Are you talking about the lead singer from The 1975? I saw a video circulating on Twitter of him supporting the allegations. Ironically, a day or two later, a video of him talking disrespectfully about their name (which he seemed to perceive as too "ethnic" or something) went viral, much bigger than his MJ remarks did. So... that was some interesting karma lol.
Oh wow. Thank you for sharing this. That actually really saddens me. I love PBS. The whole "from the director of LN" is clearly supposed to be some credibility grab but, like....how? How??? Wasn't the doc edited several times because of disinformation? This is a bummer.
Indeed. As I pointed out in my message to them, Frontline is the gold standard of investigative journalism, as their episodes are incredibly insightful. Hiring Reed threatens the program's credibility. But they have done nothing about this.
I whole-heartedly agree.
Yeah I just looked and the guy who created the poll has about 16,000 followers. So not a particularly small account but not a truly massive one either. I am curious how much engagement his posts typically get. I just took a very brief glance through his page and while a few posts are in the 400-500 likes range, the vast majority are under 50 likes. Many under 20. So in that sense, this engagement is pretty significant for this specific Twitter user.
Probably why they did the poll.
I'm really REALLY pissed at the police departments at the moment. They interviewed SIXTY kids in 1993-94 and subjected them to Jim-Crow style interrogations, where they'd do shit such as:
Are you by any chance listening to that new podcast Michael Jackson A Case For Innocence? I listened to that episode earlier today and it mentioned a lot of these details you listed above that I had only heard small bits of before.
I totally get that, and I feel similarly. The only "yay" I'd say I experienced after fully realizing his innocence was that I could finally call myself a fan without guilt. But the associated anxieties, disgust at committed injustices, and sadness I've felt on behalf of Michael are a pretty large caveat.
I definitely understand! I did my doctoral research on sexual abuse/violence and am a survivor myself, so I have quite literally built my career on this subject matter from a victim/survivor standpoint and the importance of believing survivor stories. This is part of the agony I experienced in questioning "victims" stories. Obviously, I have come full circle on this and recognize the very unique circumstances here with MJ but it totally messed with my mind.
Honestly, I commend you for being so open about it; I wish I had that ability. Truth be told I'm like this with many things; I won't go into detail about it here since it's way off-topic, but I "hide" a lot about myself as a result of my disorder. The fact that I happened to have fallen hard into the MJ rabbit hole doesn't help, but it's also not the first time it has happened and most likely won't be the last, so sad to say, I'm used to it by now. But that doesn't make it any less painful.
Those 23.1% of the voters are IDIOTS. MJ Hating Idiots.
This is brilliant. He is so missed.. Like janet once said in 1997 "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."I'm not sure if everyone who looks at this thread follows the MJ Chart Watch thread (one of my faves) but MJ just hit a pretty exciting milestone and I wanted to share
According to one of the comments (and some conversation we've had in the past in the Chart Watch thread) I'm pretty sure this is the highest MJ has ever been and the most listeners he has had on Spotify, including PRE-LN. I think this demonstrates pretty positively how much the trajectory is shifting.
You're absolutely correct, of course. For some reason, when someone is famous, not just the media but also a significant portion of the public just loves to conveniently forget about their humanity. As if nothing they ever say, do, or feel is ever "genuine". There's a reason so many famous people have mental health issues and/or substance abuse problems; being in the spotlight constantly is very taxing. I see so many people often say things like "well they're famous, they asked for it!" but that's 1) victim blaming, and 2) being famous in the entertainment industry isn't actually a guarantee. For instance, so many people go to Hollywood to "try and make it", only to end up in complete poverty (which also often brings substance abuse, albeit for the opposite reason). It's something most people don't realize until you actually experience it. You can "prepare" yourself as much as you want, you'll never know until it "hits". Even more so for child stars (such as Michael himself, as well as many of the people you mentioned, not-so-coincidentally enough), do you really think a child understands that sorta thing? That's just absurd. Not to mention that "stage parents" are a thing; just look at Joseph Jackson.
And it's also important to point out that although #justiceforjohnnydepp was a major viral movement, it was still primarily a grassroots effort. Until Johnny Depp won his case, the media was predominately pro-Amber Heard.
I really hate to keep bringing Ellen back up, but this idea of binary belief, that "If someone is not their public personal 24/7, that automatically makes them fake," it's just beyond absurd. Being businesslike and focused on the job doesn't automatically make you a mean person, or invalidate that persona. And again, we still have no real proof tying her regarding the toxic workplace, other than people going out on a limb and casting aspersions, and basing it on "Ellen isn't the same 24/7," which doesn't say anything. It's just hopelessly shallow. Already, some people my brother talks to are saying Drew Barrymore is fake, that "There's no way she's like this all the time." UNBELIEVABLE, RIGHT?!
Yeah there's also this whole thing in general where a section of people have a tendency to side with the woman in domestic abuse cases, which isn't entirely unwarranted given the fact that men on average are physically stronger, but even with that in mind, that doesn't mean women can't be abusive as well. I actually think it's ironically rather sexist to assume that women aren't capable of being physically abusive, the strength issue aside. There can always be other mitigating factors which can render any existing strength differences irrelevant. But, you get the idea. The fact that Johnny Depp got canceled before anything got proven once again shows how absolutely toxic cancel culture is. People seem to often forget about the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing, which is just so saddening.
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