Thread. Zayn was getting called terrorist and being attacked by islamophobes long before he tweeted #FreePalestine and i will never forgive the boys for not standing up for my baby. his creativity was being put in a box by the band management, with him not being able to release

solo shit while being in the band and when wrote for the band, his management was not accepting the songs he wrote. one of his cousins actually exposed this while he was still in one direction. we hated modest long before so we weren't surprised but it's not a coincidence that

zayn was especially being put in a box. he is brown and muslim, after all. not only that, after zayn left he revealed that he wasn't even allowed to keep a beard because when muslims get a beard they apparently look like terrorists? why was liam allowed a beard? why was harry

allowed to release music on the side? why was zayn given the mysterious bad boy persona? giving even more reasons to the media to hate on him. Anyways, after Zayn left, going through all this and more in the band which resulted in him having an eating disorder, guess what the

boys did and continue to do? they disregard all his struggles, claim with all their privilege that they just don't understand how something that was wonderful for them was terrible for someone else (maybe look at the color of your skin), and to this day continue to act petty

about zayn leaving, KNOWING he was struggling with his mental health, unable to make the kind of music he wanted, being controlled in ways the rest weren't, and unhappy. Maybe they do it for promo, maybe they actually feel this way. Either way it's unforgivable especially without

an apology. His struggles are so obvious that even us as fans can see them but they couldn't? I just think that all of this is important to mention in these days because i am a directioner and excited for whatever is coming, but i can still call out the boys for the things they

did wrong. Some fans, although harmless, are still oblivious to all of this. And while i would rather they be aware, if they're not hating on zayn then there's no point in attacking them. Please don't forget that even stan twitter is full of REAL people with feelings.

this was at a 1D concert. The boys? quiet.

zayn was compared with a terrorist on national television. the boys? crickets.