Fox News Controversy: Is Michael Jackson a Civil Rights Icon?

[ACMr2d2]

I think people should think less about race and sex barriers. We all have potencial and we are all important no matter if we are black or white, men or woman, etc. We have to overcome the prejudice and see that we are all the same and we all come from the same Source despite the race, sex and physical appearance .If we only knew who we are we wouldn´t give importance to such matters.

[ACMr2d2]

I don´t think Michael had the intention of becoming a icon or role model for black people.He was not an activist for black civil rights as much as Marie Curie was not an activist for women civil rights. They just used the gifts that God gave to them.If they were pionners and broke racial and sex barriers it was unintentional.

[TheLoLingIlluminati]

Fuck Fox, O'Reilly, his bimbo blond sluts and his white supremacist views.

[dud1901]

Man Bill O'reilly is a racist bastard shit man someone slap some sense into this guy fuck him man who cares if africans and americans like the same thing

[benvindo05]

If Michael Jackson is not an icon, then the word 'icon" needs to be removed from the dictionary.

[eritreangurrl]

Omfg, listening to Bill O'reilly is incredibly frustrating. I don't think he'll ever get it...

[PoKEMoNBoYBoY]

umm bill o'reily do you know how many black men have chidlren with white women. are they any less black black. is madonna less white cause she adopts kids from africa or angelina jolie.

[cocicc]

@MrLamarski All you have to do is look at Michael's history to know what he did for the people around the world. Also how he paved the way for alot of things to happen so there will be greater and bigger things for african americans. Just like you stated Rosa Parks, MLK, and Lincoln did. Surely if you look at his accomplishments, you have to agree.

[MrLamarski]

Michael Jackson spent a fortune to remove ever physical indication that he was African American from his skin color to his facial structure. He is not an African American icon. He did everything possible to erase his heritage.

[cocicc]

@MrLamarski He did not erase his heritage. If he hated his heritage he wouldnt have let the two most important females in his life which is his mother and Diana Ross guardianship of his kids. He would have never gave Little Richard who is black back his catalogs. Michael did more for the black community than any other out there. If he supposedly hated his heritage he wouldnt have did none of this.

[MrLamarski]

@cocicc You have to be joking. "Michael did more for the black community than ANY OTHER OUT THERE" That title does not go people like MLK or Rosa Parks fighting for black equality or Lincoln freeing the slaves, in your mind it goes to a successful music artist who fancied children.  How can I take you seriously? The guy did nothing more than make music and people like you worship him.

[QuesoGr7]

@MrLamarski

Have you ever seen Black or White? Or have you ever seen the protest he led against racism in Sony? No you didn't because you evidently get your "facts" from ignorant d-bags like Bil O Douchefag here. You should try to find out about a person before judging.

[MrLamarski]

@QuesoGr7 ahhh did your feelings get hurt because I don't worship a child molesting drug abuser. Your choice of role models is interesting. Sorry but kid touching tends to overshadow any positive acomplishments in a person life. And yes accept for the people that worship this guy everyone else will remember him for paying to silence parent, serving Jesus juice, and commiting acts of sexual assault against children.

[QuesoGr7]

@MrLamarski

Wow, that's like the 9001 time I've heard some jerk use the word worship for this. I see people like you don't know the difference between worship and simple respect.

[MrLamarski]

@QuesoGr7 Fair enough. You don't worship a pedophile and drug abuser, you respect him.

[QuesoGr7]

@MrLamarski

*sigh*

If you didn't see him molest kids yourself or have any actual proof then I suggest you STFU because it makes you look dumber than O Rielly.

[Kingsherry]

@MrLamarski First of all, He was the #1 contributer of black colleges. #1 supporter of diseases and aids awareness in Africa. Main supported to poor black inner-ciy families. Protested equality for blacks in the music industry. The list goes on and on. Are you serious?

[WolfVisser1]

OReilly said why is he a black icon if he had children with "white men".

I'm sorry I just had to point that out.

RIP MJ

[Imagine1world5]

where does it say he has white kids Bill. Thats just what people rumor. He ends it with thats the facts. Bill .... YOU ARE SAYING NO FACTS. You say he has white kids, he bleaches his skin and he did things with kids. None of what you are saying is a FACT. ITS RUMORS. Your a JOKE Bill. FOX news isnt real News.

[megakingmj]

I really hate this Billiy O' Reilly, he's so arrogant. Michael is inappropriate? Look at yourself in the mirror you stupid guy because you're innappropriate more than anybody else!!! Get another topic. You're just PROFITING from Michael's name, SHITTTTTTTT, you DIRTY OLD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shaqshanshav]

O'really is a shithouse and anyone who agrees with this shithouse is a shithouse too.I pray every night that this man chokes on his tounge in his sleep(every night). I hope his children die of cancer and suffer more than any child has suffered I hope it's reported as this will make my day

[LIARvizos]

WTF? Does anyone here know who those 2 ditsy bimbos in the video are and what are their names? I seriously need to educate those ignorant morons about the "20 mil settlement" they were referring to.

It makes me laugh that the "B&B" girls (bitch & bitchier) obviously didn't do their homework on the case b4 they go on TV slandering MJ.

The "B&B" girls complain about the media but yet that's where they obviously got their info of the settlement or was it Star Magazine & National Enquirer?

[SlipCharlie]

MJ admitted in interviews to sharing his bed with kids (and he made it clear that this was, in his view, 'innocent'). This may be so, but seriously....after having very serious allegations laid against you regarding child molestation, would you then put yourself in this position with kids? Who acts that way? What grown man takes unrelated kids into their bed? Unfortunately for MJ, the fact that he paid out his accusers (whether he was guilty or not - don't know) didn't help his credibility.

[mbandrews1]

@SlipCharlie

Listen to his lawyer talk when he was on Leno in 2005 after the verdict. He shared his room with families (which includes parents). The prosecution made up this story that "he sleeps with little boys" to spin a conviction. He said that he "shared his bed" with children, while he slept on the floor. His room, by the way, was the size of a two story duplex. The media crucified him, and many gullible people bought into their lies.

[SlipCharlie]

Michael Jackson has a great body of musical work. In his personal life however, he is not an icon to black rights. He was an unbelievably weird individual with dubious relationships with children - not to mention his desire to bleach his skin white.

[LIARvizos]

SlipCharlie, you speak of MJ as if you know him personally. And in regards to "his desire to bleach his skin white", why don't you educate yourself 1st before making assumptions:

Girl suffers from sever Vitiligo:

youtube . com/watch?v=fnLhp4jMiN0

Michael Jackson suffered from Vitiligo:

youtube . com/watch?v=15TSEKXXIvI

Sometimes people just don't have any choice when it comes to losing the color of their skin.

[SlipCharlie]

Ok - fair enough. However, why did he need to change his nose / facial features? That was a fairly obvious and dramatic change that doesn't help some peoples view that he wanted to appear caucasian.

[LIARvizos]

SlipCharlie, I really want you to look at these 2 youtube video clips:

Girl suffers from sever vitiligo: youtube . com/watch?v=fnLhp4jMiN0

MJ suffers from vitiligo: youtube . com/watch?v=15TSEKXXIvI

then tell me about your thought in regards to MJ wanting to appear caucasian? How about white folks that lay out on the beach & tan to make their skin darker, does that mean they want to appear African American?

[SlipCharlie]

Yep - I do get your point on the skin condition. I just don't get the extreme cosmetic surgery - I'm simply saying that all in all it did look alot like he was trying to minimise his African American appearance.

[LIARvizos]

To some people, cosmetic surgeries can be addicting just like getting a tattoo. Once you get one tattoo, you want another then more. I actually blame it on MJ's surgeon. They should of just been honest with him and tell him "No more is needed".

Besides that, it really comes down to this, that's his face so therefore that's his personal choice and who are we to judge him? If he wasn't the MJ that everyone knows him as, do you think people would really care?

[SlipCharlie]

Yeah, I know what you're saying re: cosmetic surgery. I just found him to be a dodgy character, particularly regarding his relationship with children.

[LIARvizos]

Well if we ever lived the life MJ did growing up with no childhood then who knows, we may feel trap in our youth as well. Many times he said he relates to children better because he feels they won't take advantage of him like adults would and he has a mind set of a 10 yr old playing water gun/balloon fight, food fight, pillow fight, video games. Things that "adults" can't relate to or "adults" have no interest in.

All the charges against him was initially from the adults not the kids.

[LIARvizos]

You also have to understand, the MJ on stage is the entertainer and MJ off stage is a different person that wishes to have a normal life like everyone else but can't. The things he had to give up in life just to entertain his fans. What a lonely world to live in don't you agree?

[Schainsaw]

Whatthefuck

Doesn't he realize what he's saying? Why does he have white children? Let's ask ourselves first why Fox is still airing.

Ugh!

Michael Jackson had vitiligo, okay? That's when you lose the pigment in your skin. He had a disease. Who cares if he has caucation children?

He should be punched in the face.

I can see now that this isn't a racial matter.

[Schainsaw]

Those two caucasian women obviously think he's a dumbass as well.

He disgusts me. Judging people by the way they look; because of skin cancer or whatever.

Have some respect for the dead man, have some respect because no one will have respect for you once you're 6 ft. under.

[imawafflesaurusrex]

love to nut that cunt o reilly.

[lukepricey1]

wow this o'reilly guy is a horrible, nasty piece of work. im disgusted with his views accusations.

[OttoGrainer27]

Nothing new. By now I'm convinced he's gotten too old and has turned to a madman. He's seriously seriously crazy.

[fatfacelift]

what a cunt orielly is

his boss rupert murdock is married to a asian woman who has had a child with this women so does that mean murdock is less of a white guy

white trash scum

[fatfacelift]

bill odickhead is a fucking wanker

michael never bleached his skin you worthless wanker

and he never raped no kids

[J2thePowerOf3]

Although he's a fucking douche he does have some good points. Mainly the obvious one as to how fickle people are with their opinions. Just because someone died doesn't mean that everything should be forgiven and forgotten when many people fed into the michael bashing. I'm honest to god starting to forget the pedo stuff because of all the positive media coverage. I also agree that it's a bit silly that he's a 'black icon'. I'm sorry, but I'm white and even when he was still physically black he

[J2thePowerOf3]

*continued* he was still a childhood hero of mine. It has nothing to do with his skin color, he's just an icon in general. If he was so interested in being black he would have surgically changed himself into a white person/had white kids. If anything you would think the black community would take offense to that, but whatever.

[J2thePowerOf3]

wouldn't have*

[DragonflyDragonfly]

Congrats O'Reilly! You just put yourself with the likes of that bigoted racist, false accuser N.Y. Rep. Peter King! You like the few others target Michael Jackson to no avail. Michael Jackson holds the World Record for the Most Donations from a celebrity. Michael Jackson is the Worlds Greatest Entertainer - Also very Unselfish as a Philanthropist, and Continues, even After Death -

Look at the man in the mirror, it might bring on a change in your defined ugliness! Shame On You!!