KPOP (my thoughts on the chaeyoung situation)

i'm already prepared to get hated off the internet lmao

my opinion - she is not antisemitic and people shouldn't be talking about it still

let me explain :)

i have seen multiple people online say that what she did was unforgivable and no one should stan her anymore. i think that that is a complete over reaction. don't get me wrong, she 100% should not have worn that shirt and her apologizing was totally needed. however, her wearing that shirt is not antisemitic, just a mistake. the shirt itself is a wishy-washy thing, because the guy on it was a punk icon known for doing things for shock value. so was the guy on the shirt a n@zi? no. again, do NOT wear those symbols ever, and shock value does NOT make it okay, but he is still not a n@zi. 

onto chaeyoung herself:

if she was a n@zi, why would she show it in any way???? she is an idol (has been for many years) so she knows that that would definitely not be a good look. therefore, she would not wear a shirt showing her support for antisemitism. she is a known fan of punk culture and most likely just saw a punk-looking shirt with a punk icon on it and thought it was cool. the reason she didn't see anything wrong about it is most likely having to do with korean culture.

korean culture and it's impact on the situation:

in korea, there is a thing called "n@zi chic". it involves n@zi uniforms and symbols, and the people doing it do not in anyway support antisemitism. is it okay? ABOLSUTELY NOT. i think that it is insane that basically an entire culture thinks it's okay to wear those symbols for fashion value and not care about the meaning. however, this rly shows how in korea, these symbols are not taken seriously. along with that, buddhism is very big there, and one of the most common symbols in buddhism is a n@zi symbol (the n@zis took it from buddhism, not the other way around) and those symbols are HUGE on the front of temples. the members of twice literally had a buddhist temple across the street from where they practiced predebut, and saw a giant "n@zi" symbol every day. so of course it would not seem like a big deal. lastly, a lot of people in asia don't even know that much abt WW2. my information is from japan, so it very well could not be able to be related to korea, but the idea still stands. in japan, the youth there literally actually do not know what a sw@stica is because they are not taught it in school. they don't even know who were the bad guys in the whole situation. again, this is information from japan, but the point i'm trying to make is that in america, we all know about it a lot because it is normal for us to talk about "taboo" or hard to talk about things, but other countries are very different when it comes to things like this.

TLDR: all in all, it makes perfect sense that she did not know what the symbol was, or that she didn't take it seriously because of the culture around her, and it is very believable that she just saw a shirt she thought was cool and got it bc it's very punk. if she WAS a n@zi, she would be very careful to not show it to the world at all, which is a reason in itself as to why she is not one. i 100% think that people should have been mad at her, and i 100% think she needed to apologize, and i also 100% think that it was okay to be mad at her for a bit after the whole incident. however, STILL being mad at her even with all of the factors listed above, i think is doing too much. people in the industry have done WAY worse stuff and they have people justifying it left and right (not saying that what she did doesn't matter because people have done worse, just making a comparison, especially with how long it's gone on for).

edit: ig the info abt japan doesn't apply to korea lol. i wasn't sure to begin with haha

i do think everything else i said still stands and the IDEA of the "taboo"/hard to talk abt part i wrote does too, but just thought i would clarify and not spread misinformation lmao