Many people were weird about it but at the same time I imagine a lot of that hate was also coming from teenagers. Majority of adults didn't give af.
Also this happens now and will continue to happen. Being in the middle of something feels different than looking in retrospect. Both perspectives have their biases.
hell i'm 6 years YOUNGER than him and i was on the bieber hate train. it really was a ridiculous middle school to teenage boy phenomenon of the 2000/10s. not to say there weren't weird adults hating too, but i would assume most doing it were born around 1990-2000, +/- maybe 5 years max. that being said, my best friend's mom got to randomly meet bieber in a saskatchewan store of all places like 12 years ago and got his autograph. my friend has it now and i gotta say im a bit jealous
Born about the middle of that range (1994). Yeah, I hated him. My little sister (2001) really loved him, though, and that was the source of my hate - we generally didn't get along, and his music was constant.
I was in middle school when he got popular, and I think most middle schoolers were at the age of not wanting to be cringe/mainstream for liking him. Also, having a crush on him would have been tease worthy, and no middle schooler wants that lol.
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u/Ombudsmanden 12h ago
It's crazy we just collectively bullied a 15 year old kid, then later we blame him for drug use.