I find it highly disturbing that this happened, and that the lies persist in people's minds to this day. The man should be left alone so he can continue to spread his positive message, which has always been plain to see, and perhaps most importantly (to me anyway,) to make music!
That's why I defend MJ. And I believe it is worth it.
Same here and that is why we fans do what we do. Michael is a man that has given too much to people only to get burned and trashed. We forget that what MJ does to people we, as humans, should do. We should help each other. MJ cared about a certain family and got burned badly. It happens. Just because a bunch of devil worshipping media fools can't see past whatever regarding Mike, have to spread lies about him does not mean the lies are true. The man's message is in his music. They should do themselves a favor and listen to his music. I will always defend MJ because I feel that he was wrongly and falesly accused of a crime, he has done nothing but cared about people, and he is a big target because he is a big star, he is black and he dares to be himself.
In this society, people assume that you have to be like the "status quo" when the "status quo" does not include people of color, gender, religion, etc. Also, there is a problem that society has with race in my country, USA, and every other country. If three children who are fair skinned have a black father and it is proven that the children are biologically his, then that is that. There should not be an assumption that because MJ is black, his children have to have the same skin tone that MJ used to have in order for him to be the father. That is like saying that all black people with the same skin tone look alike. That is not the case. All you have to do is watch "Maury" when he does the paternity shows to tell you a thing or two about DNA or read books on genetics and DNA. I just wanted to point that out.
What I think is sad in society today is the fact that Michael's fans have to be defensive and supportive of Michael to other people in the first place. I mean, I care about Michael very much, but I don't know what goes on inside his mind or why he does some of the things he does. I can't defend every little thing he says or does.
It is a choice. If you do not want to defend MJ, you do not have to. It is not really a requirement to defend MJ on every little thing that he does. I do not do that with MJ. I defend him when I feel that something about his is proven to be not true. Not everything about MJ is true and not everything about MJ is false. When people attack three innocent children who are in the spotlight because their father is Michael Jackson and people are assuming, just by looking at the children, that they are not his, I need to say something. I have seen many people who are black verbally tell me and others that they do not consider themsleves black. As much as I disagree with what they were saying, that is how THEY see themselves. These people were friends of mine in high school and they told me and others that. That got me thinking about how one or a few people view themseleves, race wise, versus how society views them race wise. There are many stories out there that can give others an understanding as to why it is very possible for a black man to have fair skinned children. Mariah Carey is a great example of someone who is mixed race, had a black father (her father died years ago) and to come out looking like she looks. She is proof that MJ's children have to be his. Another person would be Victoria Rockwell aka Drucilla from "Young and the Restless". She has a daughter (who I believe is in her early 20's) who is white skinned, blue eyed, blonde hair. Her daughter's father is a white German man and Victoria is a mixed raced woman. I seen her daughter in one of my magazines and I was shocked because I was expecting her daughter to look a certain way. However, I didn't assumed that Victoria was not her mother. So, my point is, it is worth it because people need to be educated. The mainstream media are not gonna waste their time in talking about race in this world. That is just the truth. There is a problem in this world regarding race and how we view it and it needs to be discussed. I think that is the root of the issue regarding Michael's children.
Anyway, I just don't see other fans of celebrities having to defend their idol's every little action and explain it so that it makes sense to all the ignorant people who ask dumb questions in the first place.
Other fans of celebrities do that. Janet fans, Britney fans, Justin fans. Michael went through way more than any other celebrity has ever gone through. MJ was accused, falsely, of a very distrubing and sick crime. It was character assinsination (sp) at its finest when MJ was going through his trial. When someone's character, esp. someone like Michael's, is being trashed in the mud, it is a personal offense to his fans because the media and whoever is destroying a person's individuality and that is horrible. So, yes, I see nothing wrong with fans defending MJ the way they do. Most of his fans are defending him in that way because that was how they became fans of the man in the first place. Almost any insult towards MJ, I take to offense. That is how I feel.
Even if it IS frustrating at times. It's still worth it to lift people up instead of tearing them down so much
Well, if the people who wanted to make a big deal out of this man would see it in your view, then this thread would have not been made. There are people in this world who are ignorant, stupid and a bunch of sheep. They believe everything about everybody and have nothing to stand for. Those people cannot be helped. However, there are people who are given lies about this man and cannot tell which of the lies are indeed lies or truths. They were not educated in what is true because most of the time, the media is not telling the truth. That is the issue here. The MJ fans, most of them hopefully, know this about the media and calls them out on it. This is why I like the Internet because it is another form of medium that can get the truth out without any intereference. So, if it is working, then it is totally worth it.
Well, I guess I could post my comments from the thread; wouldn't feel right to post things others have said in that discussion without their permission though. And I'm too lazy to ask for it.