A thread on a mj forum mocking him makes no sense
No-one is "mocking" MJ. Come on, we all love him here and we're allowed to have respectful conversations about aspects of Michael's life such as this. You can't simply refer to anything slightly negative about Michael to "mocking" and then shut it out. Michael had his ups and downs and, being a Michael Jackson forum, every side is going to be discussed which I think is perfectly valid so long as it's relatively respectful, which so far it is (besides, if it
wasn't respectful and actually was mocking Michael, the mods would swarm in here and shut everyone's asses down ahah).
way to go Michael for having the courage to do whatever the hell you wanted, and not give a crap what people think. it's hilarious how even some fans are butthurt over this, yet it's sad to see them turn to tabloid junk. I guess that's because they're just jealous for not having that courage
I've got the general feeling that people are all for Michael for not giving a damn what other people think of him. I don't think anyone here is criticizing him for having this mindset, but more so his behaviours that potentially arose from this mindset. I think it's silly to disregard his fans complaints as them being "butthurt" though, when they are actually pretty valid.
There is a huge problem out there where Michael Jackson is often not taken seriously as an artist and one reason is because of the many of the antics the tabloids printed. Of course, many stories are ridiculously fake (that goes without saying) but when he goes out in public with post-it notes on his face or in a wheelchair with his face covered in an unusual way, it does nothing but give the tabloids more ammunition to tear his credibility down and push public perception of him towards "circus freak" (ugh) instead of the incredible, serious musical genius that he is.
Michael probably did stop giving a shit sometime and you know, good for him, everyone here is fine with that, more power to him! ...but unfortunately, some of the behaviour that arose from this where Michael didn't care or was possibly trolling
did have repercussions on his public image and I think these are very much valid issues when it comes to Michael Jackson as an artist, especially when we as fans want people to start treating him with the respect he deserves for his musicianship.