I’m shocked by those who still won’t accept Michael Jackson as abuser
Shocked, indeed.
Leaving Neverland has been seen by his many wild-eyed defenders as a “j’accuse” aimed at the legacy of Michael Jackson. It is not. It is a detailed, four-hour study of the psychology of child sexual abuse, told through two ordinary families who were groomed for 20 years by a paedophile masquerading as a trusted friend. It’s a mask that is often used by predators, whether a priest, a teacher, an uncle. This time the man behind the mask just happened to be Michael Jackson.
Dan Reed seems to be confusing his documentary with fact. Documentaries are not the same thing as proving guilt beyond reasonable doubt – that is the job of the courts. No matter what the allegations by those taking part, they are not facts until such time as they have been proven. And, given that the accused is dead and unable to defend himself, the result is little more than a hit piece.
Michael Jackson may well have been an abuser. Who can say? But he is dead. He cannot be tried, nor can he counter the allegations. Therefore, in law he is innocent. Let the dead lie. Meanwhile, those who like his music are understandably outraged by the documentary for obvious reasons. I would suggest that they ignore Dan Reed and his documentary. It’s what I plan on doing.
It seems to me that the majority of people giving an opinion on this have the attitude that because it was on the telly it must be true. I dearly hope that most of those people never get anywhere near doing jury service.
Same is true of Jimmy Savile but he is condemned by almost everyone. I couldn’t stand the man but I felt his treatment was unfair when all allegations were treated as fact and the estate he left largely to Service Charities went more to lawyers than the alleged victims and he was never accused of assaulting little kids. I found the documentary quite convincing having once been involved in that area but of course they could have studied the subject to make it fit, who knows and the money angle is problematic. I don’t see any point in stopping his music though, if you like it listen, if not don’t.
If the stories are true, then Savile must have struggled to do any television work. I simply do not believe that he was anything like as prolific as has been claimed. Given the hyperbole, I am suspicious of any of it.
For these latter day Matthew Hopkins’ it seems an allegation is all that is needed. These self-described ‘documentaries’ often have little to do with facts and all to do with emotion. They serve an agenda, nothing more.
Most modern documentaries I find, are little better than overt advocacy. Light on facts to the point of unwatchability.
The hypocrisy displayed by radio stations displays a disturbingly warped sense of priorities. You will never hear a record by Gary Glitter or Rolf Harris because of their sexual misdemeanours yet they happily play the music of Phil Spector – a convicted murderer.
Many knew MJ was a freak and suspected much more was covered-up and not reported*.
Gullible fools & msm swallowed the marketing spiel and hero-worshipped him.
Now it’s a compo witch hunt which should have been launched pre-mortem
He’s dead now, suck it up.
Me? Didn’t like him or his music
* Baby dangling did leak
OT – Weekend Humour
Blonde woman tries to fill up a Tesla Model S with gas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52odgkRxDs
I think you hit on a key point here LR – for those on the progressive Left, the concept of innocent until proven guilty is not an incontestable one. Indeed for man of tune you are automatically guilty by virtue of being White, Male, Middle Class, heterosexual or any of the other ‘groups’ at the top of the identity politics totem pole. Until such time as all public money for anything based on identity politics is forcibly removed we’re likely to see this type of thing more and more…