But my point is, that I already said, and I will reiterate: is that it would NOT be the magical end-all of all the rumors and stuff about Michael. It just won't. Of course WE know just how much of crap said and done about and to Michael after that all ties back to 1993. We know that. There's definitely been a slight shift in the overall public perception of him too since he died.
No one believes that everyone would accept Jordan's statement and it would earse everything, after all we have people, haters and some of the tabloid media who have an invested interest in keeping up the MJ was a child molester myth. People who say Brett Barnes and others were victims, even though those guys themselves say they weren't. But those are haters, extremists. I am pretty sure a Jordan confession would make a lot of neutral people who now may think he was guilty rethink and reevaluate these allegations. Everyone? No. But just because it's not everyone it doesn't mean it's useless, like you suggested. Let's not think in extremes: either everyone will accept it or it's not worth it. That's not how it goes. It would finally be a step in the good direction.
But just imagine the actual act of a public statement: do you think the media outlets are only going to report what happened? No. If Jordan came forward, the media would lose their minds and it would be a lot like his death coverage all over again. They will call into question the Arvizo and Robson and Safechuck cases. They are going to examine it from every angle - most especially in the US media - and no one will ever admit on-air or on paper or anything that they were wrong. It would be chaotic. It would not be open and shut. I believe that it would in the long run have the effect we hope, but it would not be immediate and it would stir up a LOT of dirt and Michael's privacy and dignity will again be violated - they're going to bring up all the information about it, there would be news specials, and you know darn well that Oprah would have her say in it at minimum. It would be a BIG thing, but it would not be good immediately. It would take awhile for everything to settle down.
First, I doubt it would be as big as you visionalize it here. I'd hope it would be big enough for people to notice his confession, but no it would not be "chaotic" and like his death coverage. For the general public and the media MJ is dead for 6 years and his private life doesn't sell as much in terms of media coverage as when he was alive or immediately after his death.
It seems to me you are scared of some big public backlash on the short term that "stirs up things". But even you admit that after everything settling down it may be good. So why are you asking "what good it would do" then? No one said it should be an immediate effect either, just an effect - whether short or long term. But like I said, I don't believe this would get some huge circus like media coverage in the short term like you imagine it.
And I don't care if the media will make big repentances or not (some will - probably in the rare case, many not IMO). Michael, however, deserves that in his biographies this shadow and asterix will not be put on him any more.
There would be LOTS of repercussions. In the end, yes, Michael would be exonerated, but it's not like the world will fall to their knees and be like "oh god we were wrong all along, we're so sorry." They won't.
And who said the world will fall on their knees? Why do you only think in two extremes? Either the world falls to their knees or it is useless?
If you want Jordan to confess just for Michael's sake, then it's misguided. Michael is dead. There's nothing else anyone can do to him. Michael knows the truth, Jordan knows the truth, WE know the truth: there is no guesswork. The truth is in black and white, and it's not hard to discover. The reality is that if you want Jordan to confess publicly, then that means you want the world to hear it - we all do. It means you want his image and public opinion to change. So it's not just about Michael , but it's about "us" and "them" too. You want others to hear and believe the truth that we already know. That's not a bad thing, but it's not "just" for Michael if you want Jordan to come forward publicly. It's for us too.
If it's just for Michael that you want it for, then you already have it. You believe the truth, and that he's innocent, and there's nothing more you can give him besides that. Railing on Jordan, as justified as it is, won't do anything to fix it.
I want the world to hear the truth, but I want it because Michael deserves that the world hears the truth about him, as simple as that.
According to many accounts Michael was hurt by how the world believed the allegations against him. He wasn't like "oh, Jordan knows the truth, I know the truth and my fans know the truth so it's all OK". He complained to Frank Cascio and to his bodyguards about how much pain it was to him how the world perceived him as a child molester. Maybe to you life ends with death and then nothing should be changed about how a person is perceived even if he was perceived wrongly. I disagree with that stance. Good name is important as well, especially when someone is so widely perceived so wrongly because of a lie. And if that lie can be retracted it should whether the person is dead or alive.
Unfortunately, unlike you claim, for much of the world the truth seems to be pretty hard to discover, actually. That's why so many people believe these allegations. They will never read books and court documents to discover the truth, but Jordan confessing would be a simple message that most people could understand without investing much time and effort in researches that only fans will do.
Also, you may not realize but these allegations, these lies have many effects after MJ's death as well. Are you aware how his children were bullied over the allegations on social media? Are you aware how much James Safechuck builds his allegations on the Chandler allegations - taking elements from it? So let's not pretend it all doesn't matter any more, now that MJ is dead.
All of his testimony and all the evidence couldn't bring it to trial. Twice. The Arvizos had better luck. Jordan was the star witness/victim. His statements are disgusting, gross, awful, all that stuff yes, but in the end, they legally did not produce the result that Evan (and Sneddon) wanted. Period.
Your claim was that Jordan's statements were neutral. They were not. And there was a settlement, remember?
I never said that he denies the truth that he wasn't molested. I said that his father was also likely NOT telling him the truth about what was going on, to set things up the way he wanted for it. Evan was the mastermind behind it all, and those kind of pyschopaths make very calculated moves, because Evan's only concern was for himself - so Jordan was another tool for him.
I am pretty sure Jordan knows more about his father than what you give him credit for, after all already to Anthony Pellicano he said about these allegations: "my father only wants money". But one thing is sure: he knows that he was not molested. That's all he needs to know to go out there and tell the world: "Michael Jackson never molested me".
Fans that want him to speak up want it for themselves, in the end. I want him to as well, but if they only want it for "Michael's good name," you're kidding yourself if it's just going to be a magic eraser and everyone's going to be like OH OK, WE SEE NOW, WOW. 'Cause they won't. Michael's name is already good. Assholes tried to ruin it, and still failed. Even without Jordan's confession, the public has mostly remembered Michael for who he was, not what people tried to do to him.
Again this "all or nothing" thinking. I am not sure why you think if it is not an immediate magic eraser for the whole world then it is useless. Michael deserves that his name be cleared. As simple as that. And you are the one who made it about fans, not me.
Being emancipated from parents doens't mean there aren't other influencers and "advisors" in his life. Emancipation is no joke, and it's not easy, but there's a lot left to do after it happens. So if he was making investments and such, even if he was the final decision maker, he certainly wasn't doing it alone.
Your theory was that a teenage kid doesn't know the value of money. And my point was that Jordan seemed pretty intelligent and financially aware at a very young age. It doesn't mean he could not have advisors. How does that make him any less financially aware?
But again, no one claimed he personally made it up for the money. We all know that Evan was the greedy one and Evan pressured him into it and that was Jordan's reason to claim these things. There was never anything else claimed, so the whole thing about how a 13-year-old doesn't understand the value of money is actually a red herring here.
I'm just saying - and I will continue to do so - that by him doing that, Michael will be dragged through the mud again, and he will go through the court of public opinion again, and it won't be pretty. People won't just accept it the way we - the fans - would. What would Jordan confessing do? Overall, he's already a monster to us, as is his father. Evan died. Did that really help at all? Not to me, it didn't. Really think about it: what would you do if Jordan confessed the truth?
Newsflash: Michael's dead. So what would Jordan's confession do for him? Michael's legacy right now is actually in a good spot IMO.
Again, I think you overestimate the potential media coverage of such a confession. If the media had wanted to make it into a circus, they could have done so with the Robson/Safechuck allegations. The muted reaction to those shows that it is very different than when MJ was alive or right after his death.
Really think about it: what would you do if Jordan confessed the truth?
Why should I do anything? I don't get it. It's about Michael. Whether in life or death Michael does not deserve such an ugly lie to hang over his name. Yes, his legacy, that is is music and art, is in a good place. But I don't think he deserves to be thought of as a monster or a sick pervert as a person either. I don't think he deserves that his name is still dragged through the mud because there are people who follow Jordan's playbook in how to get money. I don't think his children deserve to be bullied by people calling their father a child molester. And of course it is also a moral question.
Y'all are thinking about this only through fan goggles.
Fan goggles? I think any morally decent person would consider it the right thing to do to tell the truth and not to keep up a lie about such a serious thing. Right is right and wrong is wrong, no matter who we are talking about and whether that person has fans or doesn't have fans. I'd feel the same way about anyone who's been falsely accused, whether famous or not. That's simple a question of morals and ethics and has nothing to do with "fan goggles".
