#also i can't keep up with kpop bc i've been insanely busy with uni

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pretty sure everyone knows the yoongi drink-driving incident by now, so here's my two cents on the matter. now, this is coming from an ex-army (i stopped keeping up and following bts — as well as kpop in general — slightly before ptd era), so i'm not being biased or anything here.

yoongi shouldn't have driven after drinking. it doesn't matter if it was an e-scooter. tbh he was lucky that it was just an escooter and he was riding it at a slow speed. things could have been worse if he chose to drive a bigger vehicle after drinking.

while he didn't hit anyone (fortunately), tbh he should be considered lucky no one else was injured. and yes, i agree that the k-media outlets are blowing things out of proportion by exaggerating the issue. however, that is no reason to justify yoongi as 100% innocent. he isn't innocent; he just got lucky, that's all.

anw i've said my piece! i sincerely hope yoongi stays safe. however, to the fans, please stop saying he's innocent just because he didn't injure any innocent passers-by in the accident.

yoongi has taken accountability for his actions, and that's all good. however, fans should not be using this fact to deem him as innocent. just because he issued a public apology, he's now in the clear? he drove while he was drunk, and it was a conscious decision of his. if it was a more terrible figure in the kpop industry — say for example, seungri — would you still defend him? where was this energy when lsfm got sm hate (which is an issue with multiple layers and opens another can of worms altogether)?

somewhat related to the point above, but going off tangent just a bit. now, i'm going to talk about the fans. not just armys, but kpop stans in general. most kpop stans don't have the habit of holding their idols accountable for their actions for when they've actually done something horrible. (dating scandals are beyond me because these people are human, of course they would fall in love.) (unless it's hyuna's recent dating scandal, then yes, that's something worth questioning.) k-idols are adults and humans just like the rest of us, and you shouldn't be babying them just because they're your idol. they should be setting an example for their fans to follow and look up to, especially since most of their fanbase comprises of young, impressionable individuals.