Cutting 4 Bieber

16/03/2013 16:51

Cutting For Beiber is what many teenagers have been doing. It means that every single time pop star Justin Beiber does someting bad, such as taking drugs, getting into fights, etc his fans cut their rists. They think taht Justin will stop if they hurt themselves.

Following the release of photos suggesting that Justin Bieber was smoking marijuanaat a party, the hashtag #cuttingforbieber -- a supposed protest against the star's alleged drug use by way of self-injury -- started showing up all over Twitter on Monday, Complex Music reports.

 

Initially, it appeared as if teens were cutting themselves as a way to voice their disproval of Bieber's supposed actions. (As Complex Music notes, a few Twitter users appeared to use the hashtag alongside pictures of arms with cuts.) But later the news outlet announced it tracked the hashtag's origins to 4Chan and suggested the posts -- and the photos -- were all a hoax.

Still, as Gawker notes, the hashtag began trending nationally within just a few hours, and the response was fierce. Some users clearly believed the trend was real and made jokes about people who cut, while others admonished the practice and called the notion of fans cutting to protest Bieber's supposed actions disturbing.
After news of the hashtag spread, both teens and celebrities spoke out against making light of people who struggle with self-injury. On Monday, Miley Cyrus retweeted a post stating that cutting is not something to joke about:
 

The hashtag #SelfHarmIsNotAJoke started popping up as well, with some teens omitting the #cuttingforbieber tag, presumably to not draw more attention to it.

"It REALLY makes me mad when people joke about self harm, eating disorders or suicide...You have NO idea what someone may be going through...," Twitter user@lovatic4lovato wrote.

Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the cutting hoax, or whether the company has a policy in regard to regulating material of this nature. This post will be updated if more information becomes available.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, 4Chan has messed with Bieber fans in the past. In October, users put out information suggesting the pop star had cancer so that fans would shave their heads in support.

At the time, TechCrunch reported that the hashtag #baldforbieber took off on Twitterafter 4Chan supposedly sent out a Tweet from the verified Twitter account of Entertainment Weekly.

There is nothing wrong with liking a pop star but huirting yourself for them is wrong and won't always make them stop. So don't cut yourself even if it is for Justing Beiber because we don't even know for sure if he really has done all these bad things. BY: SOFIA

 

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