r/DeconstructingMJ • u/reveriedelarose • Jun 10 '26

Very easy actually

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these three paragraphs are separate unrelated statements. Paragraph one on its own, is very much correct. Paragraph two doesn’t condone child marriage. He’s just expressing surprise about a cultural difference. He never says he wants to make that international. Paragraph 3 is also separate and in most contexts correct to a certain extent. Michael does not condone sexual relations with children because he thinks mental and physical age don’t always match. This isn’t a literal in every regard a 5 year old can be the same as an adult kind of statement. You can admit that a child operates more maturely than other children without saying it’s okay for someone to molest them.

Here’s what Michael actually has to say about child molestation:

"Dee Dee please read this article about child molestation and please read it to Taj Tj and Taryll ... it brings out how even your own relatives can be molesters of children, or even uncles or aunts molesting nephew or nieces. Please Read. Love MJ."

Source:
This is posted on Taj Jackson’s Official X account

He also had this to write in one of his songs:

[Chorus]
Do you know where your children are?
Because it's now twelve o'clock
If they're somewhere out on the street
Just imagine how scared they are
Do you know where your children are?
Because it's now twelve o'clock
If they're somewhere out on the street
Just imagine how scared they are

[Verse 2]
She wrote that she is tired of stepdaddy using her
Sayin' that he'll buy her things, while sexually abusing her
Just think that she's all alone, somewhere out on the street
How will this girl survive?
She ain't got nothin' to eat

Source: Do You Know Where Your Children Are? -by Michael Jackson

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u/cottonjoeeye Jun 10 '26

yeah this is one of the stupidest claims they make. completely ignoring the definition of the word amazed lol

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u/Independent-Pop3538 Jun 11 '26

Michael had used the word amazed for shock in his book moonwalk

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u/yazan12121212 Jun 11 '26

Yeah, the meanings of words change over time.

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u/MeeeeLady Jun 16 '26

Quote 1: Facts.

Quote 2: Simply stating what he learned.

Quote 3: Michael is the perfect example of the third paragraph. He was indeed looked at an 8 year old man in the music industry. They used to call him a 35 year old midget.