On August 4th, one member of a community called 'Today's Humor' held a one-man protest in front of the Core Contents Media building after T-Jinyo announced they're fucking around with CCM.
According to netizen accounts, there were protests held nationwide in some of the bigger cities to bring attention to the issues of bullying and ostracization through T-ara's controversy.
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Article: 'T-ara Protest' one man protest... a shout to end bullying
Source: ENews via Nate
1. [+444, -11] He is amazing... that's all I can say. I don't think he'll ever get bullied in his life due to lack of determination.. I hope he is careful not to get hit by rice cakes in this sweltering heat... I have deep respect for him.
2. [+389, -19] I'm also a member of Today's Humor. T-Jinyo really needs to reflect on their latest actions and decisions, and Core Contents also needs to reflect and apologize for this issue. I'm really thankful that the members of Today's Humor are not all talk and no action like T-Jinyo but people that move their words into actions.
3. [+374, -8] Not only Seoul, but there were also protests in Daegu, Gunsan, and Kyungbodae Beach!! We need to stop bullying!
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Majority of the best replies of all related articles were supporting the man and showing their respect towards him. The signs they're holding state: "Don't justify bullying", "Bullying is a form of character murder", "Need for anti bullying and prevention education", "There is no such thing as deserving to be bullied", "Cut the roots of bullying, bullying is murder".
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Article: 'Fan Anger' Eggs thrown at T-ara's building
Source: Sports Chosun via Nate
1. [+412, -15] Increasing the members to seven is not the problem, but the bullying.
2. [+415, -21] What a nutcase why would you throw it at the street across from it? You're supposed to throw it at Kim Kwang Soo. Now the cleaning ladies are the only ones suffering --
3. [+443, -120] Not there! Should've thrown it at Rice Cake Eunjung mom's cafe
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The next two are editorials discussing/assessing T-ara's controversy.
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Article: 'T-ara Controversy' a week has passed, why is the case still 'noisy'?
Source: Hanguk Ilbo via Nate
1. [+629, -10] Because T-ara is still being disrespectful
2. [+609, -11] Why is still noisy? Because their explanation or apology was too obvious and one sided in that it put one person down for their benefit... Expect it to be noisy until they disband.
3. [+597, -16] T-ara is a criminal group. They auctioned their bodies to older men, beat up fellow students to the point where they were forced to transfer schools, stripped on webcam while still a minor, and now they've bullied another member as an entire group.
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Article: T-ara has become a mess, how they can be forgiven
Source: Mediaus via Nate
1. [+1,398, -29] The funny thing is that they never even asked for forgiveness and yet here they are worrying about whether they'll be forgiven or not.
2. [+1,224, -31] I believe it's too late to be completely forgiven. They should've acknowledged their mistakes right away when rumors of their bullying were first introduced. The case wouldn't have gotten this big if they had admitted to being short on thought and apologized to Hwayoung. But instead, they've hidden behind their CEO all this while without a peep. The fact that they're trying to be forgiven now while having done nothing to fix the problem just seems like a desperate ploy to continue their careers as celebrities. They still don't know how severe their actions were in affecting the life of one person. That is why I don't believe that they deserve to live out their careers as an idol to our youth.
3. [+1,139, -32] It's become too far to ask for forgiveness. The thing with bullying is that it's a form of murder, just that you're not using a knife or a gun. What's the difference between what they're doing and a murderer who stabbed someone not feeling any remorse until people got up in an uproar and demanded an apology? At minimum, the girls need to be chased out of the industry.
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I'd love to have some non T-ara related content up for you soon, but yeah, the spotlight is still strong on T-ara.
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wow he's brave, I hope people can fight this, I was bullied at school and when people saus that everything that T-ara did to HY are proofs out of context I feel really hurt, I have never said to my familiy what happened to me, I just failed and they moved me.
ReplyDeleteWhen there was people they were nice with me but when there were no teachers they bullied me.
Salute!
ReplyDeleteThe fact that KKS think citizen is stupid is wrong. Actually this Hwayoung case is not the first time, other girl group have been through this pain by KKS which is I heard is SeeYa. This, all of this stupidity need to stop from the very beginning. I hope T-Ara disband, and will move on into the new group with other company, and learn a lesson. There is still people who keep denying the fact that Hwayoung really have been through pain a lot. I can she her sadness, poor kid. I wish she will move on with a happy heart by knowing fans still supporting her. Fighting Hwayoung! Lots of love.
ReplyDeleteI support totally that man protesting against bullying.
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Read this T-ARA:
"Don't justify bullying"
"Bullying is a form of character murder"
"Need for anti bullying and prevention education"
"There is no such thing as deserving to be bullied"
"Cut the roots of bullying, bullying is murder"
I wish her sister wasn't in this hellhole company. There's no way Hwayoung can stand up for herself without jeopardizing her sister while shes under that psychopath CEO.
ReplyDeleteI wanna say something.. We shouldnt judge too quickly. I think both sides(T-ara and Hwayoung) are both hurting right now. I'm not going to say T-ara are bullies( I used to think they were) you can go to hyotheleader(.)tumblr(.)com and see for yourself but I really blame KKS and CCM the management is horrible
ReplyDeleteI meant to say T-ara are NOT bullies
ReplyDeleteT-Error is just one giant group of bullies.
ReplyDeleteQri is the only member who didn't do anything to Hwayoung from what I've seen. Can't wait for them to disband :D
GO HWAYOUNG!!!!!!!!!
the problem with bullying is that the wounds will stay forever. I was bullied in Elementary School just because i look like a Chinese and did some horrible things to my school stuffs and they even called me Chinese bitch and this makes me distrust people easily, and there are times when I hide under harsh comments about others n suddenly I became one of those bullies.
ReplyDeleteTara was a decent group, i never been their fan,Soeyoen ever smile like she is ready to commit a murder, never been a hard core fan of Jiyoen, she is still a forever stripper for me since she did it at such a young age (indication that she needed the money, and prostitution at a young age indicates that she is a megalomaniac -she loves power on opposite sex), and their leader...like a dubstep for me. But the root i still come from KKS, in the middle of this scandal he still pull the girls out to pimp themselves to the public via drama and MV, he is milking them away like shit,Tara should stay low for a while, let people to sit and reevaluate to distinguish between fakes and facts, between friends and foes.Make an apology to at least calm down the public n stop pretending to be victims because people will eat them alive. This is getting ridiculous and Tara hopes that people will forget this, well i say this scandal is effecting school kids, and that's what they have to concern about.
and Qri is also a bully for me, being silent all the time. She at least tell the others to stop bullying HY if she care about her. Qri is the worst I guess for being such a bystander.
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