and smart message! Sure glad you boosted this thread!
he got made fun of for being a libertarian so now he has to shove it down our throats. i wish these guys that were all about personal liberty would give me my personal liberty of being free from seeing their opinions.
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
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Left/Right diff sides of the same shitcoin. avoid avoid. Ryan Lay looks Like Mikey Taylors contrarian son. Dorks.
(https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/lay-ryan-image.jpg)
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
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Would you rather do a fs blunt for trump or a bs blunt for Biden ?? Lmao why is this even a question?? I think you ( the original poster ) is more lame for even asking this . I bet you can’t even blunt to fakie on a 3 ft quarter yet you have the “balls “ to get political 😂😂 typical person why I hate skateboarding now a days , it always has to be be about you sissy
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Would you rather do a fs blunt for trump or a bs blunt for Biden ?? Lmao why is this even a question?? I think you ( the original poster ) is more lame for even asking this . I bet you can’t even blunt to fakie on a 3 ft quarter yet you have the “balls “ to get political 😂😂 typical person why I hate skateboarding now a days , it always has to be be about you sissy
go off king
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Only if they disagree with me
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I think it’s good. I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
I only buy Rodney mullen boards now I can’t trust anyone haven’t been happier those Uber decks are nice
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I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
thats almost as stupid as prod praising jesus for his success.
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Man, fuck all parties tbh. Power to the people!
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My political party is Slap Pal. I back the party with every fiber of my soul.
Pros should too.
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I think it’s good. I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
I only buy Rodney mullen boards now I can’t trust anyone haven’t been happier those Uber decks are nice
Why Jordan Peterson is that bad?
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I think it’s good. I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
I only buy Rodney mullen boards now I can’t trust anyone haven’t been happier those Uber decks are nice
Why Jordan Peterson is that bad?
How is babby formed?
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I think it’s good. I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
I only buy Rodney mullen boards now I can’t trust anyone haven’t been happier those Uber decks are nice
Why Jordan Peterson is that bad?
How is babby formed?
jokes aside. I really dont even know the guy.
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Gotta give it up to my man p rod for taking time out of his Christmas Day to bless us with some good vibes
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You mean like Lacey baker?
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
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I think it’s good. I was riding a Franky spears deck when he posted a jordan peterson meme so I literally took the deck off and gave it away.
I only buy Rodney mullen boards now I can’t trust anyone haven’t been happier those Uber decks are nice
Why Jordan Peterson is that bad?
How is babby formed?
jokes aside. I really dont even know the guy.
Here is a short video explaining who Jordan Peterson is.
https://youtu.be/hSNWkRw53Jo
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
Met him in Tampa once. I Didn’t say much more than what’s up, how’s the knee (after his injury) and he couldn’t have been cooler or more genuine. He even took a photo and signed autographs for every single kid that asked. I’m not religious myself but I’m not gonna be mad or clown him for believing or being thankful for his accomplishments.
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
Met him in Tampa once. I Didn’t say much more than what’s up, how’s the knee (after his injury) and he couldn’t have been cooler or more genuine. He even took a photo and signed autographs for every single kid that asked. I’m not religious myself but I’m not gonna be mad or clown him for believing or being thankful for his accomplishments.
In fairness, being nice to people who are big fans of you, or ask about your injury is a crazy low bar, but I’m glad he got wasn’t rude for no reason. He’s absurdly lucky to have the life he has and others are absurdly unlucky in life, for the fortunate person to proselytize about god being the source of said fortune is fucking cruel and gross. I get everyone thinks it’s fine to do, but the sooner we don’t, the better off the world will be, so fuck that shit. I don’t wish the guy any bad will, but that smug religious bullshit sucks.
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I’m gonna clown every religifuck I see mercilessly. Magic sky daddy believing morons. Just over the internet and not to anyone’s face.
Thanks for your service, and I mean that legitimately.
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
Met him in Tampa once. I Didn’t say much more than what’s up, how’s the knee (after his injury) and he couldn’t have been cooler or more genuine. He even took a photo and signed autographs for every single kid that asked. I’m not religious myself but I’m not gonna be mad or clown him for believing or being thankful for his accomplishments.
In fairness, being nice to people who are big fans of you, or ask about your injury is a crazy low bar, but I’m glad he got wasn’t rude for no reason. He’s absurdly lucky to have the life he has and others are absurdly unlucky in life, for the fortunate person to proselytize about god being the source of said fortune is fucking cruel and gross. I get everyone thinks it’s fine to do, but the sooner we don’t, the better off the world will be, so fuck that shit. I don’t wish the guy any bad will, but that smug religious bullshit sucks.
Not every pro is as nice or chill when you meet them at Tampa, and he was arguably the most popular one in the building with fans coming up to him. If he wants to believe in something that’s fine. He’s not really recruiting or selling his religion to anyone so I don’t see much if any harm in that. I think everyone is entitled to their own beliefs as long as it’s peaceful, not hateful and doesn’t harm others.
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I’m gonna clown every religifuck I see mercilessly. Magic sky daddy believing morons. Just over the internet and not to anyone’s face.
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
Met him in Tampa once. I Didn’t say much more than what’s up, how’s the knee (after his injury) and he couldn’t have been cooler or more genuine. He even took a photo and signed autographs for every single kid that asked. I’m not religious myself but I’m not gonna be mad or clown him for believing or being thankful for his accomplishments.
In fairness, being nice to people who are big fans of you, or ask about your injury is a crazy low bar, but I’m glad he got wasn’t rude for no reason. He’s absurdly lucky to have the life he has and others are absurdly unlucky in life, for the fortunate person to proselytize about god being the source of said fortune is fucking cruel and gross. I get everyone thinks it’s fine to do, but the sooner we don’t, the better off the world will be, so fuck that shit. I don’t wish the guy any bad will, but that smug religious bullshit sucks.
Not every pro is as nice or chill when you meet them at Tampa, and he was arguably the most popular one in the building with fans coming up to him. If he wants to believe in something that’s fine. He’s not really recruiting or selling his religion to anyone so I don’t see much if any harm in that. I think everyone is entitled to their own beliefs as long as it’s peaceful, not hateful and doesn’t harm others.
the thing is, praising and thanking jesus or whatever god of your choosing for your success, also implies that the same omnipotent god is reponsible for the sorrow and mishaps other people experience. thus that god is a fucking asshole not worth devoting anything to. fuck religion.
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I actually thought this was a refreshing break from older skaters back handedly flexing being ‘so greatful’ *cough Atiba….he’s not trying to super impose god into skating….prolly stereotyping a bit but maybe it’s because he’s got some Latin roots but I’m letting the God thing ride with Prod….
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if a pro is still legally allowed to vote they are not nearly hellride enough
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Left/Right diff sides of the same shitcoin. avoid avoid. Ryan Lay looks Like Mikey Taylors contrarian son. Dorks.
(https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/lay-ryan-image.jpg)
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This just in: loser creates slap account to bash Ryan Lay for believing Palestinians shouldn't live under a racist apartheid regime
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWXxlYzBCno (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWXxlYzBCno)
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Unless you're in politics, I think you're political views are best left out of your profession. You can still be outspoken about certain issues but it's best kept to a minimum, imho. You risk alienating a large percentage of your followers, users, fan base, etc... If their political views are worth doing that, up to them I guess. In the context of pro skateboarding, we really just want to see them skate, right?
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https://www.amazon.com/Metamodernism-Return-Transcendence-Metamodern-Spirituality/dp/B0914LQ62C (https://www.amazon.com/Metamodernism-Return-Transcendence-Metamodern-Spirituality/dp/B0914LQ62C)
Someone make franky spears read this book
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i mean yeah, but mostly because zero pros are as far left as me lol. it’s a bummer to see right wing skateboarders. it’s a bummer to see center right skateboarders who think they’re based because they like biden. shoutout ryan lay for talking shit on the industry. most other fools are slightly left democrats at best.
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Left/Right diff sides of the same shitcoin. avoid avoid. Ryan Lay looks Like Mikey Taylors contrarian son. Dorks.
(https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/lay-ryan-image.jpg)
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This just in: loser creates slap account to bash Ryan Lay for believing Palestinians shouldn't live under a racist apartheid regime
Ahhh, the nasty leftist....classic. Keep screeching, it does nothing for the displaced.
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Very cool to cheer on a genocide. Focus your wack ass account
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political is one thing, but this is even worse imo
i mean the dude is a great skateboarder, thats all i need from him. like any other artist, i follow them for their craft, not their political view, religion or fucking other random hobbies. i could care less about their opinions and private life, and i feel they abuse their positions by pushing these things.
https://youtu.be/Z_k38FBpoj8
Born on third thinks he hit a triple. Gotta make sense of that shit somehow, it’d be helpful for his mindset if you could agree please!
P-Rod is a bummer. I met him a few years back in LA. The hoops he expects others to jump through for him is absurd. He seems to be very used to getting his ass kissed by SLS kooks.
I remember my old manager backed him after he came through our shop when he was still on City Stars. Sadly, I can't say the same thing about adult P-Rod after I met him in LA.
Met him in Tampa once. I Didn’t say much more than what’s up, how’s the knee (after his injury) and he couldn’t have been cooler or more genuine. He even took a photo and signed autographs for every single kid that asked. I’m not religious myself but I’m not gonna be mad or clown him for believing or being thankful for his accomplishments.
In fairness, being nice to people who are big fans of you, or ask about your injury is a crazy low bar, but I’m glad he got wasn’t rude for no reason. He’s absurdly lucky to have the life he has and others are absurdly unlucky in life, for the fortunate person to proselytize about god being the source of said fortune is fucking cruel and gross. I get everyone thinks it’s fine to do, but the sooner we don’t, the better off the world will be, so fuck that shit. I don’t wish the guy any bad will, but that smug religious bullshit sucks.
Not every pro is as nice or chill when you meet them at Tampa, and he was arguably the most popular one in the building with fans coming up to him. If he wants to believe in something that’s fine. He’s not really recruiting or selling his religion to anyone so I don’t see much if any harm in that. I think everyone is entitled to their own beliefs as long as it’s peaceful, not hateful and doesn’t harm others.
the thing is, praising and thanking jesus or whatever god of your choosing for your success, also implies that the same omnipotent god is reponsible for the sorrow and mishaps other people experience. thus that god is a fucking asshole not worth devoting anything to. fuck religion.
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Left/Right diff sides of the same shitcoin. avoid avoid. Ryan Lay looks Like Mikey Taylors contrarian son. Dorks.
(https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/lay-ryan-image.jpg)
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This just in: loser creates slap account to bash Ryan Lay for believing Palestinians shouldn't live under a racist apartheid regime
Ahhh, the nasty leftist....classic. Keep screeching, it does nothing for the displaced.
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mods, whose alt account is this? i feel like this is one worth blowing up
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Left/Right diff sides of the same shitcoin. avoid avoid. Ryan Lay looks Like Mikey Taylors contrarian son. Dorks.
(https://www.famousbirthdays.com/faces/lay-ryan-image.jpg)
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This just in: loser creates slap account to bash Ryan Lay for believing Palestinians shouldn't live under a racist apartheid regime
Ahhh, the nasty leftist....classic. Keep screeching, it does nothing for the displaced.
(https://external-preview.redd.it/dKm_NqEwQ--CMon4FyYzz1whF6kVulKVTc8eyo0n1NM.jpg?auto=webp&s=391a2feb1aeb84ff1979314ba816196c9c6ec232)
mods, whose alt account is this? i feel like this is one worth blowing up
I'm Mocha Mike or Will Easley
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have fun with your fantasy friend bro
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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Yup. The are LAME.
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shut up and push.
shut up and dribble.
shut up and read the lines.
shut up and get back to work.
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the amount of pros who watch Fox News is depressing
it makes sense though they use fear or wack ass titles and sometimes they even get me for like 2 minutes. there was one headline i shit you not called "Violent punching attack."
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There’s definitely one political party that skaters see as lame and one they see as cool/good which is sad. So I guess it depends on their party, but we tend to jump to conclusions when we shouldn’t.
Well there's 1 political party that is toxic & fascist vs the other party of semi-normal people who want to make a country run, so there's that.
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Don't care about skater politics or social posts or similar generally, but please let reposts of pro's anti-israel screeds stay up. Those of us with family or friends (or ourselves) impacted there should be allowed to show pros' views we dont agree with on either side. Just my two sense: if someone is posting things on their social media under their name as a public figure- would seem fair game for discussion.
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Don't care about skater politics or social posts or similar generally, but please let reposts of pro's anti-israel screeds stay up. Those of us with family or friends (or ourselves) impacted there should be allowed to show pros' views we dont agree with on either side. Just my two cents: if someone is posting things on their social media under their name as a public figure- would seem fair game for discussion.
should just be this. also I’m just trying to ride a wooden toy, fuck a politic unless it’s the board company
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If you ain't hard left you ain't political. You're just following regular ass selfish life.
Peace Love self expression and respect are leftist values.
The right only values conformity and the threat of bad days ahead. Fuckers don't feel at home in their meat sacks unless they're uncomfortable with reality.
Think for yourself do whats right for peace.
Fox news mofos be dranking the Kool aid of bad business.
Tell you're comfortable going into business with a nazi? You know that fuckers going to be expecting you to eat a cyanide pill when the end comes.
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Being Pro is already lame af. Why be a miserable angry shit too.
Forget about the "golden age" the only way they can think about peace on earth is when all the people are gone.
We need to prove these war bastards wrong.
All it takes is a conscious frame of mind shift and some practice doing good things for people.
Happiness is contagious
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Don't care about skater politics or social posts or similar generally, but please let reposts of pro's anti-israel screeds stay up. Those of us with family or friends (or ourselves) impacted there should be allowed to show pros' views we dont agree with on either side. Just my two sense: if someone is posting things on their social media under their name as a public figure- would seem fair game for discussion.
genocide stopped being as fun for you and your people, huh
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
Raven is not known for being a deep thinker, so to see him put out such a profound statement on Palestine was very surprising but welcome
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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Agreed-- I should just learn how to Gnar and leave it at this ha.
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If you ain't hard left you ain't political. You're just following regular ass selfish life.
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is it lame when a pro is super open about their political beliefs or no?
Nah because everyone’s got em. They’re just old and lets you know if you wanna support em or not.
To me it’s like separating the art from the artist. It ain’t easy but it’s possible.
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If you ain't hard left you ain't political. You're just following regular ass selfish life.
What about anti-authoritarian post-left?
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Not as lame as political slap posters.
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is it lame when a pro is super open about their political beliefs or no?
To me it’s like separating the art from the artist. It ain’t easy but it’s possible.
I believe this is an important life lesson.
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If you ain't hard left you ain't political. You're just following regular ass selfish life.
What about anti-authoritarian post-left?
Strictly speaking, through some very persuasive arguments, my understanding is that ‘Left’ can be defined (and maybe really only defined) as working towards equality,or resisting hierarchy, social, economic, or otherwise. That’s probably been the only consistent and common strategy between all left movements.
Likewise, ‘Right’ is anything trying to preserve or strengthen such hierarchies.
So if it’s not anti-authoritarian, it’s not really full ‘left’, it’s some mix that will end up creating problematic inequalities.
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the amount of pros who watch Fox News is depressing
And how do you know this?
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the amount of pros who watch Fox News is depressing
And how do you know this?
HE'S IN THE WALLS
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
Raven is not known for being a deep thinker, so to see him put out such a profound statement on Palestine was very surprising but welcome
he's lebanese...
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
Raven is not known for being a deep thinker, so to see him put out such a profound statement on Palestine was very surprising but welcome
he's lebanese...
My impression based on tour videos as someone who has owned both Girl/Chocolate and Anti-Hero boards is that AH has "pro-Israel" tour videos in Israel and Girl/Chocolate "pro-Palestinian" in the West Bank based entirely on skateparks skated/crews skated with. Not a serious post, but something I have noticed over the years. Answering this one Spectral as I dont have time to fully answer your other question in the more serious post now ha. I do have video evidence of these leanings on youtube :)
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totally healthy outlook to have on skating dude. i was more pointing out that raven's post isnt because he isnt braindead, its just that he has familial ties to a region. maybe you know what i mean...
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totally healthy outlook to have on skating dude. i was more pointing out that raven's post isnt because he isnt braindead, its just that he has familial ties to a region. maybe you know what i mean...
Nice-- that was a pretty good zinger ;D
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
Raven is not known for being a deep thinker, so to see him put out such a profound statement on Palestine was very surprising but welcome
he's lebanese...
I don’t care if he’s Lebanese, Chinese or Siamese…
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i'm also in favor of leaving pros' anti-israel/zionist/apartheid/genocide statements up, it'll be nice to have a catalog of who's on the right side of history when this is all said and done. shoutout raven tershy
Raven is not known for being a deep thinker, so to see him put out such a profound statement on Palestine was very surprising but welcome
he's lebanese...
I don’t care if he’s Lebanese, Chinese or Siamese…
What aboud if
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGy9uomagO4)
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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yeah, but I doubt there is one single pro skater out there at the moment that is anywhere even remotely close to crass’s politics, hell we can’t even get an outspoken vegan pro skater anymore…
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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Unless they have the same politics as Crass, I don’t want to hear it. Many skateboarders don’t read. They don’t know the difference between Communism and Fascism. They don’t know about the Bolsheviks. They don’t know that white liberal guilt is a Marxist con. They don’t know who Mao is. They can’t explain the difference between a Republic and a Democracy. They just know how to skate.
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good for who?
Certainly not for the animals, nor the environment… but even if those two things aren't concerns to you (I’ll spare you the question of why? for another discussion), the fact that no current pros, or companies for that matter, are using this medium (I.e. our culture) to try and spread alternative/ subversive viewpoints anymore is certainly alarming, and also telling of just how much the jagged edges have been rounded off…
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I think it it's extremely lame when pros are political. You gained a platform from getting really good at jumping around and flipping a wooden toy. Using that platform to spout out your political views is taking advantage of that platform, and shoving opinions down the throats of the people that allowed that platform to exist, and expect not bullshit ideals, but for a pro to flip and jump around on a plank of wood.
Skate pros are the worst also because most of them didn't even finish high school. I really want to hear their fried ass take on politics? Nah.
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Also nerds on the internet that argue over what said pros opinions are, are even worse.
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if you have the same politics as crass you shouldnt be near a skateboard for your own safety
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Not as lame as political slap posters.
I back this 100%. Not going to lie, I miss the days when I could come here and it was just skate content or random weird/fucked up shit. I focused my other account because of how much shit on here started bringing me down. But then I missed the skate content so I just ignore people/comments/threads now that start going in on any of that shit too much. I can get politics literally anywhere else in my life, I don't need it fucking up my vibe on a skate forum. And I don't care which side someone is on, they both have become annoying as fuck to the point where their messages don't even get through to people who aren't already brainwashed to that way of thinking. I wish they'd kill all parties and then you had to actually listen to what whomever was running had to say, and you had to do that for each individual person on each individual topic. I bet it would become apparent pretty quickly that everyone is more in the middle than they may believe now.
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the amount of pros who watch Fox News is depressing
And how do you know this?
Because they post about it on their social media, champ.
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Not as lame as political slap posters.
I back this 100%. Not going to lie, I miss the days when I could come here and it was just skate content or random weird/fucked up shit. I focused my other account because of how much shit on here started bringing me down. But then I missed the skate content so I just ignore people/comments/threads now that start going in on any of that shit too much. I can get politics literally anywhere else in my life, I don't need it fucking up my vibe on a skate forum. And I don't care which side someone is on, they both have become annoying as fuck to the point where their messages don't even get through to people who aren't already brainwashed to that way of thinking. I wish they'd kill all parties and then you had to actually listen to what whomever was running had to say, and you had to do that for each individual person on each individual topic. I bet it would become apparent pretty quickly that everyone is more in the middle than they may believe now.
Yeah it's pretty lame. I get enough of the uninformed divisive echo chamber bullshit just existing in America in 2023, I really don't need it here. I pretty much just stay in the wrestling thread and gear nerd stuff now with an occasional foray into this section.
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I was bummed to see Shaun Hover skating/filming with Timcast. Genuinely really like Shaun and it sucks he associates with garbage humans like Tim Pool.
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Not as lame as political slap posters.
I back this 100%. Not going to lie, I miss the days when I could come here and it was just skate content or random weird/fucked up shit. I focused my other account because of how much shit on here started bringing me down. But then I missed the skate content so I just ignore people/comments/threads now that start going in on any of that shit too much. I can get politics literally anywhere else in my life, I don't need it fucking up my vibe on a skate forum. And I don't care which side someone is on, they both have become annoying as fuck to the point where their messages don't even get through to people who aren't already brainwashed to that way of thinking. I wish they'd kill all parties and then you had to actually listen to what whomever was running had to say, and you had to do that for each individual person on each individual topic. I bet it would become apparent pretty quickly that everyone is more in the middle than they may believe now.
This. I wanna come to slap and get a break from everything outside of skateboarding (and skateboarding related nonsense)
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Anyone who shoves their views down other's throats is a look. No matter what the views are
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Views are one thing but beliefs are another. I respect anyone who holds strong beliefs because they keep you true. Beaver is a great example he just lives it.
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I was bummed to see Shaun Hover skating/filming with Timcast. Genuinely really like Shaun and it sucks he associates with garbage humans like Tim Pool.
Almost as lame as his christian worldview.
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How awful for the people with enough spare time, income, and social acceptance/confidence to be able to skateboard and spend time on message boards, to also have to read about politics sometimes on a message board filled with 99% not political content.
You bbs gonna be okay?
Nothing exists in a void. The fact we all have the ability and time to do what we do is political in itself. Your cheaps shoes, clothes, hardware, skate parks, and social spaces don't magically appear.
For some people even riding a skateboard is a political statement.
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I kind of find it funny, how people try to claim to be ‘apolitical’ or ‘don’t want to hear about politics’
Politics is just about who gets to make decisions, and how decisions are made.
Skaters, especially SLAP get flaming hard-ons to discuss what is ‘core’.
People arguing what shoe companies are worth supporting, what media is exploiting the culture, what is adding to it, especially the importance of ‘skater-owned’ companies and distrust of people who want to exploit it for cash.
What I don’t think people realize is that these critiques of having a skaters’ voices in industry and media are basically political statements. It’s concern about how much skaters have control over their own culture and industry.
Most of hate the idea of a culture dominated by people who are just in it for the money, we instinctively feel that they won’t make decisions in the best interest for skateboarding.
These are political issues, if we can define politics as just how decisions get made, socially, culturally, economically, and otherwise. It’s not just government.
So no, unless you give absolutely zero shits about how other’s decisions affect you and your life, you are political.
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↑ good points cuck!
I also wants all pros to wear their (political) hearts on their sleeves because it’s a great way of letting me know very quickly whether I want to support them and the brand(s) they ride for.
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Well “political” is vague.
You have some pros like Duffy or Templeton who spew the propaganda of their respected echo chambers, which is inherently political.
Then you have dudes like P Rod and Pontus Alv, who don’t say much about social issues but are very open with talking about the logistics of running a business, which is also inherently political.
To me it all kinda depends on how thought out your stances are and how well you articulate them.
Bold of you to blanket all of Duffy/Templeton's thoughts on social media as X or Y propaganda. That's an incredibly inaccurate statement and is an uneducated view on what they both do. Sharing their own personal beliefs (political or not) is not sharing propaganda.
I don't see Templeton sharing actual material from those creating the propaganda you speak of. In fact, he doesn't share it, but pokes fun at the machine responsible for political propaganda while sharing his own opinion. Again, not sharing actual propaganda anywhere that I've seen.
Duffy, I stopped following so I'm not sure on what he posts, so I can't comment on him. However, I assume he shared sentiment that was anti covid vax, pro Trump, etc. since Templeton is the opposite of that.
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Politics in general are lame af.
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Well “political” is vague.
You have some pros like Duffy or Templeton who spew the propaganda of their respected echo chambers, which is inherently political.
Then you have dudes like P Rod and Pontus Alv, who don’t say much about social issues but are very open with talking about the logistics of running a business, which is also inherently political.
To me it all kinda depends on how thought out your stances are and how well you articulate them.
That's because you agree with Templeton's worldview.
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I don't see Templeton sharing actual material from those creating the propaganda you speak of. In fact, he doesn't share it, but pokes fun at the machine responsible for political propaganda while sharing his own opinion. Again, not sharing actual propaganda anywhere that I've seen.
Duffy, I stopped following so I'm not sure on what he posts, so I can't comment on him. However, I assume he shared sentiment that was anti covid vax, pro Trump, etc. since Templeton is the opposite of that.
ed's been political in one way or another since his first pro interview
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I don't see Templeton sharing actual material from those creating the propaganda you speak of. In fact, he doesn't share it, but pokes fun at the machine responsible for political propaganda while sharing his own opinion. Again, not sharing actual propaganda anywhere that I've seen.
Duffy, I stopped following so I'm not sure on what he posts, so I can't comment on him. However, I assume he shared sentiment that was anti covid vax, pro Trump, etc. since Templeton is the opposite of that.
ed's been political in one way or another since his first pro interview
I never implied, nor stated he wasn't being political from my original post, by the way. Being political does not equal sharing propaganda, which I thought that was pretty obvious to people, but perhaps not.
And @manysnakes you don't know my worldview, you're only assuming I agree with Ed's. Also, agreeing or not agreeing with someone's worldview has zero to do with sharing actual propaganda or not. Again, most of what I have seen from Ed included almost zero propaganda, just his freedom expression of current topics that he's encountered. I can't recall any post where he used his expression to actually convince or coerce people forcefully, which if he did, then that can be seen as propaganda. A recommendation from someone doesn't count as forcefully convincing, by the way.
Propaganda is actual political fueled material disseminated to serve an agenda. Ed sharing his beliefs does not equal sharing propaganda, same with Duffy and the other people we've ruminated over here on Slap that do or don't align with our own views when they start expressing themselves beyond skateboarding