Got a source?

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...

That entire paragraph breaks my brain.

While you’re keeping an open mind then You can also expand your options to include artists who don’t have to be an asshole.

Separate the artist from the art doesnt just have to happen if they are an asshole.

There’s like a plethora of magic school books and films and tv series especially circa 2012 onward to dig into by other artists trying to compete. Sounds like a perfect opportunity to give them a chance.

You gonna watch the new show?

Rowling spends almost every bit of income she gets on funding anti-transgender organisations and literal fascists (such as Posie Parker), whose lobbying efforts have turned every major British party against transgender healthcare, resulting in transgender healthcare becoming practically inaccessible through legal means with waiting lists lasting decades.

In terms of its material impact, buying HP merch is equivalent to buying a swastika flag from a neonazi store. You can be assured that every cent of profit will go to funding fascism. The only difference is the aesthetic of having HP merch versus having nazi merch.

Meanwhile, abstaining from all things problematic, without doing anything materially positive for any of the LGBTQ folks in your life isn't doing anyone any favors. Being a Consumerist Harpy who only knows how to scream at people for their mass media of choice, in the name of LGBTQ, is turning civil advocacy into some kind of branding exercise.

See also: Tesla

I don't know if you're trying to call me out or not, but I can assure you I am quite active in advocacy and direct action for queer folks in my life and ib my community. I'm not interested in writing up a resumė about it, but I'm not the tree to bark up with that one.