It actually does matter how someone's reputation is. It's true that no one is flattered by everyone and we cannot make everyone like MJ. And that's not the goal either. The goal is to make people realize that he was not a criminal. They do not have to become a fan to accept this fact. And do you think Michael did not suffer from people thinking of him that he was a pedo? This was the pain of his life. IMO fans have to do everything in their power to help to spread the truth about the allegations.
It's also a fact that for many people the allegations are still THE stumbling block when it comes to MJ. A lot of people refuse to listen to him or buy his records because they think he was a criminal, or at least they are unsure about the allegations and do not want to associate with someone who they think might be a criminal. The allegations cause big harm to both Michael's reputation and his career. It's our duty to educate ourselves and others about them.
sure. but it's like religion. when somebody wants to believe something, a zillion fans can fight till they die, and the non believer will continue to make you think you're talking to a brick wall. it would be easier for me, if people would continuously put out articles like this, without wanting to make money off of it. there are so many ways to make money off of Michael's back..and i'm just sick of it. and deep inside, i think the ones who want to make you think you're talking to a brick wall, know that Michael is innocent, and already bought his records, because his records are irresistable. he doesn't just become the greatest selling artist of all time, and maintain that title for a whole lot of years, without some haters, and a whole lot of die hard fans, who, in their heart, don't see his name as tarnished, buying his records. i know in my heart, i am far from alone, in seeing his name as not tarnished, deep in my heart. i'm not against continuing the fight. haven't fans been fighting this fight for years? haven't the die hard haters made those fans feel like fans are just talking to a brick wall? just remember, don't take the haters personally. everybody has an intrinsic knowledge of who really is a criminal, and who is not. and everybody has an intrinsic knowledge of who is the subject of great envy, and who is not. i guarantee, if Michael wasn't a true massive success, so many less people would 'think' of him as a criminal. Michael's good name is secured. If it wasn't, nobody would be on this site, right now. In fact, i think this site would not exist. Who wants to represent an artist with a tarnished name? If a person did the right thing in life, his or her name is secure, no matter what people think. Genuineness never fails. If a person truly did wrong..their name is mud..no matter how many people flatter him or her. If we know this, we know not to give a crap about what people 'think'. Not everything is available before the naked eye. Unlike what somebody else said, here..Michael's not a house of bricks. He was a man. His true reputation went wherever he went.
Ask yourself this question, then perhaps you can answer it. Do you think the haters are going to spend what they consider their hard earned money on this book? Or are they more likely, in a society that is, for the most part, not interested in making the extra effort, to read a headline on Yahoo.com that has the same article..and then, perhaps, read the article...for free?
in order to fight for someone's name, the fighter has to believe, that in their heart, the subject they are fighting for, has no tarnished name..to them.
in order for a name to be tarnished, the person with the name has to do something wrong.
would you fight to untarnish Hitler's name?
a name isn't tarnished by someone hating on them. otherwise, everybody would have a tarnished name. who, on this earth isn't hated by at least someone? a name is tarnished by the name owner doing something wrong. You think Paris would be a proud daughter, fancy free on Twitter, amongst all these meaningless empty soulless haters, whose opinions mean nothing, if she thought, in her heart, her father's name was tarnished?
an innocent person is untarnished, and is represented. i represent Michael. I choose to continue to fight for him by continuing to help him remain the biggest selling artist of all time, by buying his music over and over and over and over again...including the same songs i bought before...and act as if the haters don't exist. because as far as i am concerned, the haters are dead to me.
you said in your post that it is a FACT that Michael is not a criminal. Doesn't that mean, that in your heart, his name is not tarnished? Do you consider yourself as being lesser than a hater? this, it is my hope, that maybe, you'll think about this, since you think other people determine a person's name standing, rather than the things the name owner does.
as it is with everyone...nobody determines me, but me.
Nobody determined Michael, but Michael.
Why do i have to educate myself about Michael's innocence? I know intuitively he did not commit the crime. i'd know it if i was in third grade. i know a lot of envious monsters attempted to frame him. they are the REAL criminals...including the boys(now, men) who tried to convince me that Michael molested them, and the creeps who tried to extort Michael, into helping them, financially, with movie deals and when he refused, they started all this mess. (and as far as the bogus crap cops who put Michael in a holding cell, they are just people in a uniform, but they're people, just like me. and they are all the ones with tarnished names and reputations, because they all did something blatantly WRONG. and if they get to determine the state of Michael's good name, then so do i. i say he's innocent. but neither those crap cops, nor i, get to determine that. Only Michael determined that.) but Michael's not framed, because he's innocent. and in my eyes, he looks the same as he did before all this mess started up. i wear shirts with his name on them, proudly, in society. i wouldn't wear a Hitler shirt, proudly in society. I wear Michael shirts proudly in society, and i don't give a rat's ass what people think. Nobody bothers me, when i wear them. i think they know the truth. that Michael's innocent. forever.
