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November 10, 2009
Hate Speech: If You Like To Skateboard, I Hope You Never Have Children?
Interstatenation member Lea has informed us of this blog post "If You Like To Skateboard, I Hope You Never Have Children" at longislandpress.com. It was written by Brad Pareso.
However, the pro level of skateboarding contains, what, 100 people? Maybe 200 at most? For the rest of the ‘boarding world, I hold absolutely no restraint when I say I hope each and every one of you do what the kid in this video does—crush your nuts on a steel rail (no room under those skinny jeans for a cup anyway). Surely there have been hundreds of these videos put on the Internet, and I hope for every one on YouTube there’s been thousands of undocumented incidents. There are way too many tight jeans wearing, world hating, spoiled skateboarding idiots today, but knowing they won’t be able to reproduce is a very reaffirming idea.
Normally when I come across such hate speech I ignore it and do not click over to read the rest of the crap. Any one can espouse derogatory words at any one group in a cheap way to get some clicks over to their site. But I suggest you you follow Lea's advice below, and tell the Long Island Press this guy has to go. And if you see this guy while you are skating in the street be sure to give him the finger.
When I sit down at my computer each day, I consult The Bing for news in the skateboarding world. Today started out the same way...until...*insert loud introductory music here*
...I came eyes-to-screen with the world's most inarticulate, narrow-minded, linguistically inept, most deserving of an old-fashioned beat down, loser of an excuse for a man: Brad Pareso.
How could I NOT click on a link that read: "If You Like To Skateboard, I Hope You Never Have Children"? (That is the name of Pareso's most recent "article" in his column "Nothin But Net" - garbage!)
As a longtime fan of skateboarding (longer than most of you reading this have been alive!), a mother of two skaters, the girlfriend of a professional skater, and friend to hundreds of skaters - young and old, pro or not, good, bad, and otherwise - I was not only completely offended by his article, I was horrified that it made it to print! (Or even on the 'Net!)
Shame on Long Island Press for allowing such hateful (and poorly written) smut to be associated with it's publication. We need to take a stand on this!
Not only was it in poor taste to post a link to a YouTube video of a skater getting injured (which, by the way, I did NOT watch!), I seriously doubt that Tony Hawk appreciates this cretin using his name to make a feeble attempt at demonstrating some iota of knowledge about the skateboarding community (FAIL!), and I could not get past the absolute slaughter of the English language as demonstrated by his poor syntax and atrocious writing style. Journalist? Hardly!
Please send a message to Long Island Press to FIRE Brad Pareso, discontinue his column IMMEDIATELY, and publish an official apology to the MILLIONS of skaters, parents of skaters, and the countless others in support of the entire (and VASTLY LARGE) skateboarding community!
Here is a link to this dimwit's lame ramblings: http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/11/09/if-you-like-to-skateboard...
You can also look him up on Facebook and Twitter to let him know what you think about his views on you and your friends.
But DO NOT FORGET to contact Long Island Press (http://www.longislandpress.com/contact/) to express your desire to have them FIRE BRAD PARESO!!
Thank you!
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