Comments on: We were all being so careful not to be racist, until this guy screwed it all up http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up Sarcasm, Creative Marketing, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Creative Writing Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:08:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Kaylene http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1121 Elizabeth Kaylene Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:24:22 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1121 He was loopy, all right! :D He was loopy, all right! :D

]]> By: NikkiStarr http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1120 NikkiStarr Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:30:31 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1120 Honestly, I don't believe he did it. One of the boys who he was said to have molested came out recently and said his parents lied to get a settlement out of it. He was a bit loopy in the head, but I don't think he was a molester. Honestly, I don’t believe he did it. One of the boys who he was said to have molested came out recently and said his parents lied to get a settlement out of it. He was a bit loopy in the head, but I don’t think he was a molester.

]]> By: Elizabeth Kaylene http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1113 Elizabeth Kaylene Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:54:47 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1113 Soapbox away! You're more than welcome. :D Soapbox away! You’re more than welcome. :D

]]> By: Sheila (Charm School Reject) http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1112 Sheila (Charm School Reject) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:34:45 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1112 I can't get started or you'll have to beat my off of my soapbox so I'll just say "Bravo." I can’t get started or you’ll have to beat my off of my soapbox so I’ll just say “Bravo.”

]]> By: Elizabeth Kaylene http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1119 Elizabeth Kaylene Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:32:03 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1119 I don't understand that, either. It's sad when someone you look up to dies, but unless you knew them personally there's nothing to cry about. Unless you're like three and it's Barney that died. That's different. I don’t understand that, either. It’s sad when someone you look up to dies, but unless you knew them personally there’s nothing to cry about. Unless you’re like three and it’s Barney that died. That’s different.

]]> By: Elizabeth Kaylene http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1118 Elizabeth Kaylene Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:58 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1118 I got ya. (: I got ya. (:

]]> By: Elizabeth Kaylene http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1115 Elizabeth Kaylene Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:29:47 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1115 I think he died for me in the early 90s too, though I was too young at the time to fully understand the complex issues he was struggling with. The whole thing is very sad, and it's a shame that someone so talented had so many problems. But that's stardom for ya. I think he died for me in the early 90s too, though I was too young at the time to fully understand the complex issues he was struggling with. The whole thing is very sad, and it’s a shame that someone so talented had so many problems. But that’s stardom for ya.

]]> By: Tellie http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1114 Tellie Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:56:57 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1114 After a very close friend of mine went to jail for something he didn't do, I've looked at legalities in a whole new light. That being said I won't bad mouth Michael Jackson for what he did or didn't do. I don't understand how people can cry and literally mourn his passing when they didn't know him at all. You'd think he was some sort of martyr the way people have been acting. The racial comments, will always exist and I wish the world wasn't so full of it. After a very close friend of mine went to jail for something he didn’t do, I’ve looked at legalities in a whole new light. That being said I won’t bad mouth Michael Jackson for what he did or didn’t do.

I don’t understand how people can cry and literally mourn his passing when they didn’t know him at all. You’d think he was some sort of martyr the way people have been acting.

The racial comments, will always exist and I wish the world wasn’t so full of it.

]]> By: Faiqa http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1116 Faiqa Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:19:29 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1116 (OK, I just re-read my comment and I think that first sentence was unclear. I meant I don't like that "white people don't understand" mindset, either. It's bigoted and assumes a whole lot about a whole bunch of people... always a narrow minded approach, and little good comes from it). (OK, I just re-read my comment and I think that first sentence was unclear. I meant I don’t like that “white people don’t understand” mindset, either. It’s bigoted and assumes a whole lot about a whole bunch of people… always a narrow minded approach, and little good comes from it).

]]> By: Faiqa http://elizabethbarone.net/2009/06/29/we-were-all-being-so-careful-not-to-be-racist-until-this-guy-screwed-it-all-up/#comment-1117 Faiqa Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:17:58 +0000 http://perpetualsmile.net/?p=1260#comment-1117 I don't like that kind of mindset either. The issue of Michael is difficult because, like you, I don't believe that children lie about abuse most of the time. And I don't believe that several children lied. I think there was impropriety, I just don't know how severe. That said, I blogged about his death and not Farrah Fawcett or Ed McMahon because when I was growing up, Michael Jackson was an important part of my life. He was... well, formative. And I felt like I needed to, at least, honor that to some degree. Truthfully, though, I do feel like he died a long time ago for me. Maybe early 90s? After that, I just did my best to ignore him. I don’t like that kind of mindset either. The issue of Michael is difficult because, like you, I don’t believe that children lie about abuse most of the time. And I don’t believe that several children lied. I think there was impropriety, I just don’t know how severe. That said, I blogged about his death and not Farrah Fawcett or Ed McMahon because when I was growing up, Michael Jackson was an important part of my life. He was… well, formative. And I felt like I needed to, at least, honor that to some degree. Truthfully, though, I do feel like he died a long time ago for me. Maybe early 90s? After that, I just did my best to ignore him.

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