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Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:31 AM Jun 2014

Justin Bieber caught on video using N-word several times while telling racist joke

Troubled pop singer Justin Bieber is now facing new problems after a video has emerged of him telling a racist joke that included him dropping the N-word five times.

The Sun newspaper in England released the disturbing video of the racist joke that features a smirking Bieber asking: “Why are black people afraid of chainsaws?”

He then delivered the insensitive punch line: "Run n-----, n-----, n-----, n-----, n-----."

Bieber also added some chainsaw noises as he delivered the joke.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/justin-bieber-n-word-doc-footage-report-article-1.1813072


Words fail me. This should by rights end his career.
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Justin Bieber caught on video using N-word several times while telling racist joke (Original Post) Nye Bevan Jun 2014 OP
15 minutes of fame expiration, long overdue. nt onehandle Jun 2014 #1
Can we finally deport this entitled, spoiled little jerk? CanonRay Jun 2014 #2
Probably not Spirochete Jun 2014 #63
Be gone! No tears over that asshole getting shunned forever. Sterling's new buddy? L0oniX Jun 2014 #3
This one could actually do damage to his career... Ballast_Point Jun 2014 #4
No because his "fan's" are irrational teen girls Drale Jun 2014 #5
My daughters (6 and 10) used to adore him. Now they think he's a spoiled jerk. Throd Jun 2014 #6
The children do not even know what he has been doing. They are just little kids. I wish there was a jwirr Jun 2014 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #28
holy crap uppityperson Jun 2014 #29
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #30
Your words are horrible. Fredo Corleone Jun 2014 #34
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #39
Privately owned and run forum + misunderstanding what those words mean uppityperson Jun 2014 #41
My ass. Fredo Corleone Jun 2014 #42
you're free to be a hateful imbecile, and DU is free to ban your worthless ass. see how it works? dionysus Jun 2014 #46
No, and being tombstoned on DU is not a criminal penalty jberryhill Jun 2014 #37
Seems like both MIRT and JuryBot have stepped out to lunch petronius Jun 2014 #47
If I was not off MIRT this term, I would have nuked on sight. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #48
They got him and wondering about the jury thing. I alerted as soon as he posted and then could uppityperson Jun 2014 #49
I was kind of serious about JuryBot being off-duty: I voted 15 minutes petronius Jun 2014 #50
well good job, glad to know an alert went through. uppityperson Jun 2014 #51
I also alerted immediately and was not the first. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #53
Was it our and justin's friend or just a random jerk? uppityperson Jun 2014 #56
A random jerk, I think. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #57
Random IMO. Agschmid Jun 2014 #65
Shhh don't tell anyone about the steak! Agschmid Jun 2014 #64
Aww... I missed it... Ballast_Point Jun 2014 #58
I reported your post to those in charge and I hope you are shown the door. Fredo Corleone Jun 2014 #31
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #32
Enjoy your tombstone, asshole. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jun 2014 #35
maybe skinner will let us keep his white hood to hang in the DU lobby as a keepsake... dionysus Jun 2014 #44
These also are just words sarisataka Jun 2014 #40
GMTA! I did the same thing. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #33
hey troll, why don't you go fuck yourself with a stick wrapped in barbed wire? racist piece of shit dionysus Jun 2014 #38
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #45
This is a case of someone who participated in cultural appropriation gollygee Jun 2014 #7
yes. I wonder what Usher is thinking right now... ecstatic Jun 2014 #9
I wonder what MurrayDelph Jun 2014 #17
Took me a second, but... lol. nt ecstatic Jun 2014 #18
Is Usher still promoting this guy? LittleBlue Jun 2014 #8
Nothing upsets me more than our little girls who think he is god. I want to say something but I jwirr Jun 2014 #10
I wonder how his mentor Usher is going to feel about this, this could do real damage nt geek tragedy Jun 2014 #12
Was Usher his mentor when he was 15? jberryhill Jun 2014 #43
he's generally gotten worse every year nt geek tragedy Jun 2014 #61
I guess this is the prelude to his next move, starting a gangsta rap career... quinnox Jun 2014 #13
he spends a great deal of time with the gangsta rapping crowd, truedelphi Jun 2014 #21
:) Go Vols Jun 2014 #14
That was nice to hear... n/t truedelphi Jun 2014 #22
Ozzy was actually making a joke.......He knows who Justin Bieber is thelordofhell Jun 2014 #54
Bieber's self-destructive tendencies are about MineralMan Jun 2014 #15
The joke strikes me as republican humor rock Jun 2014 #16
I can't wait for right wingers to defend his FREE SPEECH alp227 Jun 2014 #19
Free Speech MosheFeingold Jun 2014 #55
I wonder if this will affect his new gig on SYTYCD that started last week eShirl Jun 2014 #20
he is a "kid" kpete Jun 2014 #23
standard language in the crowd he runs with nt msongs Jun 2014 #24
This reminds me of a related "joke" that I'd completey forgotten. Orrex Jun 2014 #25
When he was younger, I used to think he got made fun of too much. "But," he has RKP5637 Jun 2014 #26
This will be a blip itsrobert Jun 2014 #27
Sentence him to permanent exile...in Canada. randome Jun 2014 #36
This is from three years ago, when he was 16 or 17. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #52
Justin will be Justin and it ain't a pretty sight or sound indepat Jun 2014 #59
Just another reason why I think JB is a complete idiot. nt AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #60
Not surprising. City Lights Jun 2014 #62
I don't get the "joke". BlueStater Jun 2014 #66
He's a racist asshole. MADem Jun 2014 #67
Oh, but don't worry though... Heywood J Jun 2014 #68
It is a terrible and ugly thing he said but I m sure glad no one followed me with a camera when I CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #69
How is that even a joke? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2014 #70

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)
63. Probably not
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 05:56 PM
Jun 2014

I hear Canada told US "You want a war, you just try sending that little fuckstick back up here!"

 

Ballast_Point

(27 posts)
4. This one could actually do damage to his career...
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:06 PM
Jun 2014

DUIs, assault, battery and overall assholishness doesn't stick...

Drop the N-word and you have decent odds of having the mob outside your door w/ pitchforks and torches.

Drale

(7,932 posts)
5. No because his "fan's" are irrational teen girls
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:20 PM
Jun 2014

who could care less what he does. It's cult like, and he's God to them.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
11. The children do not even know what he has been doing. They are just little kids. I wish there was a
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:57 PM
Jun 2014

way to show them how spoiled he really is.

Response to Ballast_Point (Reply #4)

Response to uppityperson (Reply #29)

Response to Fredo Corleone (Reply #34)

Fredo Corleone

(4 posts)
42. My ass.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:08 PM
Jun 2014

Go stand on the street corner and shout your words and that's freedom of speech. A privately owned democratic forum is not protected by the first amendment. Learn the constitution before you start spouting off.

petronius

(26,595 posts)
47. Seems like both MIRT and JuryBot have stepped out to lunch
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:11 PM
Jun 2014

Maybe there's a special banquet us DU-plebes didn't get invited to or something...

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
49. They got him and wondering about the jury thing. I alerted as soon as he posted and then could
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:14 PM
Jun 2014

alert again before the results. I guess someone else must've beat me to first alert? It seemed a no-brainer to hide and ban but not on the inside so missing the skinny. Maybe they finally got the hot tub working.

petronius

(26,595 posts)
50. I was kind of serious about JuryBot being off-duty: I voted 15 minutes
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:19 PM
Jun 2014

before the nuke with no response, which seems like a long time for such an obvious jury to hang up. (Hope I hit the right button, I was doing two things at once and rushed it a bit... )

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)
51. well good job, glad to know an alert went through.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:21 PM
Jun 2014

sometimes it is odd, my alerts seem to not go through.

Response to Fredo Corleone (Reply #31)

sarisataka

(18,472 posts)
40. These also are just words
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:07 PM
Jun 2014

Go fuck yourself you oxygen wasting piece of shit
You are using air that a dung beetle could put to good use rolling you into a ball

Response to dionysus (Reply #38)

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
7. This is a case of someone who participated in cultural appropriation
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:35 PM
Jun 2014

and claimed he was respectful of the culture he was appropriating.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
10. Nothing upsets me more than our little girls who think he is god. I want to say something but I
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:55 PM
Jun 2014

remember how all the criticism of stars in the 70s only made us support them more. Beiber is not a good roll model for anyone.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
43. Was Usher his mentor when he was 15?
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:08 PM
Jun 2014

The video is a number of years old.

One wonders if something he said at age 15 is something he would say now.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)
21. he spends a great deal of time with the gangsta rapping crowd,
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 02:07 PM
Jun 2014

and the joke and use of the "n" word is his way of imitating the people that he now hangs with.

thelordofhell

(4,569 posts)
54. Ozzy was actually making a joke.......He knows who Justin Bieber is
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:27 PM
Jun 2014

Back when people could still stand Justin Bieber...........

MineralMan

(146,248 posts)
15. Bieber's self-destructive tendencies are about
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 01:00 PM
Jun 2014

to make him completely irrelevant very soon. As soon as everyone stops writing about him on sites like this one, he'll just disappear. I suggest we start that now.

alp227

(32,003 posts)
19. I can't wait for right wingers to defend his FREE SPEECH
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 01:28 PM
Jun 2014

Modern conservatism has devolved into a real life Skarka's Law: there is no subject so vile or indefensible that someone on the right won't stand positively/in defense of it.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
55. Free Speech
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:30 PM
Jun 2014

Well, I would defend him against State Action for being such an asshat.

But the commercial marketplace is a different animal altogether, as was shown by the poster who got deleted here. So whatever he gets there is fair game. Sadly doubt much will occur.

All that said, I am sure I said really stupid things when I was 15. But then, I wasn't a famous pop star when I was 15.

Orrex

(63,169 posts)
25. This reminds me of a related "joke" that I'd completey forgotten.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 02:31 PM
Jun 2014

Told to me about 20 years ago by a guy I later learned is a lifelong democrat.

I spare you the actual verbiage, but it's a similarly hilarious phonetic play likening a lawn sprinkler to three Puerto Ricans, an Asian, and four African Americans.


Always classy.

RKP5637

(67,083 posts)
26. When he was younger, I used to think he got made fun of too much. "But," he has
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 02:37 PM
Jun 2014

now turned into a real asshole of a jerk IMO. His fame will burnout, mostly because he's made such a fool of himself over and over again thinking he's cool. Many now just see him for what he is.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
36. Sentence him to permanent exile...in Canada.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 03:04 PM
Jun 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.
[/center][/font][hr]

Heywood J

(2,515 posts)
68. Oh, but don't worry though...
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 08:17 AM
Jun 2014
https://www.tmz.com/2014/06/01/justin-bieber-racist-joke-video-n-word/
Sources connected with Bieber say he is "frustrated and sad" and now wants to address it publicly, which we're told he will do in the next day.

That makes it all better.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
69. It is a terrible and ugly thing he said but I m sure glad no one followed me with a camera when I
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 08:27 AM
Jun 2014

was 15. With apologies to the one intelligent fifteen year old progeny of the inevtiable offended DUer most 15 year olds lack sound judgement about pretty much everything.

I do not think something stupid said when he was 15 should really matter that much. I judge him far more for the stupid things he has said and done in the last few years. I wonder what kind of racist jokes young Eric Clapton told? He is an admitted racist as an adult yet the Baby Boomer crowd still kisses his ass like he really was god.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,145 posts)
70. How is that even a joke?
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 08:53 AM
Jun 2014

I mean, even if it didn't include that word, I don't see how it constitutes anything funny. It fails on all levels.

Reminds me of the boss in Raising Arizona who would always make nonsensical Polish jokes. Not only is it offensive, but it's just bad humor objectively.

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