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It makes me angry how he was treated..

posted 14 years ago by BillieJean58
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What I mean is that if you take away all the *beep* that was said/written/discussed whatever about MJ the point is that no doubt he was basically the last one of the really big superstars (Sinatra, Elvis, Lennon and so on). One that only comes once in a lifetime. So I feel that we as a public really were not able to appreciate this larger than life character what he truly was and instead he was given a hard time most of his life. All the genius people were "weird" but honestly who cares and of course they don't live like the avarage six-pack Joe.. I feel true anger because I have only realized how interesting figure he really was After he died and I think the media witchhunt played a part that he became so reclusive in his final years and he was just ridiculed and we can never have him back and it is so sad that you only realize this after he is gone. I wish he had received all the adulations that he is receiving now that he is no longer here. It is actually shameful how he was treated. Remember that This is it has become the "fastest selling tour in history" despite of years of tabloid scrutiny. I am happy that he lived to see that at least..It is hard to swallow that he was treated like a lunatic or a criminal and we have missed to celebrate this unique, talented, humble genious and humanitarian what he was while he was still around. This is why I am saying: we lost him twice. Rest in peace Michael Joseph Jackson.

[–] sara-32735 9 years ago

Great post!

[–] Intothenightalone 8 years ago

Michael was sooooo talented, but he invited the gossip etc and even made up his own tales of oxygen chambers etc during the 80s to become the most talked about person in the world. I think he got too weird and the lies were so much that people started to see him as a loon. Take for example the Martin Bashir special. He was meant to be "coming clean" and revealing the real him. But he lied throughout. Saying he'd only had two operations. That he had sex with Debbie Rowe and the kids were his own, then later saying she was a surrogate and he'd used his "own sperm cells" (also, very unlikely.)

People respond to people who are upfront and honest. As a fan, I hated being lied to. I had to accept that he was a liar and trust that when it comes to his special friends, that nothing criminal happened.

[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 7 years ago

I think he minimized his surgeries but when he said only 2, he meant that he only had surgery on 2 areas of his face (nose and chin, and the former had corrective surgeries due to his lupus). Even the autopsy only shows this and scars behind his ears which was probably a face lift later on. As for the kids, they are his, the eldest has vitiligo, it runs in Joe's side of the family. And I believe he did have sex with Rowe to conceive them, probably time highlight of her life.

If you were a fan, you would know this. You probably also doubt his vitiligo as well. If you hate being lied to, imagine how it feels like to someone constantly lied about and victimized by those lies, due to cynicism and malice both from haters and his so called fans.