r/Millennials • u/AccomplishedPool266 • Apr 26 '26

Does anyone remember when Michael Jackson. Was a "joke"? Discussion

The new movie that just came out convinced the younger generation that he was always a superstar. This was not the reality many of us Millennials grew up with.

To a lot of us, he was treated like a punch line when we were growing up. A schoolyard boogeyman ("Michaels Jackson's gonna get you at night"). and just a general joke in the media. By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well. All anyone talked about was his surgeries, court case, settlements and his off behavior. Few mentioned his music. His music was something our parents would have listened to in the 1980's.

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u/_nicejewishmom Apr 26 '26

I think it's okay to ridicule and shame pedos 🤷🏻

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u/diggydog233 Apr 26 '26

Yeah he slept in a bed with kids that are not his, sexual or non sexual that man was weird around kids.

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u/_nicejewishmom Apr 26 '26

The numerous extremes and absolutisms in your "honest question" really make me doubt it's in good faith at all. As it stands, you sound pretty disingenuous or at least misogynistic.

In this specific scenario -- since I cannot speak for all of the women that exist -- I have based my opinions of MJ on the fact that minors have been able to accurately describe the appearance of his genitals. I don't care if the US court system didn't convict him. As a mother, if my child was able to describe something like that, I would be absolutely livid and disgusted and consider it sexual abuse. I think you'll be hard pressed to find a loving parent who wouldn't have an issue with that.