Niki should acknowledge what happened
Guys, I know I’m going to get jumped for saying this, but I believe there is no world where it’s okay for Ni-ki to completely ignore someone who died over the backlash drawn to her following his words. All I've been seeing online is how he is oh-so-innocent and needs to take zero accountability for anything that happened. Like, are we for real right now?
I don't want to bring other groups into this, but to make my point clearer, look at the massive hate train IVE got after Bang Chan’s words. Of course, nobody got physically hurt that time, so it's a slightly different situation, but IVE received huge backlash and harassment online all because of the vague-ass words of a male idol (and bang chan also got a lot of hate over how he has to choose her words more carefully and take more accountability which were all right but when its Niki suddenly everyone is infantalizing him. I barely see him getting the same backlash from fans when his actions actually led to much bigger consequences).
I'm not saying his words in the live were targeted towards her. Niki had no way of knowing it would escalate into this BUT it did so why is he suddenly disappearing online waiting for things to calm down. Why are we prioritizing the mental health of a millionaire performer over the LIFE of another person.
When an idol's careless comments spark a dogpile this intense, acting like they bear zero responsibility for the fallout is ridiculous. Fanbases take those open-ended statements and use them as ammunition to harass people. When that harassment escalates to real world consequences, staying completely silent and pretending you had nothing to do with it isn't okay. Idols need to start taking accountability for the weight their platforms carry.
note: english is not my first language so I hope my rant its readable
edit: seeing all the comments here made me disillusioned about how kpop fandoms operate. I'm not going to respond to anymore comments but before you type out a comment just know that I will be giggling and shitting myself over you trying to be hurtful. I am a changed person fr. I simply tried to give my opinion didn't know these subs for "controversial takes" were only a safe place if you had the right controversial takes.