JK's Weverse Post - 6/13

Translation in purple
My commentary in green :)

안녕하세요, 정국입니다.
Hi Everyone, it’s Jung Kook.

오랜만에 여러분을 만난 이후 이런 글을 쓰게 돼서 마음이 무겁습니다.
My heart is so heavy to be writing these words after just meeting you all again for the first time in a long time.

오늘 리허설 중 제가 착용한 모자에 적힌 문구로 인해 많은 분께 실망과 불편함을 드린 점, 진심으로 죄송합니다.
The hat I wore during the rehearsal contained a phrase that hurt a lot of people deeply and made a lot of people uncomfortable - and for this I’m very sorry.

문구가 담고 있는 역사적, 정치적 의미를 충분히 확인하지 못한 채 착용한 저의 부족함으로 인해 실망과 상처를 드렸다는 점, 무겁게 받아들이고 있습니다.
I sincerely acknowledge and take seriously the fact that, due to my lack of awareness in wearing it without fully understanding the historical and political implications of the phrase, I have caused disappointment and pain.

그저 죄송합니다
I’m just very sorry.
어떤 이유에서든 변명의 여지가 없습니다. 제가 부족했고, 부주의했습니다.
I won’t make any excuses. I fell short/was lacking, I was careless.
앞으로는 하나하나 더 깊이 생각하고 행동하겠습니다.
Moving forward, I will think more deeply and act more carefully with everything I do.

저의 실수에 대한 지적과 비판, 모두 겸허히 받아들이겠습니다.
I humbly accept all feedback and criticism regarding my mistake.
모자는 즉시 폐기하였습니다.
I promptly got rid of the hat.
다시 한번 죄송하다는 말씀드립니다.
Once again I want to say, I’m very sorry.

Here’s the thing…
I’m Korean-American and the chaos in the states is very real. It’s a very sensitive area for so many people. Real people are living with fear of having all sorts of chaotic decisions imposed on their lives, some.. many… facing the threat of having their families separated, basic support for their lives and safety, deeply and wildly compromised, etc.

In general, do I believe artists can leverage their fame for political statements? Absolutely. Is that what happened here? From the DEPTHS of my soul, I say with confidence: ABSOLUTELYYYY NOT.

That said, do we, as fans and consumers of entertainment and public media, have a reasonable right to expect that celebrities should have a basic level of political awareness? Sure. I think this is quite fair actually.

HOWEVER, there is a difference between personally having an opinion/expectation unmet and feeling disappointment VS. jumping to ABSOLUTELY unfound conclusions and perpetuating someone else’s views as aligned or misaligned with your own values. This goes for any famous person - but 100000X especially for JUNG KOOK of BTS ?????

After having been discharged LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, with sleeping issues, his personal concerns as an individual and artist, and a literal stalker… could fans/people PLEASE exercise some grace and reason? Allow the backdrop of DEMONSTRATED thoughtfulness, kindness, and integrity over the past 12 years to calibrate impulsive whims.

DISCLAIMER:
Please note: I’m not interested in debating politics with anyone.

Thoughtful, informed, quality discussion/debate just cannot be conducted online through short posts, in short bursts, with shallow interactions.

Further, not just with me - but with each other - if you’re fighting online with people that don’t know or care for your wellbeing as a whole human being and believe it’s worthwhile to argue over character-limited platforms without relationship, context, and history - all at the expense of your own sanity, focus, and TIME (TIME that could be spent taking other actions to enact actual change) - that is undeniably a waste of your time. I don’t like to see beautiful ARMY/followers/moots turn into trolls.

It would be a waste of mine. I have a lot to accomplish. I don’t ever intend to waste my time and stress is bad for skin.

So if you’d like to unfollow me, truly - I readily open the door for you to leave. But I will not reply/engage with trolls- without exception.