Why don´t people like Amber Liu? (1 Viewer)

[brekker]

I know zero to nothing about (f)x, but I have seen Amber´s video where she is with almost all the kpop boy groups and everyone was loving her like crazy. People got envious and I am not surprised. Everyone treated her like a best friend and everyone was so relaxed.
But I have also seen some random comments about her and they were kind of passive aggressive like "everyone except Amber" etc.

So I was like .... give me the tea.
Is she less cool than what I have thought?

 

[Ahsoka]

She said something controversial when BLM was happening, I think that may have been why

 

[VillageIdiot]

She said some pretty stupid and ignorant things.
She's apologized for it and really tried to educate herself so I'm over it.

But of course people on Twitter and YT like to speak for others and pretend they're offended when really they wanna be hateful

 

[brekker]

She said some pretty stupid and ignorant things.
She's apologized for it and really tried to educate herself so I'm over it.

But of course people on Twitter and YT like to speak for others and pretend they're offended when really they wanna be hateful

thx for explaining!

 

[Jimimis]

i think shes plain annoying. ok we get it you're so subversive wooooooow ok now please just be quiet

 

[Michael]

I know zero to nothing about (f)x, but I have seen Amber´s video where she is with almost all the kpop boy groups and everyone was loving her like crazy. People got envious and I am not surprised. Everyone treated her like a best friend and everyone was so relaxed.
But I have also seen some random comments about her and they were kind of passive aggressive like "everyone except Amber" etc.

So I was like .... give me the tea.
Is she less cool than what I have thought?

I follow Amber on yt; and she's somehow a favourite of mine precisely because she used to relate very well with the boys.

 

[uhgr8]

sigh* .. In my personal opinion people really took the situation way too far.
Originally a year or two ago she made a comment on a video that popped up where a black man was being brutalized by police (though its been just as long since I've seen it, I don't remember the details tbh) The guy in the video was cursing at the cop and Amber said something like "Well what did he expect? you can't talk to cops like that" She might have said he deserved it, I really do nOt remember so don't quote me on the details.
And none of that is uhhhhh smart to say.. for obvious reasons.. But she apologized and admitted that she didn't know shit about the racial climate in the US right now. And I do get get that. It was stupid, she knew that and she educated herself.. but people couldn't move on.

Then this year when protests were at their peak and That cop was finally getting charged, she made an ill informed comment saying they should raise the degree of the murder charge. I don't remember all the legal talk, but something about the stipulations in raising the degree would have nOt helped the case. And she was spreading uninformed information on her huge platform so people were angry. But again she apologized, pretty sure she took the tweet down and everything. But the hate got SOOOO bad, people were calling for her to get canceled, people were spreading rumors about her. She even had to come out against this stupid rumor that she was pregnant or some shit. It was ridiculous.

Amber is human, and yeah shes fucked up a couple of times but I don't think anyone deserves the kind of hate people throw her way. Even if people don't like her, or don't wanna forgive her, they could just unfollow and move on instead of trying to ruin her livelihood and her sanity. I'm all for giving people room to grow and learn, if we can't do that then what's the point? Half the damn planet is bigoted but we won't get anywhere if we just cut people out before trying to educate them

 

[brekker]

sigh* .. In my personal opinion people really took the situation way too far.
Originally a year or two ago she made a comment on a video that popped up where a black man was being brutalized by police (though its been just as long since I've seen it, I don't remember the details tbh) The guy in the video was cursing at the cop and Amber said something like "Well what did he expect? you can't talk to cops like that" She might have said he deserved it, I really do nOt remember so don't quote me on the details.
And none of that is uhhhhh smart to say.. for obvious reasons.. But she apologized and admitted that she didn't know shit about the racial climate in the US right now. And I do get get that. It was stupid, she knew that and she educated herself.. but people couldn't move on.

Then this year when protests were at their peak and That cop was finally getting charged, she made an ill informed comment saying they should raise the degree of the murder charge. I don't remember all the legal talk, but something about the stipulations in raising the degree would have nOt helped the case. And she was spreading uninformed information on her huge platform so people were angry. But again she apologized, pretty sure she took the tweet down and everything. But the hate got SOOOO bad, people were calling for her to get canceled, people were spreading rumors about her. She even had to come out against this stupid rumor that she was pregnant or some shit. It was ridiculous.

Amber is human, and yeah shes fucked up a couple of times but I don't think anyone deserves the kind of hate people throw her way. Even if people don't like her, or don't wanna forgive her, they could just unfollow and move on instead of trying to ruin her livelihood and her sanity. I'm all for giving people room to grow and learn, if we can't do that then what's the point? Half the damn planet is bigoted but we won't get anywhere if we just cut people out before trying to educate them

thank you so much for the details. as you have mentioned that was not very wise of her, but imagine if we were all dragged out for stupid things we say sometimes. some people just type quicker than they think and she should have obviously thought about the fact that she has a lot of followers and is a famous person, but yet ... it happens.

 

[Drew_B]

I know zero to nothing about (f)x, but I have seen Amber´s video where she is with almost all the kpop boy groups and everyone was loving her like crazy. People got envious and I am not surprised. Everyone treated her like a best friend and everyone was so relaxed.
But I have also seen some random comments about her and they were kind of passive aggressive like "everyone except Amber" etc.

So I was like .... give me the tea.
Is she less cool than what I have thought?

Amber was the original social butterfly of kpop. EVERYONE was friends with Amber. Just check out her debut music video "Shake that Brass" and see all the celebrities she got to appear in it.

But this is kpop. All it takes is one tiny mistake and everyone turns on you.

 

[mysteric]

she said some insensitive stuff around blm
apparently she didn't see the whole vid and made some assumptions
idk, everything on stan twt is blown out of proportion

 

[uhgr8]

thank you so much for the details. as you have mentioned that was not very wise of her, but imagine if we were all dragged out for stupid things we say sometimes. some people just type quicker than they think and she should have obviously thought about the fact that she has a lot of followers and is a famous person, but yet ... it happens.

Exactlyy!!! And I completely understand if people were disappointing or hurt or angry, but the things people were saying to her on twitter and other parts of the internet were vile. I won't even repeat any of it, but it was disgusting.. things you should never say to someone no matter how much of a public figure they are.
I don't even stan but, but I've always had a big gay soft spot for her and that shit hurt to read

 

[brekker]

Exactlyy!!! And I completely understand if people were disappointing or hurt or angry, but the things people were saying to her on twitter and other parts of the internet were vile. I won't even repeat any of it, but it was disgusting.. things you should never say to someone no matter how much of a public figure they are.
I don't even stan but, but I've always had a big gay soft spot for her and that shit hurt to read

I can imagine.... I´m sorry for ... people.
I don´t stan either, but I have seen some older vids and I admire her social capabilities. She made everyone being friends with her, even the biggest introverts were offering hugs and that is something.

 

[LeeHoseok]

As everyone said, Amber has made some mistakes, but there's really no reason for people to continue to hate her. She gets a lot of flak for being outspoken and actually giving her opinions, but honestly it's refreshing for an idol to actually have the balls to speak openly about their opinions, even if they're wrong sometimes.

 

[raymondchouku]

But this is kpop. All it takes is one tiny mistake and everyone turns on you.

Spoiler: 18+ ish

I know right... Kinda puts into perspective all the bad behavior people [musicians] were engaged in during the 70s when they were whacked out on acid..

 

[LoveYooShaSha]

You cant expect her to be different from her upbringing, away in a foreign land-being called idol n successful, then return to her own cultural melange n expect her to be fully cognizant of every single nuance of 300 million ppl.

It is wat it is. People who arent her hv been acting much worse n gotten away with saying much more terrible stuff just by not being her/living her life. Even just as recently as her. Without going bk to the cretaceous age of the 70s/80s or 90s. H8ters gonna h8te.

 

[SHlNEE]

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE
oh wait that should be amber now