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Is it possible that Al was quietly dropped by Quasi before all of this came out? I'm not trying to excuse them for not speaking up, but it would help explain why they haven't said anything. I doubt they would want to get involved if he was already off before this point.
they could at have the decency to make a public statement acknowledging the situation and declaring that they do not support abusers... it's the least they could do. it bums me out too because i used to love quasi, but this shit is embarrassing.
Abusers are literally all over the place these days, I don't know why people feel like they need to hold the brands accountable for this when there wasn't necessarily any obvious evidence of it beforehand. The WKND thing was different because obviously they were aware of it and they even joked about it but there's no reason to assume Quasi was in on this or had any knowledge. You're going to end up with every brand ever on your 'cancelled' list within the next five years and have to make your own skateboards.
I get it, this is shitty, fuck Al Davis and fuck abusers. But I don't think every company necessarily needs to put out a statement when this happens. They're just going to issue some blanket bullshit one way or the other that means nothing anyways and people on here are going to say 'it's not enough' regardless.
Gonna oppose this one. I've got as much evidence to say that Quasi knew about Al's antics as you have to assume they didn't. Wanna know how? Cause they haven't actually said anything. WKND knew, so Quasi could have known, it's obviously not unheard of is it?
These assumptions of a cooler company being on the right side of things are what lead to blurred lines. It's what leads to skaters shrugging these things off when their mates do them. Skate companies have influence, they need to understand that and be clear. It's clearly wrong, they all know it, so why can't they use their influence to say it? The industry will be in a forever loop of this shit happening otherwise.
Jimmy turns pro for ____, Jimmy rapes girls, Jimmy quietly gets kicked off ____, ____ never explains it or says that they're against it.... Timmy turns pro for ____, Timmy rapes girls etc. etc. the cycle continues.
It's important to remember that most skaters do not read slap and don't know these things at all, the industry is profiting off those people never finding out about this stuff which is perpetuating skate rape culture in the process.
Topic: Al Davis on scumbag? (Read 62545 times)