alright...i don't blog much these days, but i need to vent a bit because there's a little phenomenon going on right now that makes absolutely no sense to me -- the whole praising of michael jackson thing. don't get me wrong, i will rarely speak up about someone getting praised...but really, let's take a look at how this particular situation is. i'll take you through it step by step...
- michael sings as a kid....everyone adores him
- michael gets surgery on his nose and his skin turns a lighter hue...people make fun of him....but still generally love him.
- michael accused of molesting children...popularity going away...some folks not enjoying mr. moonwalker as much
- michael dangles a child off a balcony...more folks turning on him...decent chunk of fanbase is gone
- michael dies...now he's the greatest thing ever.
granted, this little timeline might be off a bit because i'm not into music much, nor am i a michael jackson fan, so i probably missed a few things here and there...but doesn't this just seem hypocritical and stupid? a while back, the same folks who are screaming that they don't want to live in a world without michael were muttering 'i hope that child molester goes to prison'. yeah, the guy made music that people love....but gee wiz, folks...you were all against him and now that he's dead, you've hopped back on the bandwagon.
all of these 'adoring' fans should have appeared while he was alive. from what i understand he was a troubled person and all this love he's getting in death would have been much more valuable to him in life. instead, a good portion of the mourners are folks who would have likely have threatened mr. jackson due to the baby dangling and child molestation accusations.
this just baffles me...how and why human beings can be so cruel and heartless....and then when the focus of their angst is gone, they suddenly feel sad and wish to inform the world that the person they'd been making fun of for over twenty years was the greatest person to ever live. folks who are bold enough to make michael jackson jokes right now are flooded with verbal attacks and threats....despite the fact that the person making the threats said the very same joke about a month ago. is this something folks do to make them feel better about themselves for making fun of a troubled soul?
i don't care if you'd like to praise michael jackson now...but dang it, you better have praised the guy from day one. 'cause when i get yelled at for making a michael jackson joke (i already have and i will again....i have LOTS of them) and i know that you were making fun of him alongside me just a few short months ago....i'll likely start making fun of you and your self-righteous flip-flopping.
and what about farah fawcett? the woman's last name is basically faucet; a device that dispences water. yet, nobody shed a tear for her. she got made fun of and ridiculed less than mr. jackson...which one would imagine meant that she was more adored...but nope. we made fun of michael. we judged him, we blamed him, we insulted him....but now he's dead...so, all that's water under the bridge. everyone's now doing a moonwalk, spinning, grabbing their crotches, and squealing out that he's the greatest thing ever.
i don't understand people, friends. the more i try and understand human nature, the less i feel i know....and the less that i realize i know, the more i've come to understand that knowing and understanding are two different things....for one is knowledge...and the other is the understanding of the knowledge....so, understanding that you know things is different than knowing that you understand stuff....follow me? good. on that note, i'm done with the rant. toodles.