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I guess that was my point. The message sent by the kid was exactly that: childish. It was pointless and stupid and was as you describe, just typical internet hating, which is a position that tanner is sadly in much of the time. I am not condoning that message at all or trying to defend the kid who wasted his and tanner's time sending it.
The point I made is that his response back seems as childish as receiving the message. He is a professional skier, one of the best in the world, and he knows this. He knows he doesn't suck and he knows that the reason people send him pointless messages like that is to get a rise out of him, to see what he will really do. I have seen him repeatedly talk about how he doesn't care what people think of him anymore, which is great, because he shouldn't.
But if that is the case, what good does it do to take shots back at the kid? My response had nothing to do with the kid sending the message, because the message is pointless hating. My response has to do with the fact that tanner shouldn't be responding to pointless provocative hate with hate, in my opinion. I figured he of all people would be professional and either just ignore the message or respond with something a little less childish.
The point of my post is that if his life is about, and I quote:
"MY LIFE IS IN
A WHOLE NOTHER DIRECTION
ALL ABOUT POSITIVITY AND
UPLIFTMENT."
then he shouldn't be responding with stuff like this, following directly after the above statement:
"
IM SORRY YOU HAVENT REACHED
YER GOALS IN LIFE AND HAVE
TO PUT OTHER PEOPLE DOWN
TO MAKE YERSELF FEEL BETTER.
I FEEL FOR YOU!!!!!
HAHAHA
LOOK AT WHERE I AM IN LIFE AND
LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE."
Again, he says in his response that he is sorry that this kid has to put people down to feel better about him self in a sentence where he does exactly that to the kid who sent the message. While that kid deserves it, that just seems childish and hypocritical and unprofessional. The kid sending the message is a douche, but the words the Tanner replies with hold a little more merit. Whether he knows it or not, he is always in the spotlight. Case in point, this particular myspace interaction. It was a stupid message send on myspace, one he thought probably wasn't a big deal, but now look, it is on NS and being viewed and discussed by many.
Funny, though, as it seems to have conjured more Tanner love that hate, so maybe it really isn't an issue.
To me though, it just seems like a strange statement to put out at all as a professional athlete, myspace or not. He is what...24 years old now? I, personally, would have expected a different response from him and was disappointed to see the one he sent.
My opinion means shit I guess, but to me, I care more about the thoughts and actions of Tanner much more than some douchebag kid whose message I could careless about. Tanner is the pro skier, the icon, the one who have thousands of kids looking up to him. Hating back on a kid at all, especially when he states that he is
"ALL ABOUT POSITIVITY AND UPLIFTMENT" just doesn't work for me.
So yeah, hopefully that explains it. Not trying to hate on him or talk shit, as I don't feel like I ever have on here. I just think that his response didn't make sense to me.
