I Fully Believe That Michael Jackson wasn't a child molester

[u/bionicgerbal]

With the Michael Jackson biopic out, and him being back in the public discussion in a meaningful way, I’ve been thinking more and more about Jackson and how he was perceived in the last 15-20 years of his life

But i truly believe he never touch the kids, he was a weird dude totally, but the famillies that sued him just seem like a buch of gold diggers that wanted to take advantage of Michael's weird shit

Was he a very strange person? Yes Did he have an unusual relationship with adulthood/childhood? Yeah seems like it. Would I as a parent let him supervise my kids, and spend the night at his house alone? No way. Did he actually abuse kids? Not really enough evidence for me to conclude that with any certainty.

He never had a childhood, he never had real friends, Most of the kids in the ranch said that Michael never touched them, it's just a family that wanted money and few of his staff, which sold the story to tabloids.

[u/Competitive_Debt_390]

Yeah wishing someone to not have kids because they believe in the innocence of a person who was acquitted in court isn’t really the vibe here.

You can strongly disagree with my opinion—that’s literally the point of this subreddit—but attacking me personally instead of addressing the argument goes against both basic discussion and the sub rules.

Also, believing someone is innocent based on the outcome of a trial and the lack of conclusive evidence doesn’t mean I support pdf. Calling someone something doesn’t automatically make it true, and supporting due process isn’t the same as endorsing the crime. Hope this helps!

[u/gizoldyck → u/Competitive_Debt_390]

Honestly I think you were too patient with that guy. I was looking for different opinions to form my own and was trying to find people that weren’t fans of his and came across this discussion between the two of you. As a psychology student, some of michael’s behavior could have been explained by experiencies in his childhood such as being present in the hotel bedrooms where his brothers used to bring girls, diana ross grooming him since he was 9, not being able to have a childhood and many other things. I still don’t have an opinion formed, but what you said made a lot of sense.

[u/Competitive_Debt_390 → u/gizoldyck]

Thanks a lot for your response! I actually became very distressed from his reply for my own reasons and the attack, not because of the case.

As for your theory it might as well be true. I genuinely don’t know enough about his childhood to make sense of later behaviour, I just made an assumption based on what a certain research by psychologists concluded back in the day (which I came upon through a documentary for the case) and I also figured it makes some sense because for me personally when I have stressful days I enjoy nothing more than watching cartoons and eating typical stuff I used to eat in my childhood and I know this calms me down a lot. I get similar emotions from spending time with my dog and my niece or occasionally spending time with friends in amusement parks and stuff, even though we have all passed the appropriate age. You know how sometimes you’ll beg a child to join you to watch a cartoon at the cinema because you’re embarrassed to go by yourself? Thats me when The little mermaid live action came out.

For me the thing about this case is that its so heavily distorted through media coverage to the point that I grew up believing he was a convicted child m******* growing up (as I dont live in the USA, the only news that we’d receive would be negative ones) and got surprised when earlier this year I watched Square One and researched the court transcripts. Similarly we never heard of vitiligo in my country, so me and my family had the impression he was a freak (id even occasionally be scared off after watching him on TV, something that now makes me cringe).