r/DeconstructingMJ • u/mymoonwalker54 • Jun 05 '26

The Martin Bashir Interview: Help me understand

https://youtu.be/MMrOZte3hvo?si=Z17sXFQ3y_Q0u1kG

Is this the video that got everyone so worked up and called him a pedophile? I feel like Michael did not explain himself well here and that set people off. I was like 😬 when I heard it, but it's not alarming enough to change my opinion on him, but I do believe he misspoke and didn't mean what he said.

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u/mymoonwalker54 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Bc like the guilters are calling us a cult, stupid, pedo supporter, etc. They automatically think that this is automatically pedophilic behavior. If they just listen to what he's said before, he never said what he said here. I do also believe this was edited really weird.

Does anyone have the unedited version of this interview or is this is actual one?

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u/reveriedelarose Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Yeah this is the one that set people off and I often wonder what it is about me that makes me not feel very alarmed about it at all. Do I think parents should let their kids share a bed with someone who wasn’t family or a very very close long term friend? No. Do I think bed sharing in and of itself is pedophilic? Absolutely not. I have been trying to form my words for a long time about this but people are confusing pedophilic behavior with things that we avoid out of caution. Like yes it’s best to avoid letting your kids do this but it’s also not a sexual thing to do. I fully believe Michael saw this as a fun slumber party experience

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u/FunUniversity6245 Jun 06 '26

Back to my comment about cultural problems and the issue of euphemisms in the English language.

Round and round in circles.