A “We the People” White House petition on deporting pop star Justin Bieber, 19, received over 240,000 signatures, which surpassed the 100,000 signatures threshold required for an official White House response.
Created on Jan. 23, the petition states, “We the people of the United States feel that we are being wrongly represented in the world of pop culture. We would like to see the dangerous, reckless, destructive, and drug abusing Justin Bieber deported and his green card revoked. He is not only threatening the safety of our people but he is also a terrible influence on our nation’s youth. We the people would like to remove Justin Bieber from our society.”
The name Bieber is exploding in newspapers, tabloids, blogs, and social media sites across the nation for recently getting hammered with a DUI while drag racing, aggressively resisting arrest, double-teaming a stripper with his buddy, assaulting a limo driver in Toronto, and having his plane held in NJ after allegedly smelling like marijuana. Bieber is sliding head-first down a very slippery slope.
And thus, the petition to deport this mindless musician was born by the ingenious Michigan native Roger Skyrzynski who simply had enough of this blasphemy. Although originally intended to be a joke, this petition is no longer a joking matter.
Brad Rubin, a senior criminal justice student, despises everything about Bieber and his music, therefore forming the belief that he needs to go back to Canada. “Just like any other criminal, regardless of celebrity status, he must be punished. He has made an even bigger fool of himself and I hope that he gets what he deserves,” Rubin said. “Just because he’s some ‘famous artist’ does not give him the right to drag race while being under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.”
As stated in an article published in Yahoo! Celebrity News last month, Bieber is understood to be living and working in the US under a renewable O-1 visa for entertainers as opposed to a green card that is issued for permanent residents. It is unclear whether Bieber’s recent illegal actions will affect his visa.
The petition to deport Bieber will be active on the White House’s website until Feb. 22. A report by ABC News on Jan. 29 said most petitions that warrant a response can take up to 30 days.
“We the People” petitions that have passed the 100,000 signature mark include one asking the White House to replicate and build a “Star Wars” Death Star to more serious matters such as one asking the Obama Administration to produce a legislation strengthening gun control laws. This one, however, has been highlighted due to the feuding “beliebing” teeny boppers in support of him and the working Americans who get sick to their stomachs whenever the name Justin Bieber is uttered from the lips.
He is talentless and a humiliation to pop culture, scratch that, culture in general. Bieber has tainted the pop realm with monstrous pop “hits,” only to be accompanied with pictures of him gnawing on the breasts of strippers that have gone viral.
Michael Lubischer, a senior accounting student, believes Bieber is in a position to be a role model but he does not act like one. “[This behavior is] unacceptable by anyone, especially someone [like Bieber] with such a large influence on American youths,” he said.
At 19, Bieber may be old enough to legally consume alcohol in Canada, but he clearly still has a lot of maturing to do before anyone can seriously consider him a functioning member of humanity… but even that may now be a little too far-fetched. I seriously doubt there ever being a general consensus of Bieber being considered an asset to the world.
Bieber has shown that he is incapable of producing anything positive for society, “other than stimulating the marijuana industry, single-handedly keeping the saggy hammer-pants trend alive, and giving Selena Gomez inspiration to write break-up songs,” as stated in a copy-cat “We the People” petition against Bieber that was originated after the original.
Claude Taylor, Athletics Professor-in-Residence and member of the faculty in the Department of Communication, believes Bieber is responding to all of the money and fame that comes along with becoming a child celebrity. He said, “People want to hear his art, but because he is stuck in this Miley Cyrus trajectory of being really reckless, ‘Beliebers’ and fans everywhere are going to eventually stop buying in to him.” Taylor believes he is stuck in the transitional phase of attempting to become an adult star.
Brittany Dalton, a junior business management student, doesn’t believe Bieber warrants special treatment from authoritative figures simply because of this title. “It would be nice to see him get deported,” said Dalton, “but realistically he probably won’t because of his popularity here in the US… Either way, I don’t think it would really matter if he got deported because he would still have fans here that support him and he would most likely continue to be successful in Canada.”
Although Dalton, Lubischer, and Rubin all agree that Bieber is an irrelevant musician, they wish people would focus such passion on issues towards issues that actually mattered and deserve this much attention.
Taylor said, “Bieber has burned a lot of bridges and people are going to be less inclined to support him. But, the fact that there is a petition circulating to deport him shows that he is a major public figure. It is symbolic that [this petition] is overblown.”
The name Bieber now brings hatred to a lot of people who feel disrespected by this obnoxious young adult. We the people are ready to raise our pitchforks in opposition of this abomination in order to walk down Bieber-free streets and once again ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Don’t officials at the White House realize that Maslow’s hierarchy of needs goes as follows: physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization, and on the tippity top, the deportation and/or exiling of disgraces like Bieber from society? Kidding, but not really.
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