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By the time 2014 rolled on, the backlash had become its own form of entertainment. Late-night TV mocked him constantly. Comment sections treated him like a villain. Even people who never listened to his music had an opinion. There was even a real petition calling for his deportation from the United States that went viral online—less about law, more about the mood of the moment. And then, something dangerous happened: When the world decides someone is a joke… it stops seeing them as a pe