Why does it seem like so many leftists support Michael Jackson to the point where they make defending him from all his abuse allegations a political issue?
I've seen this a lot recently, with the new MJ biopic out as well as all the new allegations of abuse from the Cascio family and also a new Leaving Neverland documentary. In spite of the left staunchly holding on to #metoo and the fact abuse survivors/victims need to be believed and supported, the same isn't true with the multiple people who have accused MJ of CSA and grooming. The Epstein case has made discussions of pedophilia, CSA, and power imbalances in relationships mainstream. People are even going so far as to debate whether or not the Age of Consent should be raised to 21 in order to shield 18-year olds from predatory 30-year olds. Yet, if you bring up the fact MJ engaged in such things, you're denounced as a right-winger or reactionary (or even a racist).
Perhaps the most bizarre claims I've heard is that MJ was pro-Palestine and (allegedly) wrote a song about Palestine, Israel knew this so Mossad planted the CSA allegations against him in order to ruin him before the song could be recorded. There's no evidence of this, and MJ actually travelled to Israel and met with the IOF about a month after the Chandlers made the allegations known. I've also heard the conspiracy that MJ was protecting kids from the "real predators" in Hollywood and was saving kids from being trafficked to Epstein Island. That claim is easily debunked once you realize Epstein didn't buy his infamous island until 1998, and MJ was already taking in kids long before that.
And let's be honest: even if MJ did nothing criminal with the boys he surrounded himself with, his behaviours with them was still NOT appropriate. A grown man in his 30s and 40s should never, ever be having sleepovers with 8,9, and 10-year olds, much less sharing a bed with them. Plus, all of the stories his accusers tell fit perfectly with the model of grooming: MJ would dazzle the parents of these kids and buy them lots of expensive items, the parents would let their guards down and allow him to do what he pleased with their children, then MJ would have almost romantic-like relations with these kids. In no possible world would that ever be acceptable for a grown man to do.
So what gives? Why do so many comrades still defend MJ so viciously?
12 posts and 2 image replies omitted.>Why does it seem like so many leftists support Michael Jackson
I swear you fags just make shit up as an excuse to be angry at leftists
He was an awful human being made worse by everything that ever happened to him that he then inflicted on others, it’s a cliché story in pretty much every social class. He just also happened to be a musical genius on the level of the Beatles (multiple time Paul collaborator) and give us On The Wall, Thriller, and Bad. These things aren’t mutually exclusive.
he stole a lot of things from lesser known artists and never gave any credit. but then again that's most famous artists, they aren't really "geniuses", they just happen to be the figurehead for an industrial level of effort coming from multiple different artists, which makes them seem way more talented than they really are
>>17097>Perhaps the most bizarre claims I've heard is that MJ was pro-Palestine and (allegedly) wrote a song about Palestine, Israel knew this so Mossad planted the CSA allegations against him in order to ruin him before the song could be recorded … So what gives? Why do so many comrades still defend MJ so viciously?I've seen this before, but I'm not sure these people are leftists? To me they just seem like cranks and antisemites (which tends to go together) because they think the Jews were out to get Michael Jackson. I don't know why you're saying "comrades" and so on. I guess there are people like this who join the Green Party here in the U.S. and are sort of vaguely leftist (I guess).
>>17100>guys how do we solve the leftists michael jackson problem??? any good marx quotes on that shit? roflLmao. You're so bad.
>>17251>parasocial idolatry and hero worship are unhealthy and are a recipe for cognitive dissonance.People do get crazy about musicians. People will wait outside concert venues hoping for a chance to meet them.