April 18th, 2013
05:05 PM ET
Overheard: Anne Frank's stepsister backs BieberTo Anne Frank's stepsister, Eva Schloss, the furor over Justin Bieber and a remark he left in the guestbook of the Anne Frank House is "childish." Schloss, a Holocaust survivor who's written a recently released autobiography called "After Auschwitz," told the U.K.'s Telegraph that she agrees Frank might've been a fan of the teen pop star, as Bieber controversially suggested last Friday.
"Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber," the 19-year-old singer penned in the Anne Frank House's guestbook, sparking an outpouring of backlash across the Web and beyond. Critics, like commentator Dean Obeidallah, shook their heads at Bieber for being "self-obsessed" and narcissistic, seemingly taking little away from learning about the life and legacy of the young diarist, who died as a teen in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945. But a few others came to Bieber's defense. Had Frank been born 70 years later, said one rabbi who's closely studied Frank's life, she would have likely been a "belieber," as Biebs' fans are called. Schloss, who was friendly with Frank while coming of age in Amsterdam and later became the step-daughter of Frank's father, Otto, agrees. “She probably would have been a fan. Why not?" Schloss told the Telegraph. "He’s a young man and she was a young girl, and she liked film stars and music. They make a lot of fuss about everything that is connected with Anne Frank.”
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Get your facts and lanuage straight before you respond
You losers are arguing over this? Thats a shame. sure, i dont think he really should have written that in the guest book, but its his right. and if the stepsister of anne, who, by the way, might just know anne better than any of you crap-spewing trolls, thinks might have been a "Belieber" then thats the end of the conversation in my mind.
One must never lose sight of the fact that Justin was simply exercising his first amendment rights to free speech. That's something all of you sure enjoy using and feel you have a right to use in this forum trying to tear him down isn't it!
I didn't know that everyone on this earth can VOICE their opinion and JB can never ever do the same. I didn't know that. Wowwwww!!!!
Justin Bieber is a psychopathic teenager which behaviors would not be tolerated by authorities if it were a community teen. The double standards the media, authorities, and other public figures have towards entertainment persons is shameful. If I were Anne Frank's family that stunt he pulled would be taken to the highest courts. I don't understand what all the fuss is about with Bieber. What kind of person behaves and insults others like this? This insane fame given to nobody's has got to stop. Has the world forgotten the talent of this young boy is singing?
Get your facts and lanuage straight before you respond
I applaud Justin Bieber for bringing attention to the life of the extraordinary person who was Anne Frank as well as the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust (which destroyed the lives of millions of people, many not the different from Anne) in a way a certain audience can relate to. Also, Anne Frank's generation was really on the cutting edge of modern pop culture and the concept of the "teenager" . She would post pictures of actors and other celebrities at her well. She struggled with the changes of puberty, obsessed over her looks, and experimented with romantic relationships. I think Justin Bieber, intentionally or not, pointed out an important point–Anne Frank ( and millions like her) wasn't that different from us today. Her casual, easy, amicable, relatable style of writing makes those he read it truly feel a personal connection to this young woman–a connection that Bieber seems to have made and one that comes with the bitter sadness and disappointment of her untimely death–and a resolve to prevent such a wanton hate-based destruction of precious human life from happening ever again.
How much did he pay her?
Justina has a BIG Ego nothing new. Wonder if Selena Gomez gives hair style and dressing tips.
I know Eva personally, but I disagree with her on Bieber. Read the diary, and you will see that Anne Frank liked quality music and movie stars and not teen-pop-idols. You can see the photos she pasted on her wall in the Annex.
Oh I do not Beliebe this at all! This kid is nothing at all and the more he is making a name for him self by acting IGNORANT he is a nobody! He had made a comment at one time he did not like AMERICA! Well I can not figure why he does not go back home then? But he does not like us bet will be glad to take our money.This kid thinks he is so darn smart then why the heck is he doing crazy things all the time that are only hurting him. He needs to open his eyes and see what L . Lohan has done to her life by acting up! If the Beibs and not stand back and look all around and see what he is doing then he had better give it up now. As he is a looser and I do not feel that anyone from years and years ago would have liked him .... I do not think so . His head is really swelling up now. Grow up Bever! Oh and pull up your pants too while you are at it no one wants to look at your butt either.
Adam, I am devastated that Justin Bieber had the disrespect towards the Frank family. I would have liked to see an example made from this stunt once in for all. He should be taken to court and sued on behalf of Anne Frank's honor and the right for her dignity after death. The money could be donated to the Anne Frank estate, orphanages, or something like that.
The religion that is Holocaustanity.
The question is what would Beiber have written if he was just a Canadian tourist visiting Ann Frank's Museum if he were not a Singer with millions to his name? That is how Bieber should of seen himself when he wrote in that quest book. But no, he look at himself as this bigger than God like figure that for sure Ann would have been a fan. Justin is going to die young because he now see's himself as something beyond human. R.I.P. just saying.................
HA ! I'm going to side with the Bieber. No big deal.
Wow, haters will use any excuse to hate!
I had to Wikipedia Ann Frank to refresh my memory of her, like most of you had to do too, right?
Nope. It's pretty much common knowledge.
Hardly. With the single exception of the madman who caused the Holocaust, name another figure more famous than Anne Frank. Discussions about her and her diary at numerous school levels has largely guaranteed that.
I most certainly did not. The fact that you did speaks volumes. I have read the published diary more than once and I can still remember the timeline in which things happened, where they were kept, etc.
dude, you've got to be kidding
Agreed- Anne frank is pretty much a household name whenever the Holocaust or WWII subjects are spoken of and I also disagree that she would have been a fan. The photos she kept on her walls and the dreams about which she wrote spoke of a much more cultured outlook on life-
I'm guessing his publicist is really regretting making him go to the Anne Frank museum.
Excuse me Sam maybe you did, but I did not have to refresh my memory.
You had to refresh your memory about who Anne Frank was? Seriously? Wow, that's kind of sad.
What a useless comment from an insignificant person.
I know, right? Who the f??k is Anne Frank?
Well he is a self obsessed assh0le, but also a very rich self obsessed assh0le. who likely thinks, I got tons of $$, screw you all.
I'm an atheist my siblings are christian... i would not want them speaking for me after i'm dead...
nice that anne's step sister can speak for her ... what if anne would have been a metal fan? would her 70 year old still have said she would have liked it????
ng justine beiber is a very rich young canadian lesbian (that can't be a male) who excites the young teenie boppers
James,
When you die, unless you have accepted Jesus Christ, you will remember all the times your siblings witnessed to you, all the times that you rejected Christ, as you will be in torment for eternity, with the likes of Stalin, Hitler, and Bin Laden, to name a few. I am not being rude, I just pray you will find the Truth before it's to late.
Why is this nonissue something that has to keep being talked about endless, This kid is nothing but a made up reality star that can't carry a tune without an electrical devise to hide that he has no talent. He;s to be a narcissist idiot to get how to pay respects.
i'm tired of hearing he didn't know better because he's young. "READ A BOOK" and never leave your home because you're to immature to be seen.
happy day for everyone but you...
we read your books 150 million times and we'll see you at the confirmation tonight
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how many times is she going to write that book? it came out in 1997 and she's been re-releasing it ever since
Opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one and they are all the same.
Wrong! Mine is quiet square thank you.
talking about this book would be nice.
can't stop looking at timberlake lately...
Instead of saying how much of an inspiration SHE is or was.... he turned it around and said what an inspiration HE would have been to her.
And shes dead, and has been for over 6 decades.
That's like Little Bow Wow saying what a fan MLK would have been of his music.
He's a tool.
What is with all the reckless hatred in comment sections? He did NOT say he "WOULD have been an inspiration to her." He said that he HOPES that, if she were alive today – this young girl, that she would have LIKED him and his music. What kind of abuse must you have suffered to turn what one young person says about his hopes in another iconic young person into an arrogant insult?? Like, why is THAT where you go with it, of all places? And not just you, clearly, but people. Why are people so damaged??
Funny, you people offended over this are the very ones ignoring Anne Frank's messages in the diary.
great book...
So because her stepsister said this it's now ok?
Anne Frank lived in a different time period. To say what she would have liked or disliked given she was born in a certain period is moot as then she would not be who she is. Anne Frank IS who she is because of when she lived. Her fate and her observations of the Nazi's Occupying Europe was from a perspective not anywhere near important to a little girl of the same age today. More then anything is simply seems like Justins way of saying "I really have no opinion on this matter so instead lets focus on what 'I' do not what she did." Who cares if she would have liked or disliked his music? That takes away the important point of what Anne Frank did. This is not about you Justin.. Wake up you little tool.
I think she would have been more embarrassed by the way we've started to demonize everyone for the smallest things in this country. A kid music star says he hopes that if she were alive today, she would like his music. That's it. And Americans are losing it. She was a young girl. She liked music. He would've been honored to have her as a fan of his music. He's not a "little tool." We have really beeeg problems in this country. This kid doesn't deserve this much hostility. It's unhealthy and totally misplaced.
You haven't read the diary have you? Or did you just not understand it? Because Anne would've wanted you to be more understanding and not filled with bitterness.
we enjoyed this book and grammar school and read all about her life recently
Yes. Thank you. Times are different. What Anne Frank stands for is totally NOT a bieber issue. So, he's a narcissistic teen. Whadevah!!!!! How dare anyone equate the frustration/trials n tribulations of a 1930s, WWII Heroine with that of a self centered teen in the 21st century. Get with reality people. Differint times; different values; different perspective. Put yourselves in the time period and give up the reality of now vs. then.
jealous much?
Admit it. The reason all of you haters are doing Beiber bashing is through pure Jealousy! If you had what he has, fame, money, youth, great looks and all, I bet you would all think it perfectly normal to do and say what he says and does. But since you don't, well your jealous ignorance shows through Big Time!
You are a complete id iot. He's nothing but a spoiled little brat. Try doing a little reading
Thanks for your post Justin.
Wrong ..we just don"t believe that bad behavior and lack of talent should be rewarded...Hence the hatred towards him, kim kardashian and honey boo boo
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For your information haters, Justin Bieber is a true Humanitarian! He has given thousands upon thousands of dollars and more than likely millions by now of his money to help great causes like struggling schools and those who are disadvantaged. He has a Big Heart that many tend to conveniently overlook. By comparison, what have You done to pitch in and help humanity?
why is she doing this "marketing" venture...
I am not jealous of him, and I wish him only good things. But he seems to be going through a rough patch to maturity, as is true of many child stars pushed into the limelight by their parents. His comment in the guest book is little bit much. Maybe not fully narcissistic, but certainly self-absorbed. Maybe he can learn from it.
HA! A victim of the media are you? Bieber is just another winner of whatevah reality show and merely an icon of lost youth. Sure, the young uns' love him but hey, haven't we oldsters lived through Mick, Paul and John? Yeah, modern music sucks, to say the least but then again... we're not young anymore.
Just because someone has a different viewpoint than you does not mean they are jealous. That is very childish thinking.
I am not a fan of Bieber in fact I've never heard one song of his however, I would like to think that his comment in the guestbook was saying that he hoped Anne Frank would like him and see something in his music that she could appreciate.
With his recent bad press I can see why many took it as another act of self centeredness.
If it isn't jealousy, then judging by all of these nasty comments about him I can't see how it could come any closer!
JB has accidentally done a very good thing. Because of the publicity, many more people will now find out about Anne Frank and the Holocaust. LIke they say now, it's all good.
those who don't listen to his music probably already know about Anne Frank and those that do are too stupid to care.
Someone should ask him what his intent was. I'm thinking he knew the attention that he was bringing (perhaps not the magnitude of the attention). His words could help bring a new generation to understand and identify with the holocaust and Anne Frank.
good point SF
Anne Frank must be turning over in her grave right now about all of this fuss given over Justin's comment. Since she was young and of age to enjoy his music if that genre had been popular in that day and age, there's no reason to say that as a young girl, like any other, she would not have enjoyed Justin's music and been his fan. He is a good guy and this is all Much Ado About Nothing!
He's a "good guy" You must be joking. Self centered egotistical little brat. Nice to know you are so easily manipulated.
so you know him personally?
do you?
I never said or pretended I did know him personally Fleas..I was asking a question to the poster.
Anne Frank was an amazing young lady and a very intelligent one. Other than, of course, to live, what did she want? She wanted to be a normal teenager and do what normal teenagers do. I can't stand Bieber/Beiber/whatever, but "normal" teenage girls are into this kid. And, someone stated she was too deep to like the lyrics. My guess is most people don't spend time trying to decide how correct the lyrics are. Perhaps Bielber does know the story of Anne Frank and writing that he hopes she'd be a fan meant that he'd be honored to have had her as a fan.
All the normal teenagers I know don't listen to him..I actually can't find anyone his age or younger who does..I am guess the girls that do live on some farm tucked away from civilization
Let's all settle down. The kid's 19 years old & has had the media fawning over him for years. No wonder his decisions are a little skewed. A stupid thing to say but he didn't mean any harm.
Because ever teen superstar makes a complete horse-azz of themselves everytimte they open their mouth?....That's like saying "boys will be boys"..I give the youth of america more credit than that, famous or not.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
Anne Frank
A teenaged kid wrote a fairly dumb comment. Get over it. Stop acting like Justin Bieber killed Anne Frank or that it's the biggest issue in the world. Don't be a drama queen and save your outrage for the outrageous.
we have the right to voice our opinion , the same way you do..get over it.
I read the diaries and I think that girl had a lot more depth then to be into the brain dead lyrics of that ego maniac.
He should read about Anna Frank's life and what she went through during that Nazi hell. If he can then try to relate his life to her will show how immature and adolesent he truly is. It is not whether she might have been a fan if she lived today, she didn't. He has totaly no concept in the world she lived in. Bieber whole reason was to focus on him and get some free PR. I searously doubt he will ever become a mature asset to society, justthe crush of little girls.
even the old lady got 3 jobs in 1 month....what did your girls do this month...oh yea...
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Don't encourage him.
I find it rather absurd that this stupid episode gets front page space while huge swaths of middle America are currently dealing with an emergency flooding situation, and yet it is getting zero coverage. What the hell?
I find it rather absurd that you don't seem to realize this is the entertainment blog; coverage of the flooding you refer to would be featured on the Home or U.S. sections of this news site, not the entertainment section. What the hell?
Because, Steve, it's still on the FRONT PAGE OF THE SITE. Your reading comprehension could use some work. The obvious gist here is that with so much IMPORTANT news happening right now, perhaps fluff garbage like this should be taken off the front page, and if that means removing the Entertainment section on the front page, so be it. Tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars of damage just occurred to a massive chunk of our country, and CNN barely covers it. Yet it covers "Anne Frank's sister likes Justin Bieber". It's disgusting.
I am no fan of Justin Bieber but if I had a choice of my life being lived in a concentration camp or being a fan of Bieber's, I'd buy all his records and plaster my walls with posters of him.
Do you really see a difference?
I would rather have hot oiled pour up my nostrils than live in a concentration camp..I dont see your point/
so the step sister is telling us that Anne Frank was a tasteless ditz? thank you JB for simultaneously clarifying and sullying that bit of history!
JOB NUMBER 2 - DONE DEAL....BAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAA
She was a 12 year old girl! You make it sound like she should have been this opera loving, eclectic lover of the fine arts! She was 12!!! She was acting her age.
actually linda lou..she did like opera.
duz not have the time to write such stupidity
So I go to the Ann Frank memorial and I write in the guest book, " I really like what she did, if she were here today I hope she would think I'm hot and she would want me." Anything wrong with that?
nice woman
Everyone seems to overlook, Bieber is not a 19 year old guy, he's a business. Even at his young age he knows what he's doing when he steps out into the public. I'm sure he slips up here and there, but not enough to cause any major unwanted waves. What he did at the Ann Frank House is PR, plain and simple. I doubt he knew the story would grow such long legs, but it's clear he thought he's advertising his brand. Was that tasteful? No. Shameless? Yes. All in all the Ann Frank name may profit more from the attention than Bieber because millions of fans now know who she is. Otherwise they probably would have never heard of Ann.
hahahaha
And you KNOW his intentions how? You KNOW his intentions were PR and purely business related? Instead of "myway" your name should be psychic. Oh wait, or "i'm an idiot". Because unless you had absolutely NO education, then you should have already heard of Anne Frank. Were you not paying attention in school, or did you not feel the need to go since you already know everything before it happens anyway. Just curious...
now let us have some fun
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Ugh, you self absorbed little people. Get over yourselves. Why do you have such a high standard for Beiber to stand up to huh? Personally, I dont care for his current music because I feel like the public image that they have signed into a contract for him to uphold is a complete under minding of the boy's (though he is technically a man now at 19) talent and intelligence. Before you go spewing your ill-bred nonsense about what type of person he is, go back to the beginning. The little boy that we say on YouTube was of exceptional talent, very intelligent for his age, and showed a get deal of presence of mind that exceeds that of usual kids his age. Now think of his mother: my talented son has attracted a record label with his talent and they want to sign him on as a teen sensation. He will be all the rage because of his generic, easy to chant mindlessly to, clean, non-controversial music and even grown women will love him for that! Who wouldn't want their child immortalized in time as the Disney child who got it right and kept it "innocent"?! Sign me, oh I mean, him, up!
That boy is not stupid. I promise you, he knew what he was writing, just like he knew that he smoked some weed. Guess what. Lindsey Lohan is a walking meth lab. She's so freakin messed up, I'm surprised they don't have her in the basement of some drug dealer harvested the breath she exhales as a new drug. How about Miley Cyrus, who's the new official member of the Feeling Froggy Twerk team? Or better yet, the infamous (Oh no she wont!) CHRIS BROWN?! Guess what?! They are teenagers!!! (Except for Chris, he's a young adult but, hey, who really become an adult before like 27? Most people.) Just because they have money and are in the public spotlight, that doesnt mean they randomly stopped being human. Get over yourselves. In my opinion, Beiber has done well over the years at being an industry puppet and frankly, he sickened me for it, but I understand that he was a child when he signed his soul to the label and he must follow their rules until he is no longer bound to it. But don't be surprise that the "Beiber inside" is starting to leak out. He's in there: A very smart boy who does not give half a people having intercourse vigorously or without feeling about what you or anyone else thinks of him. He doesn't need you and your boo hoos, and soon he wont need those little screaming guuuurls either because he has true talent and when he gets lose, he's going to be a force to be reckoned with. Get your tickets now peeps, cause it's gonna be wild.
Half a people having intercourse vigorously or without feeling? Ha, I crack myself up. Im gonna go copyright that now.
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too many rambling words
Ann Frank was a great woman not a great girl.
My dog has been a good girl this week
See the difference belieber?
what a d ou che
I'm sorry, get it straight. Anne Frank was 15 years old when she died. At best, she was a teenager, but I'm afraid a teenager is still a child, thus the term "girl" is appropriate. Quit belly aching over something that has nothing to do with you. Why dont you take that heart felt reply and use the energy from that to go say something about how your Senators and House Representatives just stopped a bill based on their own personal values instead of the peoples? Yea. Justin Beiber pens an actually well said sentiment in a book (yea think past your face and an article. That statement means more than she could have been my fan, It means hopefully, she would have been able to hold on to something normal during all that chaos, like being a fan of some teen pop star like other girls.)and you all need her step sister to tell you that you need a life? No thank you, move along, you're not needed here.
So Bieber is a 19 year old 'kid' and Anne Frank is (was) a 15 year old 'woman'?
Anne Frank was a young girl, not a grown woman, dear.
I think you *everyone) is making a lot out of nothing. With all of the problems of that day and all of the problems of this day. Find something worth while to argue over.
There is nothing wrong with Justin's statement in the guestbook, he was just putting in some friendly humor. And by reading this article who knows? Maybe Anne Frank would of been a fan of Bieber, alot of girls are! So back off it guys, he wasn't being insulting or anything, and he was very polite in saying what a big inspiration she was to him!
Right, because the Holocaust is something to joke about.
no where did I read that she was inspiration to him.
All of you get a life. Bieber made a comment. He didn't kill anyone; yet we have grown adults acting like pure id!ots just because this kid is more successful than they will ever be.
Why does everyone feel it necessary to continually bash a kid? Jealous?
Think this Bieber is forever? Ask other former teen stars like Leif Garrett; that is, if you can find which alley they're sleeping in this week.
Who cares what he says? He'll be a nobody in a couple of years, giving handies in back alleys for his next meal.
But, YOU are a nobody now and forever. I'm not a fan of this kid's music at all, but for you to say what you're saying is laughable. Stop "hatin'" and go about your mundane life.
they said that years ago he would be nothing in a couple of years..if he is nothing, let it alone. i dont see the big deal.he didnt insult her! he said he admired her. if if she had been a fan im sure he would have made a huge deal out of i t because it was her that was a huge deal!! A famous person can be in awe and be inspired by someone u know. i am also not a fan...but still, get over it, my goodness, to have such a fuss. Really? i'd love his bank account for sure! lol
As for the "furor" over the word "furor", it's a legitimate word and it was used in the correct manner. There's always a conspiracy theorist.
You seem to have the word "furor" confused with "fuhrer". Just saying...
Someone posted that the word FUROR (used in the first line of the story) was used tastelessly. I know exactly which word I meant.
So many people want to hate on Justin Beiber, he's a kid and unlike many adults, he got it. Anne Frank was a human, a teenage girl and if he paid attention at all he knew she was smitten with stars and movies. The only thing this kid was saying was had she been allowed to live a normal life, she would have been one of those screaming kids at his concert, or a Beatles concert, or Elvis. Give the kid a break.
Beiber didn't get anything. You're attributing a depth to this guy that just isn't there. He is a self absorbed little jerk (previous actions define him) and was NOT making a thoughtful comment.
You don't seem to understand why people are upset with Bieber. After going through the Anne Frank exhibit, all he seems to have gotten out of it is that he hope she would have been a fan. One wonders...did he glean anything else from his visit...doesn't he have something a bit more profound to say?...it's distressing to see a young man as successful as Bieber is and yet totally empty headed...not a single significant thought between the two ears...just a vacuum!
The 2 other responses to your post are spot-on. It'd be like him saying "All those people running from the bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, you'd think I was in town."
Ugh, you self absorbed little people. Get over yourselves. Why do you have such a high standard for Beiber to stand up to huh? Personally, I dont care for his current music because I feel like the public image that they have signed into a contract for him to uphold is a complete under minding of the boy's (though he is technically a man now at 19) talent and intelligence. Before you go spewing your ill-bred nonsense about what type of person he is, go back to the beginning. The little boy that we say on YouTube was of exceptional talent, very intelligent for his age, and showed a get deal of presence of mind that exceeds that of usual kids his age. Now think of his mother: my talented son has attracted a record label with his talent and they want to sign him on as a teen sensation. He will be all the rage because of his generic, easy to chant mindlessly to, clean, non-controversial music and even grown women will love him for that! Who wouldn't want their child immortalized in time as the Disney child who got it right and kept it "innocent"?! Sign me, oh I mean, him, up!
That boy is not stupid. I promise you, he knew what he was writing, just like he knew that he smoked some weed. Guess what. Lindsey Lohan is a walking meth lab. She's so freakin messed up, I'm surprised they don't have her in the basement of some drug dealer harvested the breath she exhales as a new drug. How about Miley Cyrus, who's the new official member of the Feeling Froggy Twerk team? Or better yet, the infamous (Oh no she wont!) CHRIS BROWN?! Guess what?! They are teenagers!!! (Except for Chris, he's a young adult but, hey, who really become an adult before like 27? Most people.) Just because they have money and are in the public spotlight, that doesnt mean they randomly stopped being human. Get over yourselves. In my opinion, Beiber has done well over the years at being an industry puppet and frankly, he sickened me for it, but I understand that he was a child when he signed his soul to the label and he must follow their rules until he is no longer bound to it. But don't be surprise that the "Beiber inside" is starting to leak out. He's in there: A very smart boy who does not give half a people having intercourse vigorously or without feeling about what you or anyone else thinks of him. He doesn't need you and your boo hoos, and soon he wont need those little screaming guuuurls either because he has true talent and when he gets lose, he's going to be a force to be reckoned with. Get your tickets now peeps, cause it's gonna be wild.
Half a people having intercourse vigorously or without feeling? Ha, I crack myself up. Im gonna go copyright that now.
wow he smokes weed? he's cool.
People are enraged with Bieber just like they jump on the bandwagon to be enraged with anything that happens these days, bunch of lemmings. Half the people who ARE enraged probably do not know the story of Anne Frank. Bottom line, she was a teenager, and no matter how much everyone wants to make him an adult now because he's over 18, he's still a teenager. Kids today are not held to the same standards as previous generations because parents are either afraid to discipline their children or they feel like they will hurt their feelings. Who do you think tells all those horrible singers who try out for American Idol that they can sing, then when they are told no by the judges, they implode? Justin Bieber is a victim of his generation.
she's a mess
Wow! How quickly some of us forget the things we did... said or thought about at 19! Personally, I just want to forget! And I wasn't that bad... but I still want that closet to remain CLOSED... Laughing! Shh! Don't tell my mom... even though I am 55.
"we forget what we said at 19" We didn't have a handler and tons of money.
To compare Beiber to Hitler, especially about an article like this, is simply pathetic
*atrocities*
He is a bird-chested little punk, but you really dont think that a teenage girl would be a fan of his? Yeah, she probably would have been, as well as a fan of Miley Cyrus & the Twilight movies. But we never would have known, because if the atrosties against her had never been committed, she would simply be one of millions of girls around the world embracing the pop culture of her time. I would understand if you all were complaning about the pics on TMZ of him & his buddies clowning & boxing during the tour, which says he probably learned very little.
Hate to say it, but we'll never know what type of current music Anne would have liked because she was murdered seventy years ago. Poor girl, by the end she had better things to worry over than pop music. Who you are is what you do, not what others say you could have been.
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I think he meant that she was a normal teenaged girl and that he hoped she would like normal teenaged girl things... like him. I don't see anything wrong with what he said.
It's interesting. He said "Hopefully" she would have been a fan. I interpret that in the juvenile context of what he wrote as she was cool, I hope she would like me, too. But, it certainly is somewhat self-aggrandizing.
i will let her listen in church
Does anyone else find the locution "'furor' over Justin Bieber," in this context, to be of questionable taste?
You are pushing the envelope in a ridiculous and immature way. This is very close to being outright offensive.
Yep, I saw that too and raised the eyebrows. Either it was deliberate and in bad taste or IMO more likely the author of the article is ignorant of the fact Hitler was known as the "fuhrer" or "leader". I read that a survey of young adults indicated a majority were unable to associate Hitler with WWII.
No. What is objectionable is your depiction of the use of a perfectly legitimate word as having evil intent. Stop reading double entendres into places where there are none. The perfectly innocent use of an old phrase got an editor fired last year after someone read evil double entendres where there were none. Don't do that again here.
Lighten up KEP and Pat! My design wasn't to impugn anyone's character, get anybody fired, or anything of that sort. Perhaps "questionable taste" wasn't the ideal choice of words, but "irony" certainly seems applicable. Regarding double entendres, I will continue to look for dirty meanings where they weren't intended.
Yes, Beibers comments were self serving. but without realizing it, he highlighted her humanity. She was just a girl. She was one of us and she is all of use. She wrote of liking boys and as her step sister points out, liked music and film stars. Why are we diefying Anne Frank? We should not take away her humanity. Doing so risks losing the lessens she gave us. This woman is right, they always make a fuss about Anne Frank, but we shouldn't do that at the expense of her humanity. She was just like everyone else and yes, should probably would have been a Belieber. In fact, I dare suggest Justin may have realized that. He was in the house for an hour. It is a moving experience. I was there and you think what it must have been like. You can't help but feel her prsence when you are there. I think he got it right....
I agree with you. I am not a huge fan of the "Bieb's" antics but in this one I thought the same thing. I would have loved for Anne Frank to have been able to enjoy the world of movies and music and teenager fun instead of having to deal with the horrible trauma and adult world she was thrust into.
It was a nice vision to think of her being excited at hearing the tunes of a pop star and enjoying the things that teenagers SHOULD have enjoyed.
I agree. I have no doubt that it is very humbling to realize that Anne Frank was just a normal girl, and I'm sure it would be difficult not to feel a bit reflective when you leave. I doubt its any different for Justin Bieber, except he's famous, so people are really over-scrutinizing his comment.
How ridiculous to say that Bieber "highlighted her humanity." That is even more offensive than Bieber's insensitive comments. You also need to realize that JB dropped out of school in the tenth grade and he is practically illiterate. History and intelligence are not his strong suits.
Anne Frank was lesbian? I...I...I don't think she would have been into bieber. Boys back then, were more of a man than most men today. So that would push Bieber to 1930's lesbian status.
Movie stars have always been pretty. Ever seen Errol Flynn or Douglas Fairbanks? Pretty, and a lot of eye make-up.
Justin Beiber is trying to promote himself the same way Hitler did to the Germans. I'm pretty sure she would have hated Justin just as much as the rest of us.
that in history class where Hitler sold music on iTunes, toured the country singing white-boy hip-hop, appeared on TV chat shows and on the cover of teen magazines...
It occurs to me that Anne Frank would have been friends with anyone. And she would have probably loved Justin's music.
Murdered girl, current pop star; Quite the couple~
Going to the Anne Frank house (or reading her diary), you find she was smitten with celebrities and movies. She pasted pictures she clipped from the magazines (fan magazines) over her bed in the Secret Annex. The family lived in decent place, with some comfort (it wasn't a closet) that over looked a central courtyard with a big tree. Perhaps this relative comfort gave them far too much confidence in getting through the war that way. Had it been more miserable, perhaps they would have plotted an escape (if possible). But in the end, their decency and humanity and cozy homelike (though under house arrest, so to speak) meant nothing to the Nazis, who didn't like to be fooled in their zeal to kill Jews.
Yes, she would have been a normal girl, like the Beliebers from Queens my niece met at her camp of mostly Jewish girls a few summer ago. I met these girls too. They were Anne Frank. So are all teenaged girls. Justin Bieber got it.
While yes, I agree that chances are she would be like any other normal teenager in the modern era and like his music... saying, "hey, she was a cool, hopefully she would have been my fan" is still a highly self-absorbed thing to say. There are millions (perhaps) of "beliebers" out there, and when visiting Anne Frank's museum the only thought he had was something you'd write in a high school yearbook?
He's 19, he's not that much younger than me. I am having a much harder time writing off what he says as "he's just young and childish" as a fair excuse. Honestly, Schloss shows tact, but Justin's comments were narcasistic, plain and simple.
Ooooo. Can you say "jealous"? Sibling rivalry indeed.
Lol. That's exactly what went through my head.
Probably true, but it doesn't make Bieber's statement any less insensitive, narcissist, and arrogant.
I am NOT a fan of Beibers...
BUT
I see nothing wrong or self centered about his comment. He basically said, I liked her, I hope she would have liked me. Whats the big deal about that? Keep in mind. He said "she was a great girl" He mentioned HER 1st, thats not the act of a self centered person. Again, I dont like beiber......but come on.
No, what he used the term belieber which sounds like he is saying he hoped she would have idolized him. That's a very different thing.
A bunch of pathetic tongue waggers with nothing else to do.
I think Bieber needs AN EDUCATION. That little moron hasn't even graduated from high school.
I agree that Little Justin, no matter that he is rich beyond belief, could use some education...the kind 3 or 4 years in the military can give a 19 year old kid. I know it isn't for everyone, but (in my opinion) it should be.
Thank you ! Please see my post below yours, then read the idiotic response that someone else left in response to mine.
I think Bieber needs to take advantage of this educational experience of visiting the Anne Frank House and be aware of the historical significance. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt seeing that he's only 19. I admit I knew nothing about it when I was that age, but once I learned, it was very valuable.
wow. all those words and you said nothing.
To Hotsdogs who replied "wow. all those words and you said nothing" to my post – Read my post again and you'll see that I'm saying a lot and was being respectful to Anne Frank's stepsister who survived the Holocaust. It's very obvious that you don't know anything about Anne Frank and the history either. When you get a chance, do some reading, and if you ever get to visit the Anne Frank House, maybe it'll open your eyes to what happened at that time.