Recently, a Twitter user using the tweethandle @xjun6k00k came under fire for posting a thread of unnecessary shade towards Sulli (설리)’s death news.
It all started when the netizen questioned on why Sulli trended on social media following her sudden passing. “Sulli died. So what? People die everyday so please girl you ain’t special,” the person wrote on Twitter.
The Twitter user – who used IKON’s former member B.I as the profile picture – then tweeted by saying, “Condolences to Sulli my ass, she did it for fame,” implying that she took her life away for the sake of fame.
In addition, the person took it the extreme way when he/she started to bring in K-Pop boy band BTS in the argument. The netizen sarcastically congratulated Sulli for trending #1 worldwide, but assured that “BTS is trending everyday so that’s really not a success”.
The person also brought up Twice member Mina’s current condition. For the uninitiated, the Japanese-born K-Pop star is struggling with anxiety disorder. The internet troll claimed that since Twice is a famous girl group themselves, there’s no need for Mina to eventually end her life for fame.
The posts have caused a massive uproar among K-pop fans online. Most of them took to Twitter to address the issue by asking their fellow followers to block and report the troll’s account.
Most of them felt that the fan was making fun of sensitive issues regarding suicide and self-harm. They also claimed that the person (most probably a BTS’ ARMY) was just being an attention seeker. Check out some their tweets here:
please block @/xjun6k00k
They are being disrespectful towards artists including Sulli, Mina, and Jonghyun pic.twitter.com/JPwDBUjjOL— jules 💋 (@swcsvt) October 14, 2019
Report and block this account (@/xjun6k00k) for being disrespectful af. Omg, the lack sense of humanity gutted me so hard. It's not the first & won't be the last. Toxic beings still catch me off guard. pic.twitter.com/yOAbPRT3L6
— Saffy🍉 (@geniefor9) October 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/eunsangiemy/status/1183682108889300992
https://twitter.com/greenpeastea/status/1183892324897570816
you're such an attention……seeker (euphemism, because I don't want to swear), becoming an adult will hit You hard
— ᴮᴱJust.Had.Enough⁷ (@JustHadEnough2) October 14, 2019
This @/xjun6k00k is such a disgusting human being…he really have no human sense..to make fun of someone death just so low…he even said bad things about Hanbin and many more idols..please…lets mass blocking and report…all his tweets are so disrespectful and abusive pic.twitter.com/GSKyKHc5FD
— A K I 🦊🐻🐥 (@woollimz_only) October 15, 2019
What do you think of this issue? Was it necessary for the fan to criticise Sulli despite the fact that she’s no longer around?
