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okay so i’m feeling a lot better than i did yesterday (thank you all for the sweet messages ily guys 
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">). i’ve cleared my head & decided to put it over my heart & emotions for now, so i’m going to go on a rant to share my thoughts on this situation in general. +
as most of you probably know, harvey posted something on his story yesterday defending kyle & telling fans to “be positive” no matter how insulting someone is online. it made quite a lot of fans upset, especially the ones directly involved in the situation. +
and they had every right, but that wasn’t the reason i was upset. i’d been feeling eerie even before he posted that story, due to something max said in the podcast that was uploaded two days ago. to sum it up, he was talking about the rally prank people did to tr*mp on tiktok, +
and he described it as “stepping over a line” because “the government can take what you love” (in this case “what you love” being the tiktok app). i was obviously very offended by this, as he was clearly showing that a social media app was more important to him than +
taking down a sociopath who has wronged & oppressed SO many minorities in the past and still continues to do so. it appeared to me that they thought of this action as just another one of those pranks someone on tiktok decided to pull because they were bored, while it was +
quite obviously not. it also appeared to me that he saw people standing up to their own government as something bad & a “flaw”, and that really upset me personally esp as i’m originally syrian. (if u dk about the syrian conflict, pls feel free to dm me & i’ll explain!) +
i spoke to a lot of people who were also very upset about this, but it was all done behind closed doors as they were all scared of being attacked by the rest of the fandom if they spoke up. and they were right, as i discovered my story discussing it had been shared to multiple +
people and groupchats in the span of that one day. anyway, i decided to give them the benefit of the doubt as they were quite obviously uneducated about the us government and what tr*mp has done, & i told myself that they didn’t truly mean it. of course i didn’t dare make this +
a huge issue on my account publicly, because i knew as soon as i tried to confront the boys directly about this the fandom would flip upside down and absolutely destroy my reputation. (not everyone of course, we’ve got a lot of amazing ppl in our fandom). +
i was eventually letting it go, but that’s when harvey posted on his story. and even though what he talked about did not concern me in any way, i was very frustrated for the fans involved and about what he said. that being “try your absolute best to stay positive online”. +
of course when you look at it without knowing the context it’s an absolutely wonderful message to spread, but in this case it was not. he’d indirectly attacked the fans that were defending HIM and his brother and basically told them that they shouldn’t have stood up for +
themselves against kyle, even when kyle had acted extremely childish and called them a lot of horrible things. we don’t know what harvey was told about the situation specifically, but whether he was aware of what happened or not, he still hurt a lot of his supporters by +
what he said. now for me, that statement was just the icing on the cake. suddenly the reality of the boys’ behaviour hit me, and i felt so empty that i didn’t even have the heart to watch the livestream with everyone else. +
i’ve taken a lot of time to think about it since then, & i think i’ve realized what the problem is. the problem is that the boys are so desperate to keep their platform “positive” and “happy” all the time, that they’ve quite literally turned into ignorant people. whenever +
they’re confronted by their fans over something they’ve done wrong, they ALWAYS completely ignore the situation and remain under that happy bubble expecting us all to do the same, until we eventually forget about it and move on. they’ve never apologized for any of their wrong +
actions, nor do i expect them to anytime soon. and while i completely understand that we’re all human and we’re all going to do stupid shit throughout our lives, there’s a massive difference between realizing that something you did was wrong & apologizing for it, and completely +
shying away from a situation you KNOW was not right, waiting for it to go away & moving on as if it never even happened in the first place. i love how goofy the boys are & the energy they’re always presenting on social media, but life isn’t just sunshine & rainbows. they’ve got +
to act serious every once in a while and own up to their mistakes, especially if those mistakes get pointed out by their SUPPORTERS of all people. this can include the kyle situation, what max said in the podcast, breaking social distancing after preaching abt it, their energy +
towards blm, or literally any dumb mistake they could’ve easily fixed by realizing what they’ve done wrong and apologizing to the parties involved. it’s all really small occurrences that have the right to be dismissed when they’re individual, but as soon as you combine them all +
together you start to see the bigger picture. and of course i say all of this out of my LOVE for both of them, because i want them to do better. because their ignorance has lead them to blindly defend their friends before knowing the full story. because it’s lead them to fail +
using their platform to spread awareness about important topics (whether it be political or social). because it’s lead them to fail to educate THEMSELVES about those topics & the world around them as “they don’t like politics”, which in turn has lead them to say the completely +
wrong things on social media without even realizing it. & most importantly, it’s lead so many people who have looked up to them for so long to think that they don’t care, or that they’re too proud to admit they were wrong. & the fact that the boys probably aren’t even aware of +
that breaks my heart. for this reason, i deactivated my instagram account last night because it was too much for me to handle. i’ve always been inspired by them and seen them as role models, so it was very hard for me to come to the realization that they too aren’t perfect. and +
that they have (indirectly) disrespected me and my people, and not apologized for it yet. as much as i love them i can’t look at anything they post without feeling sad & wanting to cry, so i think i’m going to stay deactivated for a while. +
again, i’m writing this thread because i genuinely care about them. not because i’m salty or into cancel culture, but because i want them to do better. @maxandharvey i’d love for you to read this and take some of the things i said under consideration, because i KNOW at the end +
of the day you never truly mean any harm by your words or actions. but PLEASE take the time to educate yourselves about the world around you, even if the issue doesn’t directly affect you. and apologize when you do something wrong, don’t ignore it hoping it’ll just go away. +
i’ve stated all the points i wanted to state i think, so thank you for whoever actually takes the time to read the whole thing. (ik this is ridiculously long and i’m so sorryhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💀" title="Schädel" aria-label="Emoji: Schädel">). i truly truly hope that the boys do better in the future and im sorry to ANY fan who ever felt +
upset/invalidated/offended etc by anything the boys ever said or did. i hope they apologize to the fans who were involved in the kyle situation but if they don’t, you’re all incredibly amazing & i’m glad you stood up against him instead of letting him win. if any of you would +
like to reach me over the next couple days hit me up at @/ masalikenasa on instagram, & i’ll try to answer as soon as i can. again i apologize about how long this thread is, i hope it puts things into perspective for some people and makes everyone realize that it’s not our duty +
as their fans to defend their actions 24/7. it is our duty however to call them out when they do something wrong and educate them about it, hoping they’ll do better in the future. i’m gonna dip now, thanku for the people who checked up on me today i love u https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💜" title="Violettes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Violettes Herz">
also if you have ANYTHING to add to this thread at all or if you disagree with anything i’ve said, let me know! i won’t mind discussing it w u and hearing ur perspective :)
