“TERRACE HOUSE: ALOHA STATE” Tamaki Taishi posted a blog about slander/hate comments

“TERRACE HOUSE: ALOHA STATE” Tamaki Taishi posted a blog about slander/hate comments.

Tamaki wrote:

About the slander of the net.

There are various discussions going on around the world right now.

I was hesitant to talk about this, although it was not certain that it would be due to slander on the Internet.

I think it’s important to communicate my intentions here, so I decided to blog about it this time.

To be honest, I don’t like writing this kind of thing. It’s scary to give your opinion to the world. But it’s important, so I’ll write it.

When starting out as an actor I thought, “It’s natural to be beaten up on the net.”

If you go on Terrace House, “It is natural to be target. It is natural to best prepare for it.”

I was thinking that way.

So I had to endure it and I didn’t saying anything.

Some people make a dedicated account to slander and obsessively harass people.

How can I best hurt that person? What words would hurt this person? I felt like someone was thinking about that.

And I also felt that few people could discuss this feeling of being criticized.

Even when I asked for guidance, I got answers such as “You shouldn’t look at it,” “You don’t have to worry about it” and “You’ll received a lot of criticism.”

I know it in my head, but it was not easy to avoid it.

It will definitely catch your eye. Make you worried. And you get hurt.

If you argue back, your image will be bad, so you just have to be a punching bag. We have to accept the negative comments from dozens or hundreds of people.

But is that really the case?

Is it really okay just as it is because it is commonplace?

I am not a strong person. I won’t write it here, but honestly, I’m often deeply depressed by hate comments.

And now that SNS has made it easier for individuals to connect to society. I think the time has come for the general public to encourage a change.

That’s why I don’t think we should accept the way how things currently are.

I think it is important to take legal measures against slander.

I sincerely hope that it will be a deterrent to slander.

And I want you to know that you are not alone when being criticized. You have a family. You have friends. Please definitely call for help.

And I want to see the help of experts. There are many specialists in counseling, coaching in today’s society.  And people around me who are experts, to please cooperate positively.

I don’t want this to happen again.

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