This from the intellectual powerhouse who called Americans “evil” for opposing socialized health care and who said:

He isn’t sure what political party he’d support if he was old enough to vote. “I’m not sure about the parties,” Bieber says. “But whatever they have in Korea, that’s bad.”

Well, he’s back and now suggesting that U.S. Senators should be thrown behind bars for supporting legislation he doesn’t like. The purpose of the legislation in question? To strengthen existing laws.

During a recent radio interview, the “Baby” singer lashed out at Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and her sponsorship of the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, which would make it a felony to illegally stream copyrighted content online.

Klobuchar “needs to know that I’m saying she needs to be locked up, put away in cuffs!” the pop star said. “People need to have the freedoms … People need to be able to sing songs. I just think that’s ridiculous.”

Here’s why he might oppose the law: He became famous after singing popular, copyrighted songs and posting his performances on YouTube. The Mensa chapter president says “it’s awesome” to violate copyright protection.

For the record, Kloubuchar lightly struck back at Beiber, noting her legislation doesn’t make it illegal for people to post parodies or their own performances, it just strengthens laws against pirating intellectual property and then redistributing it on the internet. Her legislation passed through the Senate Judiciary committee with bipartisan support.

The New York Daily News suggests:

Perhaps Biebs should stay out of politics and stick to making music.

Indeed. Especially when the Canadian teenager’s idea of  meaningful political discourse is to call for the imprisonment of United States Senators for supporting legislation he doesn’t like.