sensitive content [Knetizen+NB] Former AOA member Kwon Mina reveals she was s*xually assaulted by a male celebrity during middle school + Shin Jimin hasn’t apologized to her yet

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12 hours ago, Jikrytae said:

I could "stop," but I'm not going to. If you don't have a valid response to anything I've said, don't say anything. 

ok, you saying "who forgives a sexual assaulter anyway" is messed up in SO many levels.

1) Your statement implies that Mina's response to her own trauma is weird or wrong, as if her choosing to forgive is "wrong" or weird.. You're painting her negatively for choosing to forgive. Forgiveness is her way to heal and cope from the trauma. There are no "rules" for what's right or wrong.

2) Her forgiving him doesn't make the assault any less traumatic and terrible, it means this was her way to survive and overcome a traumatic experience. Forgiveness can be healing for a a lot of survivors, not all, and it's extremely rude and invalidating that you paint her negatively/insinuate there was something "wrong" with her response. It's her response to her trauma, there's nothing wrong or odd about it. Everyone copes differently. 

3) You focusing on Mina's forgiveness of her assaulter rather than on the terrible fact that she was bullied and assaulted is concerning and indicates your priority is focusing on painting Mina negatively rather than supporting someone who clearly had a lot of trauma and hell during her days as an idol. 

4) Seolhyun and every AOA member who watched and knew about the bullying needs to apologize. Being a bystander is another form of bullying. People are mentioning Seolhyun specifically bc she;'s most famous + she's Jimin's best friend/"soulmate." But every member who was a bystander should apologize and it seems most members did at some point except Seolhyun, so...