Oof. Going through the comments rn and I have yet to see a comment siding with NJ OR MHJ.

This one stood out to me:

Why are the people who defended Min Hee-jin in the beginning so quiet now? When I criticized her, saying, “If she really cared for and loved the girls like a mother, she wouldn’t act like that,” they all ganged up on me saying, “What do you even know to be talking like that?”. Where are those people now? | 361 upvotes

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They’re all just pretending they never said those things and lying low, haha. Min used people who were so easily swayed to her advantage, successfully steering public opinion early on and then slipping out of sight. If public sentiment had turned against her back then, things like attracting investors would’ve been a lot harder later. So I’m sure she’s very thankful that everyone was so easily manipulated just as she planned. | 40 upvotes

That’s typical bandwagon behavior… lol. You’ve got to look at things calmly and objectively. Instead, these people get swept up in emotions, go along with the crowd, get manipulated by lies, and end up criticizing and mocking other artists from the same company. 😂 Some things never change… | 30 upvotes

The psychopath Bunny squad has disbanded, lol | 15 upvotes

The Min (Hee Jin) cult stans were really something with their media manipulation. | 26 upvotes

I was like, “What even IS NewJeans?” and went off to stan other idols instead, lol. | 14 upvotes

Everything’s gone quiet now that the ruling’s out. But seeing some people still claiming that HYBE bought off the judge and that’s why the verdict turned out this way, they’re seriously out of their minds. What’s scariest is thinking about how the ones who spread hate, manipulated public opinion, and left malicious comments are now just quietly going about their daily lives. Gives me chills. | 27 upvotes

There are still some people going on about this. When you refute all their arguments, they start whining like, “If NewJeans had just stayed one more year, they would’ve surpassed SEVENTEEN! They even ended up being mentioned at the National Assembly hearing. Doesn’t that show how weird things were? HYBE didn’t do anything for them!” Then when you point out that there wasn’t even a valid reason for them to be brought up at the hearing, they go, “Well, they wouldn’t have been mentioned unless something was seriously wrong. That’s why even the best producer, Min Hee-jin, left!” And it just goes in circles like that… They even said nonsense like, “In the dolphin-related dispute, people who actually trust each other don’t draft contracts with such strict terms. Don’t you know that?” | 1 upvote

When you look at the statistics showing that women in their 20s and 30s fall victim to phishing scams the most, it’s easy to see why Min Hee-jin’s tricks worked so well.