Ghost of a flea: I loathe Michael Jackson fans

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June 07, 2005

I loathe Michael Jackson fans

As much as I write about pop culture and will celebrate the careers of some rather trivial people and yet more trivial works of art there are some aesthetic lines I will not cross. This includes participating in an obsessive fixation on the trial of Michael Jackson. I have no idea whether or not the man is guilty (cough * guilty * cough cough) as I am not a juror in the case and do not have access to all the facts available at the trial. The spectre of Michael Jackson fans demonstrating outside the courthouse, however, is one that leaves me with a profound feeling of revulsion.

They have flown to California from all over the world to be close when the fateful verdict is read. They have strung proclamations of love along quiet rural roads and readied white doves to release to celebrate the acquittal that they expect to hear from court. Now Michael Jackson's die-hard fans, who have kept an anxious and sometimes angry vigil for almost five months during the pop star's child molestation trial, can only hope that a jury of eight women and four men agrees with them.

"It's nerve-racking for us," said 26-year-old Gaby Parker of Austria, adding, "It must be worse for Michael."

Well, Gaby Parker, may your name forever be googled in conjunction with this farce. You and your fellow cultists have no better idea than I do but have decided that because you have chosen to idolize this rather peculiar man that he must be innocent. Innocent, it would seem, irrespective of whether or not Jackson has been raping children. I can almost understand what it must be like to participate in the mystique of a Kim Jong Il or even a Fidel Castro if one had been raised in a context where no other belief was on offer. Forming a cult of personality on an entirely voluntary basis and over a pop singer is another matter entirely. It is a morbid demonstration of the depths of human stupidity.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 7, 2005 08:17 AM

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Looks like you have the same high opinion of the fans as I have.

Stupid fans.

Posted by: Russ at June 7, 2005 01:28 PM

One of my colleagues drove up to Santa Maria this weekend to watch the spectacle outside of Jackson's ranch before things finally wrap up. "Circus" doesn't even begin to describe the tale he had to tell. Even Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on hand. Totally nuts.

Posted by: Varenius at June 7, 2005 02:28 PM

That is why I worship only the cults of soccer jerseys and real ale. Few demands and no rallies.

Posted by: Alan at June 7, 2005 07:20 PM