Did Everyone Really Love Michael Jackson? (I'm Confused)

Everyone talked about him as being a weirdo. A pedo. A freak. Now he's dead and all of a sudden he was the most wonderful human being to ever grace this earth.

What gives?

He died.  We don't speak ill of the dead.  At least not publicly.  And not this soon.

I have been thinking the same thing. It boggles my mind. "Imperfect" people feel like this...I'm hoping God is love, and in this overall direction.

Well I loved his music.  Loved to watch him dance. You couldnt help but get up and move when his tunes were played.  But as for his obsession with little kids and his VERY questionable "sharing of his bed" policy which he said out loud was the "most loving thing you could do"...I totally blame on his upbringing, his JWism, his abusive father and basically not HAVING a childhood.  He grew up hating himself.  Nobody would go through 50 or more plastic surgery procedures to change their looks so drastically if they had even a modicum of love for themselves.

I had pity for him.  Anger at times...but the EXJW in me totally felt sorry for him.  Now he finally is at peace.  And I have to think he knew this was coming.  Ever since his trial during which he was VERY frail and was hospitalized, his health has deteriorated.

No way in hell he could have pulled off that concert tour he was planning.  Had he lived a couple months longer, the first two performances would have killed him.

RIP Michael.  Now come back and haunt the shit out of the Governing Body wouldja please?

I liked MJ's music and I think he got screwed up because of his JW upbringing and his daddy. But I think there's a ton of two faced people, especially in the media. One day he's villified, the next day he's a saint.

Seriously?  I'm on another forum where most posters are saying horrible, nasty things about him, so obviously not EVERYONE loved Michael.

I do by the way and I'm really sad that he's gone.  RIP Michael.

Minimus, good question.  I have been asking that about myself and my feelings about  his death.  I think it was more about the music.  Having grown up with it, I was infatuated as a little girl, liked his music in the 80's, totally bored with it after that.

But it represents a time period.   Music, scents, sights, bring back strong memories for most people.  Memories tend to be romanticized as time goes on. 

As for younger admirers of his music...I don't know, but I think everyone has a favorite MJ song whether they liked him or not.

Seems he was a lost, delicate soul.  I have only sympathy for him.

I think most people have a favorite song....here's mine, and I never get tired of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjzer9dUWmg&feature=related

r.

I thought it was very, very questionable to have Mr. Keith "Michael Jackson Popcicle Stick Theatre" Olbermann host MSNBC's coverage yesterday. 

Restrangled,

Do you remember the poster of him in the yellow sweater? I love Human Nature...here's one of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfZz-q8CRLE

When this song first came out, you could not tell me or any other young girl this song was not written for us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4auq5tlUX4

SO YES....WE LOVE MICHAEL. I even had a jacket full of buttons to prove it...

shopaholic...the picture is coming back to me of him in that yellow sweater, its been a long time!

I thought everyone remembered the Human Nature poster!

I don't think being dead has given him any new and redeeming qualities.  He was a pedophile, he was a has been, he was popular for a very short period of time, mid late 80's... 

Who cares?  I hope all the kids he abused take the opportunity to crap on his grave...

Oh yeah I forgot that he was popular in the 70's...  Thats because music in the 70's SUCKED...

You can judge how much he was loved by the product he moved.

He sold a lot of music.

Money talks.

Bullshit walks.

Sleeping in an adults bed does not make the adult a pedophile.  When I was little, falling asleep with my mom in her bed was the most comforting thing I remember.  When my dad got home late at night he would carry me to my own bed.

My own kids, needed to snuggle in some times to our bed...it was ok.

To this day, my own big tough male  Doberman, loves to snuggle into our bed along with the cat.

Kids and pets love to feel safe, especially at night time. Sleeping in a trusted adult's bed is a luxury.

I think this was all MJ was providing.  He loved children, he remained a child himself, just wanting a safe place in the world...Absolutely not appropriate  but never a Pedo.

r.

It is sad that so many people insist that he was a pedophile, even when the evidence points to the contrary. It almost seems that people wanted him to be a pedophile to maybe prove some kind of point. Maybe some people are so blinded by anger that they are unwilling to see both sides of the story before they pass judgement.  I personally don't think MJ did it.

It is scary that Real, known child molesters get away with their crimes while witch hunts are  perpetrated on some people that are truly innocent.

Maybe it's "Human Nature"

RIP Music Man

He died.  We don't speak ill of the dead.  At least not publicly.  And not this soon.

That's a little dramatic.  Were you friends??

Restrangled,   Having your own child sleeping peacfully in your own bed is a little different than having him or her sleep in another adults bed. Of course that is'nt absolute proof he did anything but get real.  It just is to wierd.

Oh, and back to the topic,  I did'nt like MJ.