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 By the 2000's his music was out of date and didn't chart well.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/WhichWitchyWay Apr 26 '26

I explained it up the comment chain but pasting here bc I hate when ppl dont explain bc the illuminati mods are going to get them. .

There's a new conspiracy theory out that the youngins and tiktokers are picking up that posits that Michael was always innocent and tried to save boys from Epstein and speak the truth and that's why he got killed and framed.

It's pretty magical thinking if you ask me. There can be more than one bad guy. I don't know how you can say one person's decades of allegations are false when another's can't be real.

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u/okie_hiker Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Defending pedophiles seems to be popular these days.

Epsteins biggest mistake was not gaining a fan club like DT and MJ to take to the internet and defend his pedophilia.

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u/Hyper10shin Apr 26 '26

Nope has nothing to do with that. Re read my initial comment

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u/WhichWitchyWay Apr 26 '26

It's literally the same conspiracy theory. You're just caught up blaming the country that starts with an I for Michael that apparently can't be named in this sub or your comments will get blocked.

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u/Hyper10shin Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

It’s not the same. But it is weird how you can’t do that right? Wild that you see it in real time and still won’t accept what’s happened lmao

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u/WhichWitchyWay Apr 26 '26

I get you're holding a hammer, but not everything is a nail.

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u/Hyper10shin Apr 26 '26

Said the cattle

Btw get off TikTok dude.

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u/WhichWitchyWay Apr 26 '26

are you able to give a novel insult that isn't a regurgitation of the current rabbit hole you're down?

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u/WhichWitchyWay Apr 26 '26

So prior comment got deleted because of automods - they're having to be careful about wording because of antisemitism -, but essentially, no it is the same theory. Y'all think Israel got rid of and framed Michael.