Listen to my heartbeat

I waffled a bit on whether on not to comment on the recent issue involving 2PM and their former leader Park Jaebom, since I'm not really a 2PM fan unless you count Taecyeon starring in my recent daydreams as being a fan. I've heard maybe 2 songs in total by them and I know nothing about them as a group or even about the Park Jaebum controversy but it bothers me to read some of the blind fangirl comments regarding that issue.

Recently it's been confirmed that Park Jaebum will never be able to return to 2PM due to a "severe personal mistake". A translation of a subsequent conference that the remaining members (plus their agency's CEO I think) held with fans says that the members fully support that decision. And now people are jumping all over them for it, calling them backstabbers and haters. In fact, a lot of people have even said that they will not continue to support 2PM because the remaining 6 members supposedly turned their backs on Park Jaebum.

I can understand that people are upset over Park Jaebum not being allowed to return. And I can understand that the brotherly bond between the members is one of the reasons that the fans are even fans (though I'd like to hope that their music plays just as big a role). But as per usual, fans are so blinded by their "love" for their idols that they immediately start bashing on anyone or anything that even hints at hurting their idol. Perish the thought that their precious idol might be human and do something wrong. To their credit, the fangirls can sometimes acknowledge when their idol does something wrong but they void those brownie points by automatically redeeming them ("it wasn't that bad") or blaming someone else (everything's a conspiracy nowadays).
Of course, not all fans are like that but most of the ones who voice their thoughts that strongly are.

Instead of calling the rest of 2PM backstabbers and saying that they didn't protect their brother or try to get him back, why not consider the possibility that maybe what Park Jaebum did really was that bad? Maybe not allowing him back into 2PM (and maybe he doesn't even want to come back) is the best thing because if whatever he did is revealed later on, it could hurt not only him but 2PM as a whole. And saying that they're only saving their own asses is unfair. First off, because this decision might actually protect him. And secondly, because it's their job/dream to be doing what they're doing. And if they're that hurt by whatever Park Jaebum did, then like I said, maybe it really was that bad.

Even though I don't have any particularly strong feelings towards 2PM (this crazy long post seems to suggest otherwise), I don't like watching so many so-called fans jump on their backs unnecessarily. Only a handful of people know what's really going on, and I'm 99.99% sure that the Hottests are not them.

Listening to right now: 2PM - Heartbeat