^^ Yes basically and at my school you find 1,4 and 5 out of that list. My 'friends' (classmates, more like it) KNOW I LOVE the man but I swear to you they don't know to what extent :lol: Either way, a lot of them have made comments on how they like his music and how awesome it is but have also made reaaally stupid, ignorant comments about him as a person and appearance. For instance, this girl that's in my class always has to say something related to another artist (mostly Beyoncé
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to disguise her 'compliments' towards Michael... like she once mentioned something about 'I Wanna Be Where You Are' and I went 'Oh my god, of course... I love it :heart:' and she started talking about how Beyoncé is 'a big fan' and crap and then went 'but of course, I ONLY like the song because of her... and I like her version better' and I was like... 'dude, can you not?' or she always says 'I only know about Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean
' as if to say those are the only good songs he has and she gives 0 about his other material... Geez! I KNOW she knows more than those... once she mentioned DSTYGE and Black or White and I was like... 'Ok, why are you afraid to admit you KNOW more about him than what you say' seriously... it's not like I care and I wouldn't want someone so dumb to listen to his material if they're not gonna appreciate it but just don't mention how you 'like' something, if you're gonna downplay him later. She also says shit like 'Oh, he was such a scaredy cat when it came to women, wasn't he?' and I just let out the loudest laugh and I went 'girl, I tell ya, you're mistaken' and ended that talk; Or once we went out to have dinner with one of our teachers (we're very close) and someone mentioned Michael and I of course, started to get all giddy :lol: then the same girl said the same stuff, that she only knew her most famous hits, that he was only
cool up to Black or White and that she had always thought he was weird because THE PRESS said he had a zoo and animals at his house
and at this point, I had heard enough crap from her and I just went 'Are you serious? just because he had a zoo, that made him crazy? he took care of those animals! I mean, girl, please... if you had the means you would want to have everything you love at your place, OH and he never stopped being 'cool' he had great music his whole career' and she just looked at me like ':mellow: whatever..' then my teacher started to support me and said she knew he was framed and stuff. Also another one of my teachers said that he had witnessed Michael's entire 'transformation' he's 30 something and he was like 'up until he ruined his face' and I was like 'teacher, I really hate you for that' (the comment) by the way I'm very close to my teachers, we talk like 'friends' so yeah...
My family is pretty cool about my love for Michael... my sister is a really big fan too, she doesn't believe anything bad written about him and never has. My dad is pretty supportive also but he mostly likes his early work and my mom is pretty neutral but she says she loves the way he danced and one time we even watched Wembley together, all of us I mean :lol: so yeah my family is pretty cool with Michael, they don't believe the accusations and always tell me about him when he's on TV or whatever. I'm very fortunate... given the replies I've seen about most of you and the opinion your families have on Michael :no:
So yeah, most of the people I've met/know have had either pretty neutral or super nice comments about him but there's always a schmuck that has to say some crap they got out of a tabloid...as if we Michael fans did the same with whoever they like :bored: <_< people just have no respect or shame, I hate that shit :mat: