
I agree that kpop and idols themselves uphold a negative systemic structure in many ways but trying to act like bts are the emblem of this just because they are the biggest group and constantly attacking them is such a performative way of taking action against very real issues and doesn’t actually tackle them when u proceed to support others that don’t do half of the positives that bts also has done in their career.
It’s not about the people genuinely holding them accountable or the people truly and justifiably hurt by their past. It’s about the unfortunately LARGE amount of users that also take away from real conversations to be had by using bts as their punching bag. There were a lot of ppl saying the most vile things ive ever seen about them when they were seen with McDonalds- and id understand the contention if it were from a true place- but click on their profiles and u see them with coke/starbucks.
Its users like that that go out of their way to argue with army and shit on bts while staying obsessed with them and also take away from real accountability with violent hate trains etc. not u but same people that use their past as a gotcha moment while being quick to throw out microaggressions/racism to armys defending them. These are the people that are the loudest about hating them.
this has nothing to do with the fact that bts is racist. whats the point in bringing up performative activism in a conversation about the very real racist actions a group of people have performed? if anything, THAT is taking away from discussing racism. i dont like people who dont actually stand behind their beliefs, so i dont like hypocrites and performative activists, but this is not the conversation for that to be brought up