But what if BTS ARMY rises? New (ALL) ARMY, do you truly understand the power that this fandom has to affect positive change? To fully comprehend what we can accomplish together. You need to know our HISTORY. Share with new ARMY.
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In the Fall of 2018, ARMY woke up excited. 875 was scheduled to appear on the popular Japanese show Music Station. However, hours before they were supposed to fly to Japan. Their appear was abruptly canceled.
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As ARMY scrambled to figure out what happened. We were floored to find out this was "supposedly" due to a t-shirt worn (in the past) by one of the members. A shirt celebrating Korea's independence from Japan.
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What made the issue more confusing was that 875 was not the only k-group to wear the shirt. Yet, it was NOT an issue when worn by others. ARMY's quickly learned that the real problem had NOTHING to do with 875 at all.
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The day before the cancelation, a court ruled in favor of Korea during the WWII occupation. Extremists made used 875 as an example to show their displeasure. Every, and I mean EVERY news organization from k-media and Voldeboard to the NY Times, covered the story.
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Instead of fact-checking the information being spread, these newsgroups chose to regurgitate the false narrative being pushed by J-extremists. That is until a group of ARMY decided to use their voice to educate I-ARMY (and the world) about Korea/Japan history.
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Enter The White Paper Project. I will not be expounding on the history of Korea and Japan. As I have no authority to do so. But I will talk about how ARMY came together (in the name of 875) to use their voice to stop a false narrative. 🔗
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"I don't think it should stop as a paper. It should be published as a book to spread it worldwide." These ARMYs countered the false rewriting of history with FACTS. Thereby changing the false narrative being spread. Bringing light to the reason for the sudden ban.
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What's the point of today's history lesson? BTS uses their voice to speak about social and world issues that many in their position shy away from. We, as their ARMY, strive to follow their example by using our voice to speak out against injustice.
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We have an opportunity now to use our voice positively with the fiasco that was TM ticketing. Our history proves that we can accomplish great things when we come together. It's practically our government name--ARMY. So let's take back what others look to steal.
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Our voice matters, ARMY. We are strong when we come together. Let history look back at BTS and ARMY and say they left the world better than they found it. 💜💜💜💜
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