It’s some weird cultural double standard, honestly. Bieber was a kid doing kid things and people treated him like he was the Antichrist of pop music. The Paul brothers? Full-grown men pulling off WWE-level stunts in real life with actual consequences and somehow they’re just “controversial content creators.”
I mean, sure, people do hate the Pauls — don’t get me wrong — but it’s not that universal, red-hot, foaming-at-the-mouth loathing Bieber got. He was the punchline. You couldn’t say “Justin Bieber” in a middle school hallway without someone screaming “HE SOUNDS LIKE A GIRL” like it was a national emergency.
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The Paul brothers never received even close to the amount of fame and popularity that Justin Bieber did.
Justin Bieber was (and still is) bullied for being/sounding feminine and because his fans were almost all teen girls. The Paul brothers embody traditional masculinity and have an audience of mostly boys and men. They get hate, but it’s a different kind.
I also think the popularity levels are important. Most people don’t know who the Paul brothers are. When Jake fought Tyson so many older family members were asking me who he was. Bieber was on every radio station for at least a decade straight.
who?
The Paul brothers get a lot of hate.
Bieber was a younger pop star, an easier target for widespread early hate than the older, more controversial Paul brothers in a later, different online climate.
I don’t know who the Paul brothers are but I’m going to go out on a limb & say misogyny.
Justin Beiber was a very talented child that rose to fame because girls liked him. Anything that appeals specifically to females is bullied by society.
Hm. Aside the fact that Justin Bieber was way more famous than Paul brothers, there’s also the fact that he was adored by girls and not boys.
Our society has major cooties, things adored by men are respected, elevated as important, critical even. Things adored by women are scrutinized, ridiculed, pathologized.
Like, regarding shitty movies, Twilight is as shitty as I dunno, Transformers. But to this day people go out of their way to frame twilight as an abomination that shouldn’t exist. How many shitty franchises “shouldn’t exist”, really?
That’s it. Cooties.
The Paul Brothers never had Beetlemania to the point it got its own rebrand – Bieber Fever.
The more fans you have the more attention you’ll likely have. Same for other 21st century acts who’ve received global Beetlemania level attention (One Direction and Taylor Swift come to mind).
I remember constantly seeing YouTube videos about how they were the worst thing ever. I’d say they we’re pretty hated
Because they never got as much fame as Justin Bieber. And because most guys probably didn’t have to be jealous of their girl swooning over the Paul Brothers.
I can answer your question with one word.
Who?
Bieber was actually famous. If you complained about him, you got attention because people knew who you were talking about and they probably had an opinion on him already.
With the other two clowns, you’d spend most of your time explaining who they were.
Who?
I haven’t heard of the Paul Brothers. Are they country music or something?
Bieber was primarily liked by teenage girls and was a lot more famous than the Paul brothers are. The Paul brothers are primarily liked by teenage boys. It’s cool to hate on things girls like and less so things boys like
The internet is a wildly different place than it was 10-15 years ago.