#if you disrespect me in replies or reposts i won't hesitate to block you

[promisenolies]

One of the things I had always loved the most about BTS was how I could enthusiastically praise them, their messaging, what they stood for, the active role they had in their existence. I loved how they made me feel, how inspired I was to do better for myself, how passionate and talented they all were. How safe I felt, how seen and valid, how healed.. And I can't say that anymore.

This new trajectory of Jungkook is putting me in a really uncomfortable position because I just cannot get behind and support where he's at and what he's presenting to the world right now.

That man has infinite talent. He could have been one of the greatest stars ever - and he likely still will - but he's destroying a lot of the reputation he and the other six had cultivated over the last ten years. He's alienating a large chunk of the fandom right now.

From the discourse I've seen - most of us agree that it's not the explicit nature of the song that makes us react so strongly. It's the blatant racism and misogyny in Jack Harlow's verses. They are VILE. So objectifying and demeaning towards women. Women - the largest segment of their fandom is being told that all we're good for is to be lined up and be used as holes to masturbate into. Granted, Kook's verses were quite open and consensual and I'm ALL for that...but you can't separate him from Jack in this. You can't. Jungkook is a grown man, that is correct, but he's also a grown man that can be held accountable for the fact that this ain't it. He wants us to speak like friends? Well, friend, this is vile bullshit. This is offensive and hurtful.

I've seen more than a couple takes on what the whole champagne confetti means...and I guess if it's about getting a woman off - great, put in your time and get it right (so few men do) but if it's about ejaculating on someone's face I'm fucking appalled. That's such a degrading, humiliating act.

BTS changed my fucking life... and now I feel like it doesn't even matter.

And I'm getting real tired of the collective gaslighting and shaming this fandom does whenever there's the slightest hint of dissent. It IS that deep, and it deserves to be discussed.