Why can't people give up Michael Jackson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because he went through a heavily publicized trial and was found not guilty?

So you think the men in leaving never land are lying?

How do you justify why he slept in the same bed as little boys?

[Anonymous]

You're conflating the art with the artist. I guess you think art should be didactic? People still love to view Gauguin's work and he slept with teenage girls. Despite his abhorrent tendencies, MJ's music is not going away, because his actual WORK and musical legacy was brilliant.

[Anonymous]

And this is different than R Kelly - the point of the Mute R Kelly is to stop him from currently doing whatever he is doing to those girls/women. MJ has been dead for a decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same reason the thirsty moms of DCUM were cooing over Jared Leto yesterday. He matters more to them than his alleged victims do.

Wait, what? Make some sense. Was Jared Leto accused of something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're conflating the art with the artist. I guess you think art should be didactic? People still love to view Gauguin's work and he slept with teenage girls. Despite his abhorrent tendencies, MJ's music is not going away, because his actual WORK and musical legacy was brilliant.

Art cannot be separate from the artist.
And yes, I don't like Gauguin at all, and always remind myself not to set any people I don't know personally on a pedestal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're conflating the art with the artist. I guess you think art should be didactic? People still love to view Gauguin's work and he slept with teenage girls. Despite his abhorrent tendencies, MJ's music is not going away, because his actual WORK and musical legacy was brilliant.

You’re still giving money to his estate, which has denied any wrongdoing on his part, every time you stream one of his songs. That’s the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're conflating the art with the artist. I guess you think art should be didactic? People still love to view Gauguin's work and he slept with teenage girls. Despite his abhorrent tendencies, MJ's music is not going away, because his actual WORK and musical legacy was brilliant.

Art cannot be separate from the artist.
And yes, I don't like Gauguin at all, and always remind myself not to set any people I don't know personally on a pedestal.

So you cannot separate the art from the artist and now you cannot separate the listener from the artist either. You consider me complicit when I listen to Billie Jean or Smooth Criminal.

[Anonymous]

He always gave me the creeps. I didn't listen to him then and won't now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same reason the thirsty moms of DCUM were cooing over Jared Leto yesterday. He matters more to them than his alleged victims do.

Wait what?

Jared Leto momested kids?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because he went through a heavily publicized trial and was found not guilty?

So you think the men in leaving never land are lying?

How do you justify why he slept in the same bed as little boys?

Yes, they're lying.

[Anonymous]

Not sure about everyone, but for many black people it was a real blow. Some people don’t believe the charges, some do. But either way, it hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're conflating the art with the artist. I guess you think art should be didactic? People still love to view Gauguin's work and he slept with teenage girls. Despite his abhorrent tendencies, MJ's music is not going away, because his actual WORK and musical legacy was brilliant.

You’re still giving money to his estate, which has denied any wrongdoing on his part, every time you stream one of his songs. That’s the difference.

Except the fact of the matter is he was never convicted of anything. In all likelihood he was a pedophile, just like the guy who wrote Alice in wonderland but an artists work can’t and shouldn’t be obliterated from history because of a seriously flawed artist. Do what you want, but his music is too good to just go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because he went through a heavily publicized trial and was found not guilty?

So you think the men in leaving never land are lying?

How do you justify why he slept in the same bed as little boys?

Yes, they're lying.

NP. Yep I think they are lying as well. Easy to accuse someone when they are dead and can't defend themselves.

[Anonymous]

I will never stop listening to Michael Jackson. His music makes me go “yes” whenever I hear it and I just turn it up or start singing. This won’t ever go away. He was that good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same reason the thirsty moms of DCUM were cooing over Jared Leto yesterday. He matters more to them than his alleged victims do.

Wait what?

Jared Leto momested kids?!?

No. Check out the Jared Leto thread. Blind items about his treatment of women. Not the same as MJ, at all.