Ethan Klein vs. K-Pop Fans

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Overview

Ethan Klein vs. K-Pop Fans refer to an ongoing online fight between Ethan Klein of h3h3productions and fans of K-Pop after Klein made disparaging remarks about the genre and its fans. This led to a surge of K-Pop fans tweeting criticism of Klein using the hashtag #h3h3isoverparty while fans of Klein claimed they were overreacting and sided with the YouTuber.

Background

On December 8th, 2019, Ethan Klein discussed the 2019 YouTube Rewind on his podcast. Upon seeing BTS mentioned in the video, he remarked:

I don’t like K-pop, I hate K-pop, I don’t get BTS. They look like they’re just a bunch of – how did this become a thing in Western culture where all these grown men and little girls are jerking off to little K-pop boys? It’s like a little fetish. A little twink gay fetish about these K-pop boys.

Developments

The comments swiftly led to anger from the K-Pop fanbase on Twitter, who started the hashtag #h3h3isoverparty to counter Klein's description of K-Pop fans. User @lovefojjk^[1] tweeted the clip and wrote, "there’s a difference between having an opinion and being a total asshole. if he had simply said “kpop just isn’t my thing” I would brush it off. but being a straight up fuckwit & talking about minors in that way does not get a pass from me #h3h3isoverparty" (shown below, left). User @soonieknow wrote, "#h3h3isoverparty is not trending cuz we’re mad he doesn’t like kpop, it’s because he said homophobic and xenophobic things about kpop and about young girls masturbating. sounds a bit gross to me"^[2] (shown below, right).

maddy O's jungkook @loveforjk there's a difference between having an opinion and being a total a------. if he had simply said "kpop just isn't my thing" | would brush it off. but being a straight up f------ & talking about minors in that way does not get a pass from me #h3h3isoverparty youtube.com/watch2 lcqCOKoeatureyoutu.be Youlube Search 1 Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello

jordan V @soonieknow #h3h3isoverparty is not trending cuz we're mad he doesn't like kpop, it's because he said homophobic and xenophobic things about kpop and about young girls masturbating. sounds a bit gross to me Watch again

Klein^[3] responded by saying "That face when K-pop stans are trying to take the moral high ground over a joke… but are responsible for dozens of suicides of K-pop idols because of their online abuse," referring to two recent suicides of K-Pop idols. Keemstar joined in by tweeting the hashtag #BanKPopAccounts,^[4] as some K-Pop fan accounts have a habit of spamming praise for their favorite idols in unrelated threads (shown below, right).

Ethan Klein @h3h3productions That face when K-pop stans are trying to take the moral high ground over a joke... but are responsible for dozens of suicides of K-pop idols because of their online abuse GIF

The hashtag war led to a question on /r/OutOfTheLoop about the drama, gaining over 2,700 points.^[5]

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External References

^[1] Twitter – @loveforjjk

^[2] Twitter – soonieknow

^[3] Twitter – @h3h3productions

^[4] Twitter – Keemstar

^[5] Reddit – What's going on with the trending h3h3isoverparty?

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VinchVolt

Dec 10, 2019 at 04:26PM EST

You know, something tells me that when you constantly spam every trending hashtag with generic fancam gifs of your favorite manufactured musicians, demanding that people unhealthily obsess over them and claiming that beloved figures only die because of their lack of crazed devotion to these overworked cardboard cutouts, you deserve to be regarded as the scum you are.

And yes, the "black" thing actually happened.

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Dec 10, 2019 at 05:00PM EST in reply to Adam

Boybands mostly gain attention as a result of their attractive nature, with their music simply serving as a bonus. As with any other boyband community, you cannot possibly convince me that most K-pop stans, a following that mostly consists of young female teenagers, do not jerk off to effeminate idols on a consistent basis.

I don't like needlessly shitting on all fans as a whole, including the ones that just simply like their music, but he's not entirely wrong lol

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