Do you think anyone would be normal, if they were raised the way he was?
Do you think anyone would be normal, if they were raised the way he was?
No. But I believe Gd gives us all a choice. We didn’t all have ideal childhoods. Fame didn’t help him choose good. Wealth didn’t help him choose good. He even tried some religions and they apparently didn’t help him choose good. He needed to seek help rather than engage in hurting the helpless. No one is locked into repeating their own abuse.
And I admit to loving his music, most of it. It meant a lot to me. Hard for me to reconcile. The world is difficult.
There are degrees of abnormal-ness, and Jackson was at the far end of the spectrum.