Is Bill O’Reilly Right about Michael Jackson ?

So, Bill O’Reilly did it again. Diss someone. No news flash there.  

Bill O’ Reilly offered some very strong opinions on Michael Jackson on the Real Deal segment of his Fox News show, the O’Reilly Factor.

Do you agree with him or not ?

Here’s my take on some of the things he said:

“Yes the man was an all star entertainer, but that’s it.”

………..Are you kidding Bill? That’s it ? I can understand why some people feel the MJ coverage is way over the top, but Michael is much more than an “all star entertainer’. For starters, he is a human being like you and I made in God’s image. Not just an “entertainer” that we could all speculate about to will. Michael was there to remind us all of how precious life is. That no amount of money, fame or talent can compensate for a broken childhood. PLUS Michael was a dad, a son, a brother, a spiritual soul. Bill, would you like people to say: “Phhhhew, he was just a newsman”  when you die ? No? I guessed so.

“Jackson’s interaction with children were unacceptable for any adult.”

…….Bill, it seems you don’t know anything about children. I know plenty of sane adults who love children (more than the average adult too concerned with bills and work.) THE FACT is children followed Michael around, and they were the ones who wanted to be in Michael’s bed. Michael NEVER invited anyone into his room. You know how children are, don’t you?…I do! Every time I visit my sister,the first thing her kids want is to ‘sleep in auntie’s bed tonight’. And their little friends too, when they come over, even the ones who don’t know me. They instantly ‘click’ with me because they sense I love and respect children deeply. Every evening they’d come into my bed (there I said it!!!) with a story book for me to read. I understand children, and that’s something they love. Michael was Peter Pan, a magical figure to them. And if the children wanted to stay with Michael, Michael always said: “IF IT’S OK WITH YOUR PARENTS.” So the parents would actually be the ones to blame for anything gone sour (but nothing went sour so this is pointless). Check your facts, Bill !

“His incredible selfishness spending hundreds of millions of dollars on himself while singing We Are The Worldshould make any clear thinking American nauseas.”

…..Bill, I don’t really care whether Michael spends 1 dollar or 100,000,000,000. It’s his hard earned money. PLUS Michael gave more than any other celebrity ever did to charities. They say it’s around two hundred millions but it’s actually much much more than that. Andhe’s in the Guinness book.

“Why are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton making this a racial deal. Jackson bleached his own skin and then chose white men to provide existence to his children. To hear Sharpton speak today, you’d think Jackson was Martin Luther King, Jr.”

“Why is he being held up in the African American Community as a pillar of Black America when he bleached his skin.”

……Check your facts a little more. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are not trying to say Michael was Martin Luther King Jr. No one can ever replace Martin Luther King Jr. I’m sure every black person in America would agree to this unequivocally. Jesse and Al are simply giving credit where credit is due. MICHAEL JACKSON was the first entertainer to indeed bring blacks into mainstream American entertainment, and as you know entertainment and pop culture play a vital role into society as a whole. It highly influences norms and mindsets.  Michael made whites be comfortable with blacks. Before Michael, music was segregated: either for blacks or whites. Martin Luther King Jr accomplished much but people’s  deep ingrained MINDSETS still needed to be changed.  Now with Michael, all of a sudden, blacks and whites listened to the same music coming from a black artist, and children for the first time in American history wanted to emulate a black men by dressing like him. It was okay to be black and cool. This indeed, is a huge contribution to American society, and you should be a little more grateful to Michael for breaking so many racial barriers. Michael went through a lot of obstacles but he kept fighting to make his dreams come true. He overcame a lot, and brought a lot of smiles to people’s faces.

Why you’re making such a big deal out of this, and turning the good Michael did into something “bad” is beyond my understanding.

Yes, Michael was troubled but that’s not his fault.

FINALLY Michael DID NOT bleach his skin but had ‘vitiligo’, a skin disease. It’s a relatively common chronic disorder that causes depigmentation in patches of skin.

  Here’s a picture of what it looks like in the first stages of the disease:

Here’s the proof Michael had it:

Here’s a before/after picture of someone into late stage of this disease:

 

As far as Michael’s facial features, everyone in Hollywood has cosmetic surgery these days.

When it comes to Michael’s children, how do you know they are not his ? Have you done a paternity test ? They look bi-racial to me. There are plenty of children in Africa with a black and a white parent who look exactly as Michael’s children do. And if he indeed chose a Caucasian sperm donor for his two first children (the third is undeniably Michael’s, look at his eyes and nose), maybe there was a good reason for it ? Whatever it is, it’s only between him and God. We can’t judge others because we’re not perfect ourselves, are we ?

“…and after Michael Jackson was found ‘Not Guilty’ the American media did not exactly elevate him to hero status. Did it? But now that he’s dead (most likely from an accidental drug overdose). He is a hero. How does that work?”

……Again you just don’t get it. No one thinks of MJ as a hero in the perverted and twisted sense you’re thinking of. After his death, people all of a sudden realized what they had, and what they did not appreciate. But it’s deeper than just Michael. It’s really about us and our issues. It’s a lesson we had to learn collectively, and hopefully we’ll learn to appreciate our families and friends more and not wait until it is too late.  It sometimes takes someone dying for us to remember all the good they did. We all know Michael wasn’t perfect but we choose to stay positive and remember the good he did. He touched so many of us with his songs and love. We understand he was deeply abused in his childhood. Not his fault. We cannot judge people based on outside appearance or imperfect and bizarre attitudes, because at the end of the day it’s what’s inside your heart that matters.

“Judge not lest ye be judged” Matt. 7

 

Listen to Bill’s rant: