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I always knew it was a set-up. I looked up to him as a kid, and people made fun of me for it, but I never believed the things they said about him.
He had a troubled past, he was eccentric and effeminate and that already made him a target for hate, but he genuinely seemed to care about kids and wanted to offer them a better childhood than the one he had.
It was a recipe for a PR shitstorm, especially when you throw "trying to disrupt an actual billionaire pedo ring funded by mossad" into the mix...
He didn't destroy McCauley, though. The publicity did. Imagine how confusing it must be to a child, to be torn away from your mentor, possibly the only person who sees you as a human and values you as such, who understands what a personal hell being a child star can be. All because he was accused of doing things to you, and the rest of the adults don't seem to care what you have to say about it...
And then having to finish growing up without your mentor, with all the meanness of the world amplified by fame and stigma, when no one will get near you or even mention your name except to make fun of you, and they all do it with this self-righteous smugness as if they're convinced to their bones that they're better than you, and they feel completely morally justified in their judgements, too...
Yeah, I never thought MJ was the bad guy. It's a bit of a relief to hear his name has been cleared after all these years, even if it's come too late. If he were alive today, I wonder if he would've ever come out as trans. I can only speculate now, as only he could ever make that determination for himself.
Anyway, I still remember listening on the radio when he was in the hospital, in cardiac arrest, and then being declared dead. It was a sad day for me. I think it was drug-related though, so I wonder if it still would've happened if he wasn't so hated. Or if he hadn't been so abused himself as a child. Again, just speculation, now...
You know, I have to wonder if that overdose was really accidental now. He pissed off some really powerful people who just don't accept being told "no."