It’s a movie starring his nephew in the lead role, approved by his estate, and by all accounts it just feels like an attempt to whitewash him. This is a man who was accused of being a serial child molester, settled with a family out of court for $25 million just to avoid a trial (Chandler), and openly admitted he slept in the same bed as kids while he was an adult (Bashir interview), among other things. I don’t really see what there is to debate.

Anything pointing this out gets backlash on movie-related subreddits, which I find wild. It makes me wonder, if Epstein could sing and dance, would he have gotten a biopic too? Would people be defending him like this?

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    We also need to remember that some people have reason to believe that he was outspoken about protecting the children from Epstein and that culture of child rape and trafficking. And those people, who believe this, also believe that your belief and opinions about MJ being a child rapist was a smear job against them by the Epstein Class.

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      Sadly, no. Although he seemed like a much nicer rapist i guess. So there’s that.

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        This whole thread is long well written comments that show all sides and provide good info and you’re just there replying to almost all if them with “NO, HE RAPE! 😡”. You’re making such a fool of yourself and it’s been hilarious to scroll down and see more and more of your dumb comments.

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          Yeah all the MJ threads on every platform are like this. Those who have seen the evidence and understand what it means about this person and those who haven’t seen it and don’t want to even think about it.

          And just to be clear, I’m saying what the evidence says. So my fool self and dumbness are irrelevant. Sorry.