Big Time Socialists

Big Time Socialists

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About

Big Time Socialists is the nickname given to South Korean K-Pop group BTS by Florida congressional candidate KW Miller on Twitter in July 2020. In the tweet, Miller explains a conspiracy theory that AOC conspired with "K-Pop Agents" to "sabotage the President's rally, referring to Donald Trump's June 2020 Tulsa Rally. The tweet was widely mocked on Twitter and "Big Time Socialists" was reclaimed by K-Pop stans.

Origin

On July 7th, 2020, KW Miller[1] tweeted, "Last month @AOC worked with KPOP agents via the app TikTok to sabotage the President's rally. KPOP is foreign propaganda. Why was AOC conspiring with Koreans such as Junkook and BTS (Big Time Socialists) to undermine our President? TikTok is Chinese owned. Kim Jong Un knew?" (shown below). The tweet gained over 26,500 retweets and 14,700 likes in a day.


KW Miller For Congress (FL-18) @KwCongressional Last month @AOC worked with KPOP agents via the app TikTok to sabotage the President's rally. KPOP is foreign propaganda. Why was AOC conspiring with Koreans such as Junkook and BTS (Big Time Socialists) to undermine our President? TikTok is Chinese owned. Kim Jong Un knew? 7:15 PM · Jul 7, 2020 - Twitter Web App

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On July 7th, 2020, Twitter users began responded to the tweet explaining that K-Pop is South Korean. Twitter user @Yasouwildforbts[2] tweeted, "Boy internet is free Kim Jong US is North Korean not Chinese. And KpOP is SOUTH KOREAN . And king JK is south korean too" to which @candybutternubb responded with a reaction image captioned, "the fact that he said bts stands for big time socialists has me howling" (shown below, left). That same day, Twitter account @People4Bernie[3] tweeted, "You mean we could have been posting Big Time Socialists memes all cycle and getting KPOP phonebankers?" (shown below, right). The tweet received over 1,300 likes and 263 retweets in a day.


00 army @Yasouwildforbts Replying to @KwCongressional and @AOC Boy internet is free Kim Jong US is North Korean not Chinese. And KPOP is SOUTH KOREAN . And king JK is south korean too . 8:51 PM - Jul 7, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone beckywacktomie©blm @candybutternubb · 11h Replying to @Yasouwildforbts @KwCongressional and @AOC the fact that he said bts stands for big time socialists has me howling People for Bernie @People4Bernie Bernie You mean we could have been posting Big Time Socialists memes all cycle and getting KPOP phonebankers? BIG TIME SOCIALISTS KW Miller For Congress (FL-18) @KwCongressional · 13h Last month @AOC worked with KPOP agents via the app TikTok to sabotage the President's rally. KPOP is foreign propaganda. Why was AOC conspiring with Koreans such as Junkook and BTS (Big Time Socialists) to undermine our President? TikTok is Chinese owned. Kim Jong Un knew? Show this thread 9:03 PM · Jul 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Twitter user @vantesos[4] responded with images of BTS members captioned, "big time socialists the og comrades" and accumulated over 2,300 likes and 490 retweets in a day (shown below).


bts marxists72 @vantesos big time socialists the og comrades Pd oon Manm - Reform for the sake of reform. It's a reform for the sake of reform. 9:38 PM · Jul 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Various Examples


Expand The Squad @PepperOceanna Us Big Time Socialists are here to stay. We didn't come to play. We are going to dismantle the systems of oppression in this Country & give this Country back to the People where it belongs. We will elect more people like Ilhan Omar & AOC into Congress & break up the Oligarchy. 9:10 PM · Jul 7, 2020 · Twitter Web App kia @miingts aw i love big time socialists gothamcityoongi when i see a CAPITALIST i floor it 9:40 PM - Jul 7, 2020 - Twitter for iPhone fa do big time socialists @thegreatrosies Big Time Socialists 10:23 PM · Jul 7, 2020 · Twitter for Android





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External References

[1] Twitter – KwCongressional

[2] Twitter – Yasouwildforbts

[3] Twitter – People4Bernie

[4] Twitter – Vantesos

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Gleaming Steel
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in reply to Gleaming Steel

Also, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the kpop industry cartoonishly corporate in how it selects, grooms, and promotes its artists?

I imagine that if this survives long enough, it'll end up being ripped in two by socialists who don't listen to kpop and kpop fans who don't subscribe to socialism.

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