Selena Gomez Hates Old People

If you’re famous and banking cash because your mom handed you over to Barney’s tiny forearms at a young age, it is your sworn duty to stop the haters. Granted, the haters gonna hate. If nothing else, modern pop music has taught us that. But if you’re making a a few mill by data mining the social media accounts of your fans, you have to call out the ones who refuse to blindly compliment you and ask for a follow. It’s the young celebrity version of volunteering in the community.

Selena Gomez is taking her brave fight against Internet critics by parsing her trolls, demanding the bright light of day be focused upon adults who rip on her online.

It’s grown-ups and I don’t get it. It just baffles me. I wish I could just sit them down and say, ‘What were you doing at 15? What were you doing at 18? What were you doing at 21?’ Because I can guarantee you it’s not half of what I’ve done.

It is true that those of us who flipped burgers and went to school past the age of six have not yet fucked Justin Bieber or made our first ten million. For the record, if I had to choose which half of your accomplishments to duplicate, I’d hope it would be the latter. But why are you attacking us oldies? Don’t you know who pays the credit card bills for the girls who inhale your merch? That’s right. Not me. Other old people. All decrepit and spiteful of your brilliant youth and talent.

Selena Gomez has vowed to refuse to let her non-fans win. That sounds like a pretty noble goal. Not quite the same as curing Ebola or helping college football players find jobs after they leave college with some Criminal Science credits, but noble in its own right.

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