Anyone else find it weird that Michael Jackson was forgiven and rose to martyrdom after he died?

[90three]

The dude was vilified and made fun of for years for his weird behavior with children, dying his skin, plastic surgery addiction, etc...

all of a sudden he passes away and becomes worshipped??

is the only way to be forgiven from the #MeToo/#TimesUp movement to die?

 

[Anung Un Rama]

No. Next.

 

[ralphc1]

Who says he was forgiven?

 

[Damien Karras]

Yeah but have you ever listened to thriller,?!?

 

[Katsumi Yamada]

A few factors involved:

1. He was brought to court and found "not guilty" on all charges of molestation.
2. His weird physical appearance isn't something to villify someone over anyway, people were just making fun of him and they still do.
3. Sympathy for his fucked up upbringing by his father that factored into his weird behavior.
4. Sympathy over his death at a hands of a negligent doctor at a reliatively young age.
5. Appreciation of his art which brought so much enjoyment to the world.

And some ppl still hate him

 

[Curmudgeon]

 

[mjmj]

Yeah, people that felt he was guilty still do. And I suspect you’re not old enough to understand just how huge he was in the mid 80s. The weirdness didn’t come along until later. No one since has even come close to matching his popularity and a lot of people still remember that.

 

[BillytheFish]

A few factors involved:

1. He was brought to court and found "not guilty" on all charges of molestation.
2. His weird physical appearance isn't something to villify someone over anyway, people were just making fun of him and they still do.
3. Sympathy for his fucked up upbringing by his father that factored into his weird behavior.
4. Sympathy over his death at a hands of a negligent doctor at a reliatively young age.
5. Appreciation of his art which brought so much enjoyment to the world.

And some ppl still hate him

Whether he molested someone or not, he DID admit to taking boys to his bed to fucking sleep with him!!!!

As far as Im concerned if youre sleeping with random people's kids then you deserve the vilification for being a fucking weird cunt!!

 

[Omegaboy13]

Forgiven for what? He didn’t do anything except act weird. The dude’s body of work is insane.

 

[Slick_36]

The first kid to accuse him admitted he was coached by his parents and that it was a lie. Dude was weird but had a sick childhood, I think he was a little off too. Maybe autistic and with no one to tell him no. He was an absolute freak of nature musically, I don't think people understand just how special he really was. We lost a great talent when he died, and we lost years of his life to things he could and couldn't control. It's a sad situation, but he still brings joy to so many people.

 

[Pliny Pete]

Yea no one worshipped Michael Jackson while he was alive, not a single person

 

[Renard]

In 2016 the police released the report of what they had found in a 2003 search of Jackson's residence. There was a ton of books and magazines full of pictures of nude children and teenagers and pornographic material. They also found a bag full of children's underwear and bloodied linens. He was a pedo, 100%. But this got barely any news attention for some reason, and people still hold in their heads the idea of who they thought Michael Jackson was, without the updated information.

 

[WaylonMercy5150]

Yeah, people that felt he was guilty still do. And I suspect you’re not old enough to understand just how huge he was in the mid 80s. The weirdness didn’t come along until later. No one since has even come close to matching his popularity and a lot of people still remember that.

I'm pretty sure Michael had these tendencies since he was an adult. This pic is from 84 and with one of his special friends J. Spence.

 

[Bloody Pulp]

The Cirque show “One” in Vegas was cool.

 

[Lubaolong]

In 2016 the police released the report of what they had found in a 2003 search of Jackson's residence. There was a ton of books and magazines full of pictures of nude children and teenagers and pornographic material. They also found a bag full of children's underwear and bloodied linens. He was a pedo, 100%. But this got barely any news attention for some reason, and people still hold in their heads the idea of who they thought Michael Jackson was, without the updated information.

He had a large collection of art that included some nude children. None of it was classified by police as child porn.

This is not child porn.

As far as adult pornographic magazines, everyone is allowed to own those. I'm curious who here hasn't watched a pornographic movie on the internet. Looking at porn doesn't make you a child rapist. Jesus.

 

[BEER]

I can't tell you whether or not the dude diddled kids, but he's one of the greatest pop artists of all time.

 

[Pseudo Sane]

We can forgive dead people a lot. It's not complicated.

 

[DeJulez]

In 2016 the police released the report of what they had found in a 2003 search of Jackson's residence. There was a ton of books and magazines full of pictures of nude children and teenagers and pornographic material. They also found a bag full of children's underwear and bloodied linens. He was a pedo, 100%. But this got barely any news attention for some reason, and people still hold in their heads the idea of who they thought Michael Jackson was, without the updated information.

That isn't true at all.

 

[DeJulez]

Michael had vitiligo which is why he whitened his skin. This was proven after he died.
Apparently he had some sort of Lupus as well I think

 

[CoolB]

The only people I know that forgive (ignore) him are young people that grew up listening and idolizing him. There are a few kids in their mid 20's in my office and they both talk about him like he's a friggen saint.