16
Oct
2010
So You Call Yourself a Michael Jackson Fan?
"I was a journalist for The Philadelphia Tribune, America's Oldest African-American Newspaper in the 1990's and during that time I tried my best to be as fair, balanced & positive about Michael as I could be. I wasn't just a journalist, I was a fan, but more over somewhere in my own childlike heart I thought during my journalistic career, "Maybe as I sit here writing out my thoughts, maybe he is somewhere out there reading my own words."
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"So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee." W. Shakespeare
"----->His intelligence is instinctual and emotional, like a child’s. If any artist loses that childlikeness, you lose a lot of creative juice. So Michael creates around himself a world that protects his creativity”. ~ Jane Fonda
*sighs*
Although this is old news to me now, it still makes me feel depressed whenever I read about it.
I cannot believe what some people are willing to do to other people for money or power.
It's heartbreaking.
Yes, I agree, it is depressing. No denying that! But I think the way that Michael was treated has to stay with us to some degree, if we're ever going to hope to stop that from ever happening again.
Like this week there's been a lot of talk about bullying, because a gay student who was bullied jumped off a bridge and killed himself. So there's been a lot of talk and awareness about gay/lesbians who are bullied, awareness about how hurtful it is and talk about what to do about it. And that's good. But the truth is, not only gay and lesbian people get bullied.
People get bullied.
And Michael was bullied. He was bullied in life and they continued to bully him even in death. They, the media, amongst other people, jumped on his corpse like white on rice, and so I like to think of that as relevant news, personally -- meaning that I want to keep it alive because unfortunately, it IS part of his story.
I personally feel if we forget the bad times that Michael went through, we forget to have compassion for him and for his plight -- we forget what he went through. I don't want to forget that so anyway, love the lyrics of this song!
Everyone's Taking Control Of Me
Seems That The World's
Got A Role For Me
There's more than one way to bully
It really is poetry in motion.
And I think it's interesting that he used "MY" everywhere in the last stanza, except for in reference to doubts.
He says - In OUR doubts.
Believe me, Sabine, Michael's life and the way he was treated plays a major role in the way I meet and interact with my fellow human beings. No matter who they are or where they come from. It's not so much all the heartbreaking facts from Michael's life, it's more the feeling they have left behind. Something deep inside of me that comes into play whenever I see people getting bullied or treated disrespectfully in some way. It makes me so angry.
However, it's not just Michael's life that makes me feel this way. I was bullied myself as a child, so I know what it's like to be on the recieving end of people's hate and spite. Fortunately for me, it was only a few years I had to endure. For Michael, the situation was very different. I cannot even begin to say how immensely sorry I feel for him and how helpless and hopeless I feel as a bystander, who was not able to do anything for him. I have fought a quite a few battles for him, protected him and told people to back off, but I know of course it meant nothing in regard to changing anything for the better for Michael. BUT I can help people, who are closer to me - and I always do.
It's so unfair. All his life he only meant well, he only tried to make other people happy, he talked about love and compassion...and look what he got in return. Malice, malice, malice.
Everytime I look into his eyes, I go - "I know and I will never forget."
So yeah, the answer to his question in Will You Be There is a loud and proud "YES."
I hope I make sense.
I think I understand.
Making a difference in our own lives is how we make a difference. I think the biggest lesson that can be learned from Michael's life is that bullying is not just beating a child up on a playground or harassing someone at work. The whole premise of bullying is trying to take an idea of who a person is and how they should be treated, one person's negative idea, and attempting to make everyone else treat that person like that, according to that idea -- that's what bullying is. And sometimes it seems to "harmless" and benign, people miss it. That's why the papers and the t.v. media could get away with their behavior, because it all seemed so meaningless.
Well, yeah, when you're not on the receiving end of such self-effacing treatment, it doesn't seem as bad.
I just see this happening all around me, all the time
Not just when it makes headline news or someone writes an article.
And I think if people would open their eyes they might realize what they're doing. Problem is that the person/entity bullying always tells themselves that they are right.
I'm so sad about Oprah, she's doing two shows on molestation before she does the MJ show on Thursday. How sad that she is dead set on promoting her agenda.
Sabine, please tell me it aint so? I feel so helpless with all of this. I knew that something was not going to be right about speaking with her, opening their homes for her. Oprah is so wretched.
When I was watching tonight, she would hardly let her guests talk -- I can't imagine she's going to do anything different. She has Tyler Perry on the day before talking about his own experience w/ molestation. On today's show she concentrated on talking about how a molester grooms his victim how the boogie man is your friend/relative, someone you know. So Oprah still believes that Michael is a molester that's very true.
I'm NO fan of Oprah. I know lots of people love her, but I think she's a narcissist.
This is so sad!
Tuesday 19th October 2010, @tajjackson3 said:
Guys, there really is no easy way for me to say this but I always want to tell you the truth. Good or Bad. After finally talking directly to my cousins, I found out they did in fact speak to Oprah. I don't know if they are or will be part of the upcoming interview or not. Anyways, I'm sorry for tweeting something that I didn't hear come directly from the horses' mouth. That was truly my mistake. I should have known better.
Taj
Ugh, what is wrong with this woman?
I mean, how dare she even say hello to his children? I bet she's trying to play dear, nice Aunt Oprah who tells them all kinds of great things about when she met their Dad, hoping that when they find out about what she really did, they won't be mad at her... :getlost:
Here's a preview to Oprah's interview with Lisa Marie you guys:
:face:
I don't know, I don't see this as some kind of landmark interview -- I don't think LMP is going to say anything she hasn't said before, and we all know where Oprah stands.
Besides, I don't believe that LMP was the love of Michael's life! I wonder what her CURRENT husband thinks of all this. I have to say, the concept of multiple marriages fascinates me. I have never been involved w/ one guy that I would ever remotely consider marrying, because it's so important to me, and I find it fascinating that a person can meet 3, 4 people in a life time that they want to spend their life with!
Its all just very sad.
Why would anyone allow that to occur? Why in earth did they allow this women to speak to his children?. Who approved that? Im speechless and heartbroken. WOW! 
Lisa is just so bitter and selfish. I would never talk about him now that he is not here to defend himself. We all know his family isn't going to speak out. Thank God for MJ fans...the geniune ones who care and will. Shame on those who defend her actions time and time again. There are two sides to every story and Lisa is not the victim. Lisa it did not work out GET OVER IT! If she is anything like she is behaving in those past interviews I can see why he exited stage left.
Sabine, no I dont believe she was his soul mate....not even close. Please!
So many people think of LMP as the be all end all for Michael and I don't believe that for one minute. So I don't get excited when she goes on and one about him, 'cause I remember all the crap she talked about him when she left him, and that he never said a bad word against her. I don't know what happened with the kids. It's sad