December 27, 2023

More SVT members have been added to the list of idols promoting Starbucks, according to this TT vid: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSNt5th51/ including my bias, THE 8. The rest of the members that are named are Wonwoo, Joshua, and Mingyu, and also Hoshi. 

I just want to keep reiterating my point: these men are not that busy to not be able to know, the topic doesn't need to be researched in one go. They're not required to be fully educated right away. They could always ease into getting educated if that's what it takes. There's no excuse. 

I can't say I'm devastated by this news. I already know they aren't always gonna share my worldviews. But to go against humanity is beyond horrendous. It's so simple, yet these men have let their souls be bought by money. They can change but they have to change NOW. They can become better but they have to actively seek to do it. And they have to take action NOW. There will not be a second chance after this. This is big of me to act like I represent all of humanity for giving them a second chance, but no. This is only me as a fan and for me personally. I'm deluding myself trying to be convinced that they can change, but I know that that is not my call to make, and second chances are not mine to give. Forgive me, I am disappointed in myself too. But I have grown to be attached to these people still. They are still part of my entire teenagehood up to now. They will not be excused anywhere else. I will not defend them either. If they change, that is good, but the forgiveness they shall seek will be from the people they have turned their backs to, when these people's lives are being taken away from them. Only they will decide if they are worth the second chance.

They have made a mistake. Their next moves will determine which side they are truly on, and these idols are going to have to be proactive and deliberate with their actions and intent. But I highly doubt they would. In fact, I strongly believe they just truly don't care about the rest of us. This is just me being me, this is how I love. But I know this does not apply to everyone else, and it shouldn't. Humanity bears witness. SVT and other K-idols that we have come to love and invested our time and efforts into supporting just do not care about us.

But this isn't about them. This is about hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people going through hell on Earth right at this very second. This is about the martyrs, the displaced. They are going to experience freedom, justice, and peace in this lifetime. So will us, the rest of the world.

Free Palestine. Free Congo. Free Sudan. Liberate everyone from the oppressors!