So much for the Michael Jackson free zone…..Ok, so the news is out, he was found not guilty on all charges.

Big shock there huh? Honestly, did anyone expect him to be found guilty of anything more threatening then bad hair? I certainly didn’t. While I personally think he is a serial pedophile, the jury has spoken, and in time his faithful fans will forget about this. In fact, I think it if anything, it will increase his popularity with his most devout faithful, for he is now the oppressed martyr, triumphant in his vindication.

Which brings me to a couple thoughts.

First, why are his fans so desperate to defend him and deny the claims? Come on, they found many boxes of graphic pornography in his house, including all male pornography. Claims that he is the misunderstood child are thin next to the mounting evidence of sweet Michael actually being a 46 year old pervert. And let’s face it, if he had been a skinny white guy with bad hair from Jersey who had a porno stash and was sleeping with boys it would have been a done deal.

But he evokes a odd feeling of protection and defense from his devout fans, and I think I know why. As I see it there are two reasons:

First he portrays the sensitive child, which evokes those protective feelings. He isn’t ready for the world, he lives apart in his eternal child fantasy, and we need to allow him his created reality, because he had his real childhood stripped away.

Poop I say. He is, or was a shrewd businessman, calculating and bold in his moves. His launching solo was done brilliantly, and ever after he has acted less like a child and more like a mogul. Don’t get me wrong, he has a facade that is brilliant, but honestly it’s as phony as his back pain.