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?
6 posts and 2 image replies omitted.It’s blatantly obvious his accusers all wanted money. That’s why they demanded huge settlements instead of taking these cases to trial.
>>17106mj was a pedo but the families were basically pimping there kids off
>>17097>political issueJackson was the first black person on MTV 43 years ago. We could compare it to some Palestinian artist being allowed past Israeli apartheid segregation or something. Kind of a world-historic event
>sharing a bed with themcoincidentally:
https://www.ofmi.org/gandhis-sexual-abuse-of-grandnieces/>>17106>instead of taking these cases to trial.sexual assault victims famously love getting traumatized in public
>>17108I don't see how either of these things justify MJ grooming children and their families, or him sleeping in bed with said kids.
>>17108If this is about race, why do leftists never defend Bill Cosby or Diddy for all the sexual abuse they committed? Why is race only “the” issue when it’s Michael Jackson?