I hate it when people use the "their fandom is toxic" card as a reason to hate on someone. I literally had to privately message a person on the home page today because they kept on hating on BTS and Army and used "armys are toxic" card to bash on them. I don't know if people are just ignorant, uneducated or just plain stupid. Using a fandom is not an excuse to hate on someone.
I don't care if a few random people on twitter from that fandom said some stupid things. It ain't an excuse to hate on them. I mean, is it the artist's fault that some people from their fandom screwed up? No! And the worst part is when they expect them to call out their fans. Like what the hell? Are fans artist's babies or something? Since when did this become a thing? You can't expect a person to take care of a baby that isn't theirs. I learned that lesson before I was in kindergarten. These people go off about how fandoms are so toxic yet them generalizing whole fandoms shows how toxic they are.
And lets not get into those ex-fans that now hate on their ex-faves and left the fandom because they saw a few people on twitter. I understand if you unstan a artist because you don't like their music anymore but because of their fandom? I have question for these "fans". Did they stan the artists or the fandom? If you don't like some of their fans then don't go on social media. Simple as that.
Before I came on this website, I had never once interacted with any fans from the same kpop fandom as me and I did that for almost 5 months(not including the months I was interested but did not stan) and for western artists that I stan? I still haven't talked to any of them that are on the internet(I have been stanning Ari for almost 4 years now). If you truly enjoyed an artists music then you wouldn't need to interact with the fandom. Basically like I said before, using the fandom is toxic card is stupid and ignorant.
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