MJJ2theMAX;4243992 said:
The MJ fans are out in force on twitter ... but it doesn’t seem like the general public are seeing the comments on twitter really. Any comments will get about 10 likes. And there’s not many comments to begin with.
We need to move on to Facebook and YouTube. I’ve noticed the Facebook comments get hundreds of likes in the first half an hour and YouTube comments seem more permanent (in that people will be returning to the same videos for months) so it’s important to keep posting there too.
Yes, I agree. I think FB is where it's all happening. On various network pages and articles etc - literally thousands of comments. I feel that on twitter your trying to educate clear influencers with blue ticks. They're not interested and they have an agenda to push lies. The real people are on facebook and I must say.. a large portion aren't buying this crap. I'm trying to gentle insert facts into comments and stear doubters but it's such hard work - it's like fire fighting to a certain degree.
As I mentioned before - I think the general public have always been very polorised on this topic. It's only more apparent now that we're in the thick of it and the debate has been reignited. We've had the luxury of those allegations fading but in actual fact the doubters have always been out there. If this documentary wasn't happening and you released a poll on MJ (Guilty or Innocent) then I think the result would be marginally the same as if it had aired.
I'm starting to come to the realisation that once someone has made up their mind - irrespective of facts - it's a tough sell. People are not willing to put in the effort to conduct basic research. It's much easier to be spoon fed a story and it's these type of people that Reed is relying on peddle this nonsense. It's the sad reality.
Although it may look as if i'm giving up but I'm starting to question why I'm trying to educate ignorant people. It's soul destorying. I'm focusing on, what I can identify, the minority. Why waste my time on negativity? They hold the same opinion as they did 10years ago and there little scope for them to change it. It's same predictable rebuttal.. why settle if you're guilty?, he was always weird, he bought the silence of everyone, obviously he done it, he openly shared his bed with children etc.. - how do you even reason with that mentality?? These are the same ignorant responses that we've been faced with for years held by the same people.
I feel like it's my duty to inform them in a bid to perserve MJ's legacy but what matters to me most is what MJ means to me. These people don't even deserve MJ if I'm being honest!
