Footage of Michael Jackson ring shopping with a young boy resurfaces

[aerie]

It amazes (and enrages) me how this topic is being handled. Why is this topic, this ONE topic, so hands-off by moderators? It took over a thousand posts for a moderator to appear in the documentary thread, and even then he was just a participant. How is this thread not a graveyard for all the disgusting posts calling the accusers liars? Mods are very pro-active at disciplining any poster who questions race, gender or trans issues, so why is it allowed in this case? Because he made Thriller? There's no mod edit in the first post, there's no thread marks, there's no guidance at all on what is acceptable to say here. Disgusting.

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Here is our statement from the previous thread, which has now been included in the OP

This topic is especially hard to adjudicate given the long and tortured history of the cases, the outcome of previous trials, and the fact that Michael Jackson is deceased. That said, we've been actioning members who attacked the accusers as liars etc. A number of posts are still being reviewed to ensure consistency.

For future Michael Jackson threads please observe these rules of engagement:

• You are free to presume MJ's guilt and address him accordingly.
• You can reference inconsistencies in testimony and past acquittals.
• You cannot label the accusers as liars or frauds or similar.
• If you can't observe these rules or can't accept them, do not participate. Metacommentary derails will be banned.

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We've been working hard to stay as active as we can on this subject, but as a kind reminder, please do report any posts you see that you feel warrant review from the staff. Thank you.

 

[Volimar]

The other threads were locked because they weren't being used to discuss the documentary or Michael Jackson so much as they were being used to take shots at members across threads or try to rile up trouble for the staff. We are looking at rebooting the main thread. We have been working tirelessly under high stress to moderate these topics and have actioned many posters who violated our policies.

If this thread proves unmanageable it'll go the same way as the others, and that serves no one in the end. Get back on topic.