You can tell from his eyes - this is not a photo of a person who is happy with themselves. He already feels like a failure, he already feels alone, and misunderstood. For anybody who has ever had to wear this mask, you should understand. For the longest time now Justin has had to suffer the humiliation of having the world laugh at and degrade him. Treatment of him has been subhuman; so quick to judge and condemn in this barrage of ruthless animosity. If you couldn’t look into one’s eyes and spew that venom, then don’t do it across any media platform. Bullying is never okay. People forget that our celebrities are real people, and hurtful words affect them just as much as they affect anybody else. Do you really feel that such harsh criticism is helpful? Do you believe that Justin’s actions were childish? Is this how you would treat a child? For what purpose do we strive to make him feel like a worthless human being. People say, hey it’s just one comment, he’ll never notice mine. Can you not for one moment imagine being trapped in a room full of hard, scornful and sneering faces pointing cold fingers of judgement at you as they openly degrade and make a joke of your very existence. How humiliated and crushed you would feel. If you have ever been hurt by just one other’s words, I know you have the capacity to begin to understand the reality of such an experience. A room full was a modest venture to realize the scope of these circumstances; now perceive if you will the image of being uplifted onto a stage, and being surrounded by a mob of people with cruel, pointed fingers, calling out an endless torrent of unforgiving condemnation and ridicule, you are entirely branded in barbaric slander; relentlessly reminded of every perceived flaw and shortcoming, every wrong-doing and mistake you’ve ever made.
But this goes well beyond the mob. Justin Bieber is a global figure. An ocean of people are condemning and making a joke of a guy they don’t even know. How terribly cruel we are being to another living, breathing person. Look back on your life, I know that at some point or another you have been pained by the sting of hurtful words. From where do we get the idea that our celebrities transcend what is such a disheartening experience? And here we are carelessly tossing venomous rhetoric on the tabletop, dumping these cruel words at his doorstep where they will sting most.
Now I want to stress the fact that I am not defending Justin’s actions, what he did was wrong. But if you have ever experienced the pain of guilt and shame and humiliation, for the love of God, give the guy a break. Justin did something that was wrong, but he is no less deserving of respect than anybody else.
