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"i'm just sick of the dumbasses in this country falling head over heels into whatever latest craze the media puts in their face. grow some balls and turn off the TV, don't talk about this shit at work. the last time i saw a newsworthy report on TV it involved whistle tips"

You're right, the top selling musician of all time passing away suddenly isn't newsworthy.

7/7/2009 11:55:01 PM

not to the extent that it was covered

7/7/2009 11:58:18 PM

Yeah, it's almost as though he was popular

7/8/2009 12:04:38 AM

there's just nothing else newsworthy these days

7/8/2009 1:17:52 AM

interesting game to play here would be: watch people flock to defend someone who was accused multiple times of and all but admitted to palming little boys against some guy they were told to hate because he has a problem with that

regardless of what you think actually happened, the ease with which you people are lead by the nose is pretty astonishing here

no surprise, either, is that the manufactured opponent here would be a conservative

7/8/2009 4:31:44 AM

chuck berry transported minors across state lines for sex purposes

james brown spied on women in the bathroom

michael jackson probably did some inappropriate things with kids

but i don't give a fuck

because they're musical geniuses

7/8/2009 4:46:44 AM

its also absurd to adore or dismiss someone's music based on what kind of life they led (in my opinion)
otherwise you just dont know what the fuck you claim to condone or condemn

7/8/2009 4:49:21 AM

seriously. selective moralism is fucking retarded.

appreciate people for the good they did, the talent they had. and don't forget the shitty things the did either. but you don't dismiss or ignore the contributions of a person to this world because they happened to do some fucked up shit as well.

if you really want to walk that line, you better be sitting in a mud hut with a wood fire pit, because there hasn't been much done of note in the world by people who didn't also do some fucked up shit to go with it.

7/8/2009 5:49:09 AM

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"oh, and his music sucked"

pls enlighten us as to what music you feel does not suck

7/8/2009 6:08:59 AM

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"seriously. selective moralism is fucking retarded."

Noen just summed up this entire thread. MJs wacky life and allegations are ok because he was famous and talented, but Pete King is a racist for calling out MJ

7/8/2009 6:20:12 AM

i like how the cop is complaining about selective moralism

7/8/2009 6:26:47 AM

nil nisi bonum, guys

my man faced 10 charges of abuse

a jury of his peers found him not guilty on all counts

that's the end of it

has nothing to do with the fact that omg he's michael jackson

that's american justice

i think american justice is pretty cool

i love america

7/8/2009 6:44:11 AM

if it's a quarter, i bet washington has a soul patch and a sneer

you know

this coin you flip to pick sides

7/8/2009 7:20:16 AM

why am i typing anything about this.

rest easy dude.





i'm going to go listen to NPR

not my MJ CD...thats reserved for weekends.

[Edited on July 8, 2009 at 7:36 AM. Reason : dgf]

7/8/2009 7:34:16 AM

pete king isn't racist because of these comments. he's racist because of this:

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/gop-rep-steve-king-is-only-vote-against-recognizing-history-of-slave-labor-in-capitol.php

(he was the lone "No'" vote on legislation recognizing that slave trade took place in the Capitol)

7/8/2009 4:39:29 PM

Wacko Jacko

5/23/2010 1:16:35 PM