LiberianGhost;3468927 said:
I can't take this any more. I've never seen such a hate fest in all my days as an MJ fan! Why not spend more time celebrating the wonderful memories of Mike while he walked among us. Hating is very tiring and as someone earlier said, un-Michael like. I know many don't agree with this Forever Michael Tribute and I Agee it has it's issues, but truth be told, anyone doing something of this nature in Mike's name or any other public figure will most likely be lining their pockets out of it. If u don't like the Jackson's that's fine. If u want to boycott the tribute, that's fine too. Everyone is entitled to their own personal likes and opinions but not every fan feels this way. As for me, this blatant hate fest is quite disturbing. Afterall, the Jackson's are Michael's family and we all know that family is not a matter of choice. There is always some family member in everyone's that we feel behaves badly, just that the Jackson's same as Michael's has been placed on the public chopping block. Michael had to endure this his whole adult life. Please let's not allow this to happen to another human life, especially as a Michael fan. Don't forget his last message to us...L.O.V.E.
I don’t want to get off topic, but just have to say I very much remember Michael’s message of love. BUT…I also remember MJ wearing that jacket with Bashir’s face on it and the cancellation red line through it and who can forget his anti-Sony mantras for a while there. He was angry and reacted. That’s human and is what ALL people do when they feel they’re being taken advantage of or wronged or someone they care about is being wronged. They get angry and vent, and even bash.
I don’t think any of the J’s are actually hated, at least not by the vast vast majority. Many fans are just reeling from disillusion and one disappointment after another from their actions, and are reacting accordingly, some more intensely than others. What bothers me, might not bother you, while at the same time could have someone else grinding their teeth to their gums.
We know they are Michael’s family, and have come to appreciate even more how well MJ knew them, and that’s why he did not leave them in charge of his estate.
The thing is…we DID NOT want to know them as well as we have come to! I very much preferred thinking Mrs. Jackson was a haloed saint, who was all wonderment, goodness and benevolence personified. I even believe a part of her very well may be all those things. But, it’s that part of her and the rest of the family that directly targets me as a fan of MJ’s that has me venting, not hating, but venting about this concert…because I greatly resent the ongoing attempts to exploit my love for him and the
IMMENSE compassion I feel for his children. I expect the money grubbing and manipulation from others and the estate. It’s the estate's job to make profit, but it annoys the heck out of me that profit is
MAINLY what I appear to represent to the Jackson family, especially when at one time all I wanted to give them was love,love,love.
With all that said, I am grateful to the mods and even posters here who seek to temper emotion and remind us of MJ’s message. We don’t want to fuel the kind of negativity and “lynch mob” mentality that destroyed all objectivity in the general public regarding MJ and clearly destroyed a part of him. You could see a light had been forever extinguished in Michael after the trial. But we do want to vent, even need to, but in the end, our love and respect for MJ will always rise above all else. That’s why with all the heated emotions flying around here, we feel that the wonderfully “composed” statement Gaz and company issued and began this thread aptly reflects our sentiments about this latest exploitive attempt. So rest assured, we’ll always come back to that calming and L.O.V.E. place Michael helped us reach, if not for any of the other Jacksons, always for him.
