Domestic Violence is too big to just simply be a mistake, Justin.

This isn't very musical but it involves music stars and as this is serious, I won't be mucking around too much especially as we are dealing with the issue of domestic violence which Justin Bieber has somehow managed to claim on Instagram that Chris Brown only made a mistake when he assaulted Rihanna in 2009 despite Brown's history of violence against women since the Rihanna incident.

Let me make this very clear now, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHOULD NEVER BE REDUCED TO A SIMPLE MISTAKE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME THAT COSTS LIVES, RUINS FAMILIES AND DESTROYS COMMUNITIES. IT'S IMPACTS ARE TOO BIG TOO SIMPLY BE A MISTAKE.

So I wrote Justin a little something...I doubt he'll read it but hey, I do have hope. 

Dear Justin Bieber,

I am sad that I have to write this letter but it’s a case where you have so many young fans that are influenced by what you say on social media be it on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram that I couldn’t let your Instagram post about Chris Brown slide especially the bit about his assault of Rihanna being a ‘mistake’.

A mistake is something like burning the food, turning the TV off at the socket instead of turning off the vacuum cleaner or even wetting your pants, things that are embarrassing but can be fixed easily enough and you learn from them however domestic violence is not just simply a ‘mistake’ especially when it has serious and traumatic consequences for the victim who will likely live with the physical, emotional and mental trauma of that assault for the REST OF THEIR LIVES if they haven’t been murdered by their abuser.

Domestic violence can also trigger drug and alcohol addiction, homelessness and not to mention creates an environment of fear within a family that can have consequences of breaking up a family and destroying whole communities.

You were saying bullying is not okay, well, bullying is a method abusers use to isolate the victim 

Now you know the impact of domestic violence, let’s talk about your mate Chris Brown and systematically go through his record because its MORE THAN ONCE that he has been violent toward women. There’s even a Rolling Stone timeline of his abuse of women which only goes as far as 2016, here it is for your own perusal: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/timeline-of-chris-browns-history-of-violence-towards-women-103402/club-shove-june-2013-103999/

Oh and last year, Brown was arrested for assaulting a photographer in a nightclub in 2017.

Justin, Brown might have a whole load of musical ability but his record as an abusive human being speaks more than any talent he might have and really given the women in your life, you should know better than to claim that committing abusive behaviour is a mistake because its not, domestic violence costs lives and communities and it makes me sad to see that, even despite being loved by so many teenage girls who will enter (hopefully) loving relationships and being married to a young woman, that you are enabling an abuser like Chris Brown.

Hopefully one day, you’ll understand this, Justin, and re-think your posts praising Chris Brown.