To the creator
Thank you for creating this space to allow us to discuss the many aspects of Kpop as entities try to determine world affairs through entertainment
To Jonghyun who inspired this thread. I love you more than I can express in words. As a blinger, your death has left a wound that has left many asking questions, but we will never know your moments as you departed from SHINee and the world you created. Lately, listening to your songs has become hard as thoughts linger especially with how your group has silenced your existence. Even as I write this, I am in tears for your loss, but love knows everything and will fix brokenness. Saranghae!
To all those on this thread who have shared thoughts, advice, hope and every great message and all those who watch the influences that the unconscious state knows nothing about, thank you for your hard work and keep spreading knowledge because this world needs it. As the system pushes its agenda through KPOP and KDRAMAs, so much will change so we must prepare through knowledge and understanding.
I read a lot, but I wanted to share something Jonghyun talked about on his twitter in 2016. This was at a time when SHAWOLS forced him to apologize for wearing INDIAN clothing in a VCR. He wrote a long apology that also addressed his thoughts on homosexuality. He stated that he didn't swing that way and he is not in a position to judge those who choose to live that way, but homosexuality was not his heart's inclination. I just thought I should share this in case it wasn't shared as this was a topic here.
Jonghyun's position in his own words. English translation and the twitter post.
"I also want to share my thoughts on my comment during the talk segment of the concert when I said, “I respect those inclinations, but I don’t swing that way.”
I don’t remember what my exact words were, but I do remember thinking to myself that I need to speak accurately to avoid any problems arising, which is why I used the phrases “inclinations” and “swing that way”. The meaning of the word “inclination” is “tendencies that come from one’s inherent disposition”. Disposition is the essence of one’s heart. Meanwhile a tendency can be interpreted as the way that happenings, ideology, and actions are related. Therefore “inclinations” can be defined as “the specific course that one’s identity leads them on.”
I used the word “inclinations” not because I’m afraid to use words like “gay” or “homosexual” or “sexual minority,” but instead to convey that I don’t share those tendencies. That being said, if the phrase “swing that way” is a colloquial degradation of sexual minorities, then my use of it was an ignorant mistake. If this is the case, I apologize on this point as well. But “swing that way” was not the intended focus of my statement, “inclination” was."
I love you all.
