Quote from: RAY7 on November 21, 2022, 11:21:51 PMQuote from: Brazilian Kang on November 21, 2022, 11:11:12 PMQuote from: RAY7 on November 21, 2022, 11:06:34 PMQuote from: Brazilian Kang on November 21, 2022, 10:51:33 PMQuote from: RAY7 on November 21, 2022, 10:39:37 PMThis is really stupid honestly if Michael being an alleged molester was an issue
Why even plan a tribute to him in the first place? So it would be cool if an innocent person tributed a molester? 
Forget Chris this is really disrespectful to Michael. He went to TWO trials and was found not guilty both times. How can you treat a person like they're guilty or possibly guilty just because they're accused of something? Basically it's saying that the verdict means nothing
it's really not about michael actually being a molester. he's an alleged molester.
one who beat a couple of cases and settled others. but was never found guilty.
however, ya'll are really dismissing the power of PERCEPTION
OJ was found not guilty in the court of law but that did not change what the gorls felt about him and what they knew in their hearts to be true.
people watching TV won't think "oh i thought mike touched those kids but he beat those cases in court and settled the others so he's good in my book ! LMAO! long as theres no guilty verdict!"
even if those execs think that michael AND chris did nothing worth canceling the show for
this is ultimately a business and they have to consider what their viewers will think of what's on their screens.
it's just too much. woman beater pays tribute to alleged child molester.
that's not what you may see but you have to think further than yourself a bit to understand why this decision was made.
which still leads to my point, why even put together a tribute in the first place for this person who ppl watching might have issues with? We're they gonna be fine if it was Usher doing the tribute to an ALLEGED molester because he's never been on trial for anything? It's just not making sense.
Also, what else can a person do when they are acquitted of crimes? You're just gonna be ALLEGED for the stuff you already were cleared of FOREVER? This man has been dead for 13 years and still technically being punished for something that no one can prove to be true. Like come ON
you're kinda doing the reverse of what everyone else was doing
they were making it solely about chris and him being attacked and targeted
ur kinda making it about michael being attacked and targeted
it is BOTH of them. it is CHRIS doing a tribute to MICHAEL. it is their COMBINED histories that make for what could be a super uncomfortable segment of the show.
i personally blame the AMA producers for not getting full clearance and approval from Disney/ABC in ADVANCE before putting Chris through all those rehearsals and mess.
like, how could they NOT see this coming. ABC/Disney is doing what's best for their brand/image. They (ABC/Disney) even tried to work it out with Chris with alternative plans for him to perform/promote something else but Chris said he wasn't showing up at all if he wasn't doing the tribute. Which is understandable considering all the work he put in for that tribute specifically. He was pissed.
AMA is at fault.
for me though at least Chris has a CONFIRMED history speak of and Michael does not. You can't put that together. That's basically saying regardless if you're innocent or not, you get punished because you were accused. Anybody can accuse anyone of anything, with or without evidence and in the blink of an eye any of us can be ALLEGED anything. That's not right. Those execs were wrong and them ratings were LOW as expected
again, this comes back to PERCEPTION, and its power which u keep dismissing lol.
yes Ray that's how the world works unfortunately.
if someone accuses their teacher of sexually assaulting them, and it makes headlines everywhere
whether the teacher actually did it or not...the damage to their reputation is done.
this is just reality. and Disney/ABC is a business. they must be tapped into reality in order to make and keep their money.
unfortunately the real world doesn't operate like a fairytale with gum drops flowing and everyone getting the benefit of the doubt.
in the real world, if people THINK you're a child molester...you're a child molester.
ever heard of the phrase "perception is reality"? it is 1000% applicable in this case.
so even if mike never laid one finger on a child before, he might as well have if enough people THINK he did.
so u now combine mike's reality with chris's reality and u get an explosion of mess. problematic overload.
all with a common theme of mistreatment and abuse of other human beings
is this making sense now?