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why aidan gallagher shouldn’t get hated on as much as he does — a thread
(tw // depression, doxxing, suicide)
(tw // depression, doxxing, suicide)
before i start i want to clarify: im NOT trying to convince anyone to stan him or even LIKE him, i’m just trying to clear a few things up. i’m not excusing things hes said or done, im trying to explain why i believe he deserves a chance to learn & grow, like every other teenager.
the first thing i want to mention is that he has addressed his mistakes before, and the statement that say he’s been ignoring everything isn’t true. we can see he uses age as an explanation which makes it seem like an excuse, but he really is a teenager that makes mistakes, he +
just happens to be in the public eye while making them.
dating/flirting issues: he has apologised for the situation with tj and explained that some fans were asking him if he would date her and he said yes because he thought she was smart and fun to be around. however, he responded rudely when some people said that she would never +
date him, to which he apologised and owned up and said that he never should have responded, as seen below.
fan issues: he has said many times before that he loves and appreciates his fans very much. when getting called out for saying some inconsiderate things to certain fan pages, he cleared the air by saying he never meant to offend his fans and that he cares about them. +
he explained that he doesn’t support online bullying FROM fan pages.
vegan/environmental issues: aidan uses his social media platforms for beneficial purposes, such as spreading awareness about important topics. he explained that he went vegan because it’s something he believed in and wanted to do. that’s when he also decided to use his platforms+
for the better. his purpose was never to offend anyone who disagrees with his opinions, only to inform and spread awareness. he doesn’t judge people that don’t agree, he only does what he thinks is right by being vegan and becoming a UN Environment Ambassador.
animal/pets/girls issues: there were rumours getting spread around that aidan believed that people should let their pets loose, which he did say something along the lines on. however, afterwards he explained that he’s not against having cats and dogs (etc) as pets, he’s against +
breeding and keeping animals in captivity, which a lot of people are against, he just didn’t clarify enough. as for the rumours about him being against girls, this was very clearly not true seeing as he explained that his best friend was a girl.
cancer jokes: while filming for nrdd, aidan wore a bald cap during one of the episodes. in the comments of one of his posts he made a joke about having cancer, which was very insensitive. again, i don’t mean to use age as an excuse but he was 11 years old when he said this. +
i have an 11 year old brother that makes immature and idiotic jokes like this all the time. but that’s just it; they’re immature. kids make immature jokes all the time and as they grow older they begin to learn right and wrong, which is what aidan is doing now.
racist/transphobic issues: starting off with racist, it is very clear that aidan is NOT. he has been posting about blm almost everyday, along with working alongside and respecting is poc co-stars. he also has been posting supportive things about lgbt almost every day on his +
instagram stories. as for transphobic, he accidentally misgendered someone last year & since then has apologised for it. it was a mistake seeing as we don’t know whether he knew the person or their pronouns to start. since then hes posted things supportive the trans community.
d0xxing issues: aidan has never actually d0xxed anyone, he himself made a joke about it. mind you- a very idiotic and insensitive joke. a girl made a video “exposing him” and was sent hate and death threats which aidan apologised and said he was sorry for that.
as for the actual threat of d0xxing, there’s a high chance that wasn’t aidan at all. there have been rumours spreading around that aidan’s dad has run his instagram and twitter in the past, which makes sense. the insta comments and tweets that attacked the fans used the same +
grammar and spelling that his dad’s tweets have. also, aidans tweets are from TweetDeck while aidan uses an iphone. https://twitter.com/itsriatea/status/1237082588008742912
if his father found out that people were attacking his son, theres a very high possibility that he took action and was the one to comment those things. this is a very well known idea among lots of people, and although it hasn’t been officially confirmed, it’s highly assumed. +
people that have met aidan say that aside from being a bit socially awkward, he’s overall very nice and doesn’t seem like the kind of person to say or do things like that.
tw // depression, suicide issues: on a youtube chat last year, someone in the comments was talking about their depression. other people in the chat, along with aidan, were asking them to leave the chat and ask for help if they could. aidan starting commenting in the chat and +
saying things that might see@ wrong, such as that depression was contagious. but professionals reviewers and psychology courses have said that it’s possible to latch onto negative states of mind and emotions if you are around someone depressed, which is essentially what he meant.
and aidan wasn’t just taking a guess, either, he explained that he actually knows a good amount depression because it runs in his family (his grandfather died of suicide). people began twisting his words and creating rumours which overwhelmed him.
adding onto that, he has been constantly and relentlessly bullied about his singing. if you don’t like it, don’t listen to it. it’s as simple as that. hes said many times that he doesn’t create music to impress anyone, he does it because it’s fun and therapeutic for him.
all of the hate is getting to him and making him give up on something he was doing for himself. again, i completely understand that people don’t like his music and that’s totally fine! but it could have just been ignored instead of commented on. he’s 16 and doing what he loves.
so, as i said, i am not trying to force or convince anybody to stan or like him if they don’t. my only intentions were to shed light on these problems and show that aidan has owned up and apologised for many of his mistakes. he is 16 years old and still a minor, and all minors +
make mistakes. even adults have made mistakes far worse than aidan’s. and if you don’t believe he deserves a chance to learn and grow, that’s essentially saying that all teenagers don’t deserve that chance, which is not true.
that wraps up this thread, and mind you that all of these incidents happened a year or more ago. this goes to show that he IS learning and he IS growing and that should be noted.
