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So yeah, that stands to reason that teens no him as the artist only. They didn't experience him morph himself but for those who did, it was traumatic. I stopped totally paying him any attention when he started grabbing his crotch and bleaching his skin. I couldnt tell you what one song he had that came out in the 90s or 2000s. I too was disgusted with him. I love Mike for who and all that he is and its just a travesty to have seen ALL of it and heart breaking about how he ended up. Mike is a true victim of his own circumstances those internally and externally.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:15:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053217, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "or her point could be literal.  There is no chemical that can strip the black off and I would have to agree with that statement as well but will send an email to my brother who is a plastic surgeon and has a successful private practice for over 28 years to confirm or dispute.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:45:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12154700, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're right -- It's not like Michael's self-hatred is unique to him<br>in our culture, sadly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:09:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 51, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051918, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for these links!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:07:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "speaking from experience with teens--while they DO accept him, they also think he was very very weird.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:39:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053217, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12073997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, that interview was so illuminating about a number of things.<br><br>You know to me it showed how much God had a plan for MJ's talent. He said he finished attending public school about 4-5th grade, yet he was then immersed in what was an education of the highest degree for HIS personal talent by being at Motown. Motown had the strongest musical writing team of HollandDozierHolland like he said.<br><br>MJ got to sit at their foot at the age of 10 and just soak up all that knowledge, that was incredible for his growth as a musical talent. He was amongst masters of muscianship and superb entertainers and was able to hone his own gifts at just the right time in life, as a child, when the talent is just budding and his was nurtured to reach it's fullest potential. Which was the album Thriller.  Listening to Michael talk in this interview you see how the public image of him was shaped so that the capitalistic forces in our society could not just gain monetarily but minimize his own future earnings for their own greed.<br><br>This interview provides a side of Michael, no other person has ever brought out.  More importantly, because it was audio without the whole focus on his face/plastic surgeries..you were not visually distracted and actually listened to WHAT he was saying vs. how 'wierd' he looked.<br><br>I was very impressed with MJ's understanding of black culture, the demonization of black male heros and their greatness as well as  the sheer dominance of Africa as a culture, largest continent and the contributions to global music as well as language and talent. Michaels tutors did a wonderful job educating him and it is clear his mother nourished him spiritually.<br><br>Excellent series of interviews.  It should be telecast everywhere as I do not think the vast majority of his fans have ever heard MJ speak on such a wide range of issues or communicate his own growth as a talent and his own recognition that he was blessed with a talent from God.<br><br>Thank you Justice, for those vids. There is no doubt that MJ embraced and loved being black after listening to these interviews.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:25:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12055496, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not joyous if the sole reason is to be accepted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:30:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053543, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The little something more to it is that straight is the cultural standard.<br><br>Which goes back to assimilation in terms of cultural survival.<br><br>Is there truly anything wrong with assimilation for cultural survival. i.e. becoming part of the larger cultural norms.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054253, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052500": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Or, is the true question, is assimilation self-hatred or cultural survival. <br><br>If America, hadn't had such brutal racism, this country would have melded like many others, i.e. Brazil, Panama, Spain, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:30:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 41, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052088, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I cant be the only one that sees it:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/86/300x300/86573_all-access-joan-rivers-unplugged.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/8...</a><br><br>now look at this:<br><a href=\"http://marcelnunis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/possum2_lg.JPG\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://marcelnunis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/...</a><br><br>Go back and forth real fast...its an uncanny resemblance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:52:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052745, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why is Beyonce rocking a flowing weave and dying her hair blond \"assimilation\" and not self-hatred?  Especially when she's made statements to the fact that she wishes she was born a Latina.<br><br>Why isn't Beyonce's flowing weaves and blond hair questioned as proof she hates being black and wants to be white?  I don't think white people would have any problem with Beyonce if she had dark hair.  They sure don't seem to have a problem with Rihanna and her dark hair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:52:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 27, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052876, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, Madame C.J. seemed to take advantage of a desire that already existed. ... the desire of women to have versatility with their looks.<br><br>Why place a heavier yoke on the shoulders of black women to maintain their so-called \"identity\", when all women..and many men enjoy changing their appearance?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:36:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157533, "depth": 10, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "re: the allegation that MJ was gay<br><br>Seriously? The Daily Mail? A conservative TABLOID? <br><br>And he didn't bleach his skin. He suffered from vitiligo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "IMO, yes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:31:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052458, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20275748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry..way behind on responses..<br><br>That denial thing about plastic surgery was part of the weirdness of show biz..imo.   We ALL knew he had work done..wink<br><br>It's a game they all play..and Michael was expert at playing the game.<br><br>\"Inappropriate relationships\"?  ...Michael was a target for any grifter... and maybe yes, the kids were part of his image..  But, a child rapist is a very special kind of person...  Not just anyone has it within himself to penetrate a child's body..   I don't see that in Mike.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-17_15:39:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12062406, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This issue has to have an element of MJ's span of 40 years and generational span. Clearly my sentiments toward him are much different than someone say 20 years younger than I. Here's why. I grew up with the first MJ: flat, country, soulful, appreciate for a break and whose appearance was definitely black. I can also understand the sentiments of those who saw him mostly during his \"transition\" to the 2nd MJ. I would probably feel the same as your do Jill had I not known MJ#1 and ONLY care to remember the original MJ. Today, I don't even deal with who he transformed into, I guess because I lived thru what fame, fortune, Joe did it to Mike era. I lived it with him although I can't say I would NOT have taken his road less traveled to succumb to \"life's easier being white\". I do understand how you can magnify his worst qualities because of the perspective and time frame that you entered into MJs life. I agree too with Miranda and Electricbrotha because I understand MJs journey. So let's just concentrate on his brilliance and sweep the rest under the rug because it pales in comparison to his genius. He was a normal little boy, a young adult who then saw decided HE COULD fall in love with Brooke Shields w/o repercution. I don't agree that MJ was gay, because I clearly believed that he would have expressed that preference at an early age and there was not evidence of it. If he gay he kept that well hidden which I don't believe he could have done. Now, I think its debatable as to what may have caused his interest in young boys.<br><br> But MJs music got blacker as he got whiter because he finally realized that regardless of what he did to himself he was still black, found out the hard way. After so many people screwed him, he finally put his trust in the black nurse, trusted the black doctor. The video released today has MLK speaking in the background.<br><br> Had MJ lived and learned for another couple of decades I do believe he would have come full circle with the realization of the fact that he IS and always will be a black man in America. HE KNEW but felt money could buy anything, but finally began realized that money would never wash away his blackness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:37:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's neither...<br><br>It's what women have always done...long before they understood the concept of self hatred.<br><br>Women of all cultures change their hair texture, colour..their faces...it's joyful, creative play.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:16:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052876, "depth": 8, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wrote about it in another post on this thread.  I think his drastic changes have to do with his dad.  There is a difference between Michael's massive transformation and wearing a weave.  MJ's \"self hate\" seams, to this observer, a reflection of his dad's hate for him.  I don't fault him or disrespect him for it.  <br><br>I don't think Al Sharpton hates himself because he brushes (or perms) his hair into big waves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:22:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057016, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think it matters that Mike is black, regardless of what he did to himself physically. I have to also wonder whether it matters because they are about the try and charge the Jacksons for the costs incurred in having so many people ascend on LA. This one really has me scratching my head. I understand the dire financial straights of CA BUT if they start this will they keep it up, say at the demise of Nancy Reagan. Just asking....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:50:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I specialize in taking the seriousness out of my posts ;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:32:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050699, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If hair isn't so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?<br><br>Wasn't Michael Jackson also the same person on the inside?<br><br>Again, we can't say Michael Jackson hates himself because he changed his physical appearance to be more like a white person but black women just change their hair to be more like a white person's because it's the standard of beauty or its because that's what women do or it's because of fashion and besides black women are still the same on the inside.<br><br>Can't have it both ways.  That's why we really can't indict Michael Jackson on hating his blackness when most of us have pending charges ourselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_08:53:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068327, "depth": 10, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cultural survival????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:23:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052876, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:44:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12067898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"There's something very disrepectful and rude about eating someone's food, enjoying it and then criticizing the chef after the chef has died and is not even in the ground yet. \"<br><br>Brilliant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_07:34:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052429, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn. You said \"human possum\"! BWAHAHAHAHA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:54:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"...his original nappy hair\"...  <br><br>LOL, love it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:54:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050105, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Still, I find it sad that Quincy would jump so quickly to promote the \"he wanna be white\" meme since during the days he was married to Peggy Lipton the same accusations were probably thrown at him.<br><br>I am just as troubled about the details of Michael's adult life as you are. I agree with much of what you've written, but I think you could have done without this bit of snark:<br><blockquote>How do you explain to young African-Americans the level of self-hatred and amount of money required to turn yourself from a handsome black man into an attractive white woman? Has anyone seen Anne Hathaway lately, btw? Were she and MJ ever seen together? \u2026I\u2019m just askin\u2019\u2026</blockquote><br><br>It kinda takes away from the seriousness of the rest of the post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:19:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050105, "depth": 4, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12060231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill, your follow-up post on Michael Jackson is just as tasteless and ill-informed as the one you posted moments after he passed.  Your attempts at analyzing the man fail, and come across as just being crass and mean-spirited.  <br><br>On what basis are you calling him gay? Oh, that's right, I forget that you have a tendency to believe tabloid journalism and repeat it as truth.<br><br>Self-hatred? If MJ hated himself then let me go on record and say that all blacks must also hate themselves. Aren't we always running from the sun to avoid getting dark, running out the weave, chopping off our noses if we can afford to (peep all the celebs who have nipped and tucked), and marrying/dating light or white when we can? The irony (or stupidity) of quoting Quincy Jones to call out MJ on being black?<br><br>I'll say it again - unless you knew MJ, walked in his shoes - don't go there. You risk looking foolish.<br><br>Peace.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_23:28:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Baracktopia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OH, denial.<br>OH, oh!<br><br>I wonder WHY you people loathe Clarence Thomas?<br>He owns his mind and free will too.<br><br>Only the MJ you know is the true MJ?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:21:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052600, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054092": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah, that says a lot, doesn't it?<br><br>also, for people hatin' on quincy, i don't begrudge his 'preference' in female companions.  i read his autobiography, and his mother was bipolar and extremely abusive to him.  i can totally understand why he would run as far and fast as he could in the opposite direction where  black women were concerned.  it's amazing the man made it out of that situation alive and with his creative juices intact.  like jackson's, his was a miraculous story.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050276, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!   <br><br>i'll stay out of this debate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:45:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052769, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:31:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12062509, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think there is anything that can make someone as white as MJ was.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:08:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156933, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The indoctrination of Madame C.J. Walker and all of the hairdressers that followed in pursuit of the mean green.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053543, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm just sayin....you think when Joan Rivers dies that there will be a need to discuss why she changed herself into a human possum? When George Hamilton goes, do you think there will be folks lined up on CNN to tell us why he tried to turn his skin flourescent orange? No...the folks have issues. Michael Jackson had some deep seeded issues...and that's that. There is no honor in grabbing a bat and:<br><a href=\"http://www.creakyjoints.com/graphics/images/desktops/beatingadeadhorse_400x300.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.creakyjoints.com/graphics/images/des...</a><br><br>I dont know bout you, but I'm celebrating what he gave to me...some good damn music, videos that are inspiring and the memory of dancing with that fine ass Dennis to \"Lady In My Life\" at the Homecoming Dance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:33:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052101, "depth": 2, "points": 14, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Q is old school enough that he found the emasculazation of MJ as far more offensive than the skin/plastic surgery deal. The effeminatization of his looks bothered Q.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:34:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050699, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12073062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow,  thanks Justice those were really nice.<br><br>I don't think I have ever heard another living soul say<br><br>\" I use to dance to the rhythm of the washing machine\"<br><br>That is sheer musical genius.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_10:30:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12089964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually,the whole family has had plastic surgery--including Joe and Katherine!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_16:50:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053734, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is a flowing blond yakky weave assimilation or cultural survival?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:34:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 40, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052500, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are the stars buried in someplace called Forest Lawn? I assume that its probably pretty secure, huh? Crazies tried to get the Elvis before they moved him to Graceland.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:10:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054524, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Quincy didn't chop off his nose and strip the black off himself using chemicals, though...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_17:57:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 74, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12049830, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Beyonce, Tyra, Eve and Mary J look better with light hair.  Eve and Mary J look better with short hair, Beyonce and Tyra look better with long hair.  <br><br>People of every race change their hair color, texture, length all the time.  You would be hard pressed to find a celebrity of any color that is not wearing a weave right now.<br><br>So I think defining self-hate because of hair style is a little tired.  <br><br>Yes people are beautiful in their natural state, but almost all woman use make-up and hair to enhance that beauty.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:20:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053018, "depth": 9, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This brilliant mofo knew how to manipulate thru coyness, thru covers, he manipulated that black naive nurse into getting her to do what he wanted. Listen, this man wasn't shy off stage and commanded that stage while performing. This man was brilliant in handling people. Don't let him fool you know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:56:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052875, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I try to focus on Michael\u2019s music, just like I try to focus on my favorite athletes, Venus and Serena\u2019s play on the court.<br><br>That is how I know them, and that is how I appreciate them\u2026. beyond that, their world is a mystery and I like it this way.   <br><br>All the rest is what it took for them to get to those levels of mastering their craft.  I don't need to see the behind-the-scenes, just show me the finished product.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think this is a touchy subject (MJ's blackness or lack thereof) because if we truly probe MJ's hatred of blackness, I think we as a people need to examine our own (although most of us don't go to the extremes that MJ did or Lil' Kim does).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:13:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 42, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051975, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You have to also then take into consideration that people are the sum total of their experiences.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:03:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054076, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12162687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jill, the Daily Mail is tabloid trash.  come on!<br><br>how 'bout quoting a real journalist, like <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603736.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post</a>. he believes MJ's lightening was a result of vitiligo:<br><br>\"I believe Jackson's story that he suffered from the skin disease vitiligo -- though I don't believe that vitiligo or any other infirmity was the reason for the disfiguring plastic surgery that turned his face into a pale, taut mask. It had to be self-hatred -- not necessarily an attempt to make himself \"white\" but to make himself hideous.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_18:37:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "ibeching", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:12:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050033, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12159319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only chemical I know of is Hydroquinone, which seems to have limited effectiveness.   (There are others..but I don't know much about  them)<br><br>Michael was very white..his skin looked like he did indeed suffer from vitiligo.   There's a young man I often see in my neighborhood who seems to have vitiligo; however, his body still has patches of his normal skin.   The white areas on his face are VERY white...whiter than even a normal white person's skin...because it has zero pigment. <br><br>It looked like MJ had the dark patches lightened to get a more even appearance, I hear that's a common treatment.   It might be much easier to do that, than try to cover the white patches with dark makeup.<br><br>What I mean is, there are treatments that can inhibit melanin production...but no chemical I know of that can make skin that white..as white as Michael's skin was.<br><br>Deepak Chopra also seemed to confirm that Mike did have vitiligo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:00:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12133706, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO ..... i ... can't .... breathe!    .....oh - help ..... feebly waving my hand from the floor......<br><br><br>Personally, I find the opossum actually more attractive - at least you can see its eyes fer chrissakes.<br><br>i can't stop lMAO..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:20:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053017, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pre-Yot-ch Miranda, Preach!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:13:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cute. Blah to you. Blah I say.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:53:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050994, "depth": 6, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Cracker philosopher\"...now that's funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052429, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12167310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There are how many different perspectives being expressed and you tie it together as \"you people\", \"denial\" and bring up Clarence Thomas?  Really?  <br><br>Okay, brah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_01:48:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155575, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I think one can have a true sense of self as a person of color and still love a white person. When you mutilate yourself and produce children with a white man's sperm is an entirely different matter.\"<br><br>Agreed NMP -- it's the total self-denial, mutilation, hypocrisy and confusion I have a problem with, not loving someone from another race or ethnicity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:53:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050433, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well put Val.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:37:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068232, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I want to believe he had vitiligo. Yet, I have not seen patients with vitiligo who looked as unblemished as MJ. Most patients are emotionally traumatized by loss of pigment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:35:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052485, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But let's not miss the point here PJ. Thirty year olds do see Mike differently from 50 year olds. And I can't be mad at them for that. I understand. They don't \"get it\" and this is definitely a teachable moment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:22:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053335, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "All right, I was coming to say something 'bout her - but spontaneous combustion - that'll do just fine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:41:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052733, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you are so wrong<br><br>a human possum LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:58:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I heard Tour\u00e9 say that as MJ\u2019s skin got whiter, his music got blacker.  To say the least, MJ was a complex person.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_17:58:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "bison1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Black women can never achieve the cultural standard of beauty unless they destroy themselves (hair, skin) i the process.<br><br>Why isn't Beyonce, Ciara, etc. being called out for the excessive use of weaves and blond hair dye?  They don't need flowing blond hair to survive.<br><br>Kelly Rowland didnt' need a nose job to survive.  She's selling just as many records with the nose job as without the nose job.<br><br>We can't say Michael Jackson altering himself is self hatred but Beyonce is just trying to survive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:20:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053420, "depth": 10, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_13:46:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155689, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So that gives him a pass. Got it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_17:58:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050033, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "clearly that's debatable.<br>there are women (black women) who don't even know what the true texture of their hair is in its natural state.  they've been perming since elementary school--some even prior to that.  <br>it may not equal self-hatred, but it speaks to some degree of discomfort.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:49:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053346, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12056822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I had one female hairdresser in Charlotte and i never saw her with the same hairstyle and I went to her every 2 weeks. LOL She would go from one extreme to the next! Always fly though!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:06:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12056523, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12056738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've read in several different books that Rebbie reported Joe to the police for sexual assault when she was 16. She married at 18 in part to get out of Joseph's house.<br><br>And I know they revere their mother,but she was an enabler.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:02:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "itgurl_29", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053734, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That acceptance is probably more <i>self</i> acceptance than anything else..<br><br>Right now, I could go out and have my hair coloured as red as a babboon's butt...and next week darken it...   I can lose 20 pounds, or gain 50...  Put on some mascara and eyeliner...or not.<br><br>I don't hate myself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:39:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155735, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am only saying that dating solely another race does not have to be indicative of self-hatred.<br>I am unable to draw that line of connection.<br><br>It is kinda like moreso to me about what the person likes vs. it being that they don't like whatever.<br><br>My favorite color is red, but I do not hate pink. I just really really like red. Red makes me happy, it is vibrant and life affirming to me.<br><br>I don't think I hate pink..I think I love red.<br><br>That is all I am trying to say.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:49:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052987, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068297, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think this is where we disagree.  I don't think white/light skin is the standard of beauty, and I don't think it has been for a while.<br><br>I don't think MJ's standard of beauty was something society placed on him, it was what Joe put on him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057062, "depth": 13, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12154548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"If hair isn't so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?\"<br><br>Hogwash.  And I mean that with all respect Town.  :-)<br>I have never written anything that  resembled struggling and straining  to excuse a persons preference to color or perm their hair.  Never.  Shoot.. . . if we want to go down that road, we could argue that shaving our armpits, body, bikini line, or facial hair and using deoderant is based on the need to assimilate and appear more  \"white\".  See where I am going with this???<br><br>Choosing a hair style isn't that deep.  What we need to do is let go of that mentality to tie everything to race and self hatred.  This concept smacks of racism to me and we can't have \"that\" both ways.  Let it go.  It is just hair.  Everyone has a choice.  It is a little petty to get caught up in that \"your hairstyle isn't black enough\" argument.  I believe we are all created equal and we are all beautiful.  I am raising my kids to make their own choices and not to succumb to temptations from outside sources to equate that choice to a slap against their own culture.  <br><br>Regarding Michael - I have never made any judgment on the decisions he made in his life because I have never walked in his shoes.  I don't understand his choices but it is not for me to understand. I certainly didn't equate his decisions as hating his blackness because that would be just \"silly\" when he surrounded himself with black people, his mentors were black and his music choices were based on black heritage.  I didn't mind his relationships with other races either. . . we ALL need to get to that point in our lifetime but that is another topic. . .<br><br>I see that we are basically agreeing on 70% of your point.   I always look forward to a dialogue with you and  will still be first in line to buy your books.  :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_11:16:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068915, "depth": 11, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ICAM", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:36:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052429, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not a pass, but there's a difference, yes? Jones also still has his original nappy hair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:00:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050078, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes and yes.  People, including Joan, talk about her multiple surgeries all the time.  An Hamilton is more known for his \"tan\" then anything else.  There will always be someone willing to go on any show and diss them.  Farrah was starting to get the wasn't a good actress comments before Jackson died and became the story.  And she had cancer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:58:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're very welcome wrb!<br><br>I also was very surprised to hear Michael speak on a wide range of issues. I was very impressed after listening to it coming from his own mouth. He was a musical genius indeed!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:44:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12073997, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053186": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think you're right about that.   Though, in a strange way, he sort of regained some control of his own image by changing it as he saw fit...a sort of \"fuck you\" to the people who made him hate himself.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:00:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051871, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12056523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Blonde hair is the standard for those who want blond hair.  <br><br>Jessica Alba, Rihanna, Eva Longoria are three of the most beautiful woman in the world by anyones standards.  I think the only people holding on to the \"blonde is perfection\" meme are people who grew up with Farrah as the standard.  That has long passed.<br><br>We need to just let it go...<br><br>Go blonde, go red, go with whatever feels good and get over being judged or feeling any guilt because the hair you wear makes you happy.<br><br>I say this as a person whose black hairdresser laughs at the fact that I cling to my dark brown hair and never switch it up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:58:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053828, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We know better, Miranda.<br><br>\"And it\u2019s critical that we show the world that while we loved him, that we aren\u2019t blind to his flaws \u2014 I don't have to show the world jack SHIT!<br><br>I love Michael Jackson and his gifts of creativity I experienced.  It took tremendous sacrifices on his part to SERVE millions and millions of folks, and I don't give a flying fuck what folks think I need to be focusing on.<br><br>WTF was on that video?  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:30:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12055499, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12062406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i can appreciate the body-as-art concept.  after all--that's how many people who go overboard (in my opinion) with tattoos view their ink.  however--if he really \"owned\" his body and image, then why not 'own' his decision?  if i recall, he DENIED that he ever even had any sort of work done!  even on his nose.  he quite absurdly chalked it all up to the body's natural changes from adolescence to adulthood.<br><br>were the children he had inappropriate relationships with also 'props'?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_01:03:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052600, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michael Jackson #3 emerged after that trial. He lesson he learned from it was regardless of whether I embellish myself with bleach, get me 3 all white babies, I AM STILL A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA. MJ#3 came after he mutilated himself. Let's not get the 3 Michael Jackson's confused nor twisted. MJ #3 was bloody, bowed and black again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052816, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12062071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are you publicly critical of whites as such?????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_00:39:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "chris_i_am", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052816, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Its in my DNA also Webb.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:37:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052429, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's deeper than wanting to be white.   Michael represented  the creative impulse taken to it's most abstract state.   His entire body became an art installation.   If you don't own your own body, then who the hell does?<br><br>And...Michael certainly OWNED his body...in the truest sense.<br><br>He took control of it..away from those who made fun of him in childhood, and morphed it repeatedly while observing the freaks, observing the \"freak\".  <br><br>I think he was having a grand chuckle at his audience....like he was a piece of conscious, aware art hanging in a gallery observing his audience and laughing at their observations of him.  <br><br>\"Why does his face look like that?\"....\"Why's his skin so white?\"  ...\"He looks like a monster..skeletal.\"....\"What's he doing with that chimp?\" ...\"Doesn't he know that they call black people monkeys?\"    \"Damn, he actually looks like the thriller monsters\"   \"Why's he moving his hips like that..it's so...gay\"<br><br>Apparently, he never visited Bubbles after he surrendered him back to his trainer.  Does that sound like someone obsessed with chimps?....or maybe someone who was done with an art prop?<br><br>I think Michael was howling with laughter inside...and crying too.   He probably learned far more about the psyche of his audience than they ever learned about him, the man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:34:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When a black person ONLY dates/marries white people, that is a form of self-hatred, IMO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:16:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050367, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Their hair grows in in it's genetically natural state...it's not a permanent change...only a cosmetic one.   And even if it was permanent...so what?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:43:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068915, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I totally agree with you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:26:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "itgurl_29", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053335, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yep.  and that is ART.  love it.  Wish I could do the same.  :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:00:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12056822, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its been teens and preteens downloading Michael Jackson's music by the hundreds of thousands..THEY ACCEPT MICHAEL JACKSON. Its not folks OVER 30 that has the execs at all these retailers doing the snoopy happy dance...its the young folks across the globe that's appreciating Michael right now and discovering just how much he gave.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052933, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So DeNiro, hates being white? <br><br> I suspect not.  More likely, I think he simply knows what he likes and goes for it, and that it does not have a thing to do with his lack of love for himself. <br><br>Point of fact, he likely beleives that he is indeed loving himself by selecting what he likes independent of their race  or color being the same as his.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:38:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052514, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i blame joe and katherine. <br><br>latoya altered her image too...was it because she was similarly teased?<br><br>i know i'll be labelled a hater for saying this, but i think what joe jackson did (and katherine jackson enabled) was criminal.  i suspect that he probably did more than beat michael.  i think he also sexually abused him.  yes, it's all speculation.  we'll never know.  <br><br>it's truly fascinating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:27:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053335, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i agree with your comment.  i think we would be crying the loudest.  the funny thing is that if it were just a \"playful\" preference, it seems that there'd be some kind of balance, yet the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of black women straighten their hair.  so obviously there's a little something more to it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053749, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You ain't lyin'.  Love Q's music, but he ain't a leg to stand on when it comes to talkin' about one's blackness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12049830, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My name is PJamma (well, not legally but on here at JJP) and I have had white boyfriends.  Probably more white boyfriends then black boyfriends.  And I love being black.  Love my black family (I love the white members, too) and my black friends (and the white ones, too).  I think I'm beautiful (like really pretty, just ask people that know me)  and think that black woman in every shape and size are the most beautiful woman on earth.  I think black men are hot and I think white men are hot.<br><br>So now what?  Is there something wrong with this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:15:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052174, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12133620": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "UH?<br><br>So who is responsible for HIS acts?<br><br>Not feeling comfortable with his look, he had the right to mutilate himself alright! But that NO longer makes him a victim (btw victims with allot of money as was his case ARE cowards) <br><br>And he surround himself with \"black\" servants.<br>How classy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_20:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053881, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And yet 80% of black women, from the time they are little girls, subject themselves to chemicals to change the physical structure of their hair so they won't look like the \"before\" on the Dr. Miracles box.<br><br>And we, black people, look down and chastize other black people who choose not to change their hair.<br><br>It's everyone's right to do what they want with their hair, but I don't think we can say that Michael Jackson hated being black when 8 out of 10 black women chemically change the structure of their hair to be more like a white woman's, and chastize those black women who choose not to do that.<br><br>If Michelle Obama packed up the flat iron today and decided to wear her hair in it's natural state, the loudest whoops and hollers and cries of \"ghetto\" and \"unseemly\" would be from black people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:27:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053618, "depth": 10, "points": 9, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "absolutely nothing wrong.  What is wrong is the fact that in 2009 folks are still tripping over folks dating people of other color or getting caught up in blacks dating other blacks with \"other shades of brown\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_07:45:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054769, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12156151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Black women can never achieve the cultural standard of beauty unless they destroy themselves (hair, skin) i the process.\"<br><br>Why would they need to destroy themselves? and standards of beauty all depends on who is setting the standard and which one the individual subscribes to.  <br><br>This topic on Hair is a great conversation starter.  Maybe one day it could have it's own thread because the viewpoints are extreme which is most interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:54:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053615, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ":-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_11:55:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057506, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:01:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12136816, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you.  Using the Daily Mail as a source is embarrassing.  They are worse the OK and Star.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:45:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12073449, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Gloria Allred needs to catch fire.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:39:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051586, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "15018966": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "baracktopia<br>i have to say that jill is headed in the right direction.i think i am more than an #1 fan,i've been in love with mj since the 1st time i saw him.I've done alot of research and his sister Rebbie said \"Michael was trying to do all he could not to look like his father\" Have you read his book Moonwalk? In his book he says that he would never look at himself in a mirror,because his family would tease him about the bad acne he had on his face & his father teased him telling him he had a big nose.he was very shy to approach girls because of this,so when he got older he changed his nose and got treated for his acne.so actually he did have self hatred  because of the teasing & acne and he showed it by some of the things he chose to do during the course of his life.it bothers me because he was already good lookng and after the 1st nose job he should have stopped.the reason Lisa Marie Presley left him is because \"She could'nt deal with his self destructive behavior\" I feel god made him black when he was born and that's what he should have been when he died.Ok,he may have had the skin disease but the disease did'nt make him that ghost white, he did.People called him weird but he was'nt he just had allot of issues he was dealing with.Have you ever listened to the lyrics of his songs? Most of the slow songs are talking about searching for love all his life and how lonely he was.i can relate to him because we had allot in common,like he had Lupus & i have it also,he did'nt have a childhood & i did'nt either,his father mistreated him & i did'nt have a mother or a father in my life my mom was on drugs & my father did'nt care so i had to become an adult in a child's body & so did mj,(That leaves a emptiness in you that can't be filled so you always feel lonely,left out & cold inside (listen to stranger in moscow) he had a wall there that he did'nt realize he had up that's why none of his relationships worked out,these are some of the women he dated:Maureen McCormick,Stacy Lattisaw,Tatum O'neal,Stephanie Mills,Brooke Shields,Lisa Marie Presley,Debbie Rowe,Ola Raye,Naomi Campbell,Tatiana(can't remember last name),Madonna & he was dating Jessica Barnes when he died. that's why none of his relationships lasted very long.He put tape on his fingers & i do the same (because your fingers are very sensitive when you have lupus and he had to use his hands to hold the microphone, to snap his fingers & do his dance moves.He had to walk around with a umbrella, as did i because Lupus patients should'nt be exposed to the sun's rays because you can get skin cancer or it makes your lupus flare up.He got addicted to pain killers & i take the same kind of pain killers he took but he had no control over the pain killers because he had no control over his life, I have plenty of control over my pain killers because i have addressed my problems and learned how to control my problems & life, but he did'nt.I genuinely feel that if i had met him i could have helped him and he would'nt be dead today,because he would have had someone in his life that understood what he was going through.the reason he shut out his family and girlfriends is because they could'nt understand where he was coming from.He would often say no one understood him and that's what he needed most is understanding, he would also say don't try to figure him out and the reason for that is you can't figure a person that is having multiple problems unless you are having them too.I can't understand what it's like to have cancer because i've never had it,but i bet you all the lupus patients in the world can relate to him and his needs.So to sum it up i thnk it matters alot because i'm black and proud of it as well as being proud to have lupus because that's the plan GOD had mapped out for me.I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE THAT I DID'NT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE MY COMPUTER TO CONTACT MJ BECAUSE I FEEL I COULD HAVE SAVED HIM FROM HIS SELF DESTRUCTION!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-18_13:15:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "cutiepye07", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12060231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12069237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Love you, Webb!<br><br>Preach it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_09:13:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052429, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's that you say?   BAHHHHAAW.....\"a human possum\" -    That graphic ALONE was worth the laugh.<br><br>I think when Joan Rivers dies she won't need embalming.  I think she's here to stay.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:46:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12074435, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "some eclecticgrotha.  My beef with Harold Ford is he is an asshole.  <br>His choice in a mate has nothing to do with that.  Although why ANY woman would want to hook up with that man is beyond me.. . . but that is another topic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_07:47:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050799, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Gloria Allred just wouldn't let Toure keep on \"the high road.\" She just had to make sure that \"the labels\" stick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:53:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050073, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think we addressed this issue and put it to bed. Your comments are valuable. Loving on MJ!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:03:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12073449, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "22044435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "better late than never, lol.<br><br>essentially i agree with u about michael and the (in)capacity for child rape.  i just don't see it in him either. yet he had no business befriending children. <br><br>guess we'll never know.<br><br>saw the movie, and his eyes (when they weren't hidden behind dark shades) looked sad.  what a loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-11-06_11:32:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 20275748, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not from me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_23:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050799, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it's called choice.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:03:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057912, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I could possibly buy into the vitiligo, but I remember, I remember it so well. It started with just a little bleaching, a little lightning. One day we looked up and Mike was whiter than white people. Coupled with the hair and then trying to get the point on the nose  just so perfect. Who would not conclude that Mike hadnt lost himself in his success? Around the time of Thriller, Michael started thrilling us on a daily basis. Then came the trial...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:52:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054009, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12073240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was talking with a Sistafriend last night, and she didn't want to hear it that Michael didn't like Black people. She had me rolling with her list. She said, he was a genius, and sort of crazy, but that she felt Michael loved Black people. She was like, ' you can take the boy out of Gary, but you can't take the Gary out of the boy. '", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_10:40:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053335, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12228889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok..but what is the nature of that discomfort?   It seems \"natural\" that we enjoy certain textures better than others...<br><br>For example, we tend to enjoy smooth and silky more than hard and scratchy.   If women attempt to acquire a smooth, silky feel and look to their hair..that discomfort is not racially based as far as I can see..but more a sensual discomfort.   Few women like frizzy hair, or hair too tightly curled, unless they're deliberately going for a look.<br><br>I agree there is always the question whether young girls - had they been left alone - would have chosen to use a relaxer...but I see no serious emotional harm in it..except when they're made to feel as if they sold their race out.<br><br>And men(black men) need to mind their own business when it comes to black women's hair.  They need to keep their opinions to themselves and not comment harshly, and insist we keep ourselves \"natural\".<br><br>No one really knows what \"natural\" is...our genes are always up to weird tricks.   Who would think that the body had the latent ability to turn dark skin, almost white?(vitiligo)...so what if we consciously make those changes?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_17:26:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054176, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was the intro for \"Cita's World\" that used to be a afternoon video show on BET. Cita was a cartoon character that was the \"host\"...a finger-snapping caricature of a young black woman. Everyone I knew HATED it. That was when I started paying less and less attention to BET....however as my sister pointed out to me Sunday night...Cita now runs BET.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:35:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057284, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dunno, but I know he loves him some round and brown.  And I can't blame him. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:42:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052708, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "have you read 'Q'-- jones's autobiography?   if there was ever anybody with an excuse to reject black women, it's him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:56:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050699, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What if the issue  was more about his concept of beauty than race. MJ  may simply have believed that his features and coloring were ugly. And he did not want to replicate that.<br><br>It was all about the pursuit of  beauty, possibly. MJ embraced his blackness culturally, he simply did not believe his features and color were beautiful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:42:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050367, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12175142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looks happy does not mean feeling happy.<br>Ever heard that clown joke?<br><br>Believe me, i do respect MJ as an artist and as a human being.<br><br>Criticism is NOT lynching.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_13:33:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12161361, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12155689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How you judge people:<br><br>Can you judge those you do not KNOW (you know people thru what they honor at every second btw)?<br><br>And Black is a political jargon, Black  defines NOT MJ.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_12:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12154700, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12062509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "wow, didn't know that about reebie.  didn't janet make an early escape too...with the debarge family guy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_01:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12056738, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They will at Neverland...until then, he'll need guards. Remember they messed with Elvis' grave until they moved him to Graceland. Let the ELVISication process run its course.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:06:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12072396, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And if a white person only dates a Black person?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_23:06:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052174, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good points.  ...Halle looks better with short hair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:47:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053618, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love the fact that Malia and Sasha don't use the pressing comb everyday or don't seem to have relaxers.  I love the braids, ponies and the fly away edges at the end of the day.  <br><br>But yes some black folk say there is something wrong with that.  <br><br>Woman look great with naturally texured cuts, twists, dreads and they are popping up everywhere in every shade.<br><br>But woman also look great     with 18 inch Yaki #4.<br><br>I don't see it as self hate,  just how people want to express themselves.<br><br>I don't care that Paris Hilton wears 24 inch extensions so why should I trip when Nicole Richie does?  Paris is playing with style and Nicole hates her blackness?  Nope.  Not buying that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:56:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053749, "depth": 11, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12073792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ohmigawd!   Ditto!  Ditto! DITTO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:13:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068107, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052801": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL..Yes...just BURST INTO FLAMES ALLRED! BURST INTO FLAMES!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:43:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052761, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I had almost forgotten about this column:<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-andersen/wimbeldon-officials-call_b_222809.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-...</a><br>I'll post it in the evening thread too. But if we accept, say, that blonde hair is the \"standard\"...then there is something fundamentally wrong with that. There shouldn't be a \"standard\" of beauty - that should be 'to each his/her own'. There should be standards of HYGIENE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:31:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053420, "depth": 10, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "15014213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hi lamh32,<br>i totally disagree with you i watched both video's and he was covering the microphone on the side of his face so he could be heard good.first off he may have had vitilogo but he still lightened his skin.i know someone people who has that and all of them have brown patches and white patches on their skin.i have never seen a person with that disease turn ghost white.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-18_11:39:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "cutiepye07", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12062206, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm totally digging your take on Michael, Truth.  <br><br>Michael did what he did, because he could, and  he still made that sweet, sweet music and entertained us.<br><br>He was who he was.<br><br>Genius!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052600, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Larry King with Jermaine up next on CNN.  <br><br>I have appreciated Matt Lauer and Larry King today. I think they will seal the deal that will martyr Michael Jackson and enshrine him at Neverland.<br><br>How long do y'all think it will be before someone breaks into that cemetery in LA and tries to get to Mike's grave? He needs to be in Neverland under lock, key and guard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:57:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12133706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Really?<br><br>In Africa young women are doing it, even in Brazil!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_20:14:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053306, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12154700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey ochyming -- getting a chemical peel doesn't change who they are and I think/am guessing that was TruthSeeker's point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_11:26:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12133706, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052304": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Speak on it, Miranda!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:21:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They look happy to me...:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:49:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12155735, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michael Jackson is/was black.  Period.  No question.<br><br>Michael never hated or disrespected black people.  He loved them, included them in his inner circle, reached out to blacks globally not only spotlighting them as beautiful but when needed offering humanitarian aid.<br><br>Michael Jackson was a Black Man.<br><br>But he hated himself.   I don't know many black children growing up in the 70's and early 80's that didn't hear \"your nose is spread all over your face\" or \"you need some AMBI because you are too dark\" from our families.  Then it was reinforced on TV by no one really looking like us.  For the normal black child this turns to a mild case of insecurity.  And the normal black parent saying these things didn't mean it as more then teasing. <br><br>But Joe Jackson beat Michael.  He took it so much further by calling him ugly.  A lot.  He made Michael hate the way he looked to the point where Michael  (I'm guessing) wanted to no longer look like the person his father hated.  It had nothing to do with him hating black people or blackness, he hated being tortured for being himself.  So (I'm guessing) he tried to change and evolve and become something his father wanted (abused children have a way of wanting to please the abuser). <br><br>I don't know how or why he picked the look he did.  The only thing I can guess is it is the opposite of what disgusted Joe.<br><br>I don't have a problem with him marrying white woman.  Lisa Marie is probably the only person in the world who understands the craziness surrounding the most popular person on earth.  Debbie Rowe probably asked absolutely nothing from him and was willing to pretend mom to his kids.  I also think he wanted white kids so they didn't have to go through the same torture he did because of the way he looked.  He seemed pretty cut off from the world and may not know that the vast majority of black children didn't go through what he did.<br><br>I don't blame Michael, I blame Joe for his physical transformation.<br><br>And I will never believe that Michael Jackson did not care about or want to be part of the black community.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:06:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 25, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 14, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12067927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach Miranda.  I can't stand it myself.  Have avoided this topic like the plague on TV and on the internet.  <br><br>Brilliant post.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_07:37:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think any chemical exists that can strip the black off...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:05:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050033, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The point is...colouring or straightening your hair is NOT self hatred.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:07:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051975, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Real Talk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:45:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I appreciate that Quincy mentioned the kids.  As disturbing as his self-mutilation was, it's doubly disturbing and disgusting that he wasn't even willing to use his own sperm--to prevent his children from being Black.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:05:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a great point about shaving, Val.<br><br>Do we all want to remain absolutely <i>natural</i>?<br><br>..I hope not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:44:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12154548, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pjamma,<br><br>I so agree. Just listen how Michael talks in his interview with Jessie Jackson about how he watched little black kids from poor neighborhoods dancing and he learned the moon-walk from them. Listen at him talk about Africa. Michael loved the black community! <br>The videos might be long but You'll surely enjoy!<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOEk9OjNro\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOEk9OjNro</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQq4Vf7dkQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQq4Vf7dkQ</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLByjz-EhHU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLByjz-EhHU</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18NBO68SsI\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18NBO68SsI</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfuQbzkgEE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfuQbzkgEE</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwnKO33fDQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwnKO33fDQ</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:59:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053335, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know.  I'm closer to 30 then 50 (for a few years anyway), my sister is almost 50, and I have a niece that is 24 and we seem to view MJ in the same way.  If people are interested in MJ the man they know the story.  If people just enjoy the music of MJ then they probably do have a different perspective.  <br><br>When Kurt Cobain died some of my sorority sisters had a breakdown and dissected everything that lead to his suicide.  I thought, <i>Nevermind</i> is an amazing album and he had talent so it sucks he's gone but he was a heroin addict so, really, it was only a matter of time.  Then went to a party and didn't really think about it much beyond that.<br><br>I'm not comparing the talent of Cobain and Jackson, I'm just trying to say your perception of the person is directly related to how much you cared about that person.  So a 24 year old that could only be calmed down by MJs voice when she was a baby will look at him the same way as a 50 year old who grew up with him.  Conversely, a 50 year old who danced to Billy Jean but never got into the man who sang it won't have much of an opinion of his life at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:43:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053653, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wish I could remember where I <a href =\"http://www.bucharestherald.com/city-life/44-city-life/4001-michael-jackson-had-surgeries-to-look-completely-different-from-his-father-whom-he-hated\" rel=\"nofollow\">read this -</a> I don't think this is it exactly, but the gist is there.<br><br><i>Most of his unhappiness was focused on his nose. For a long time he talked of having cosmetic surgery. His motive was not, as many people surmised, to look more like his idol, Diana Ross.It was so that he would look less like his father, the man who had so mistreated him and whose strong, broad-nosed face he saw looking back at him from the mirror.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:47:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050033, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I seem to recall a flurry of posts on this very site during the 2008 primaries dissing Harold Ford and citing his marriage to a white woman as part of the rationale for dissing him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:22:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050367, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12136816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "THANK YOU!  What a treat!  This is the very first time I felt like I was hearing the REAL Michael -- and not the media persona that he usually showed to the rest of the world.  He obviously felt comfortable with and trusted Rev. Jackson to be himself.<br><br>Everyone should listen to these interviews; it has changed my opinion of Michael.  While I still think he had some obvious issues with his self-identity as it related to his appearance, I now feel strongly that Michael had nothing but love for all things black -- the people, culture, history, etc. -- and Africa.  Wow.  It brought tears to my eyes listening to it.<br><br>Michael, a great talent who will never be forgotten or replaced.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_23:49:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "storm529", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like this analysis.  I have not thought about it in this way, but it makes a lot of sense.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052600, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i agree--it IS a teachable moment.  my youngest (17), loves michael's music.  people used to stop us in public when he was younger and remark how much they thought he looked like michael jackson.  the 1st time this happened, he got upset and wanted to know why ANYONE would think he looked like jackson!  i explained that they meant BEFORE mutilation.  showed him some images, and he understood.  then we had the conversation about why someone would do that to their appearance.  needless to say, it was an interesting conversation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:32:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053653, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you for these links.  I'm on the second one and am falling in love with the charm all over again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:17:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12154744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and there you have it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_11:29:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12074435, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill, understand the reasons for the self-denial, mutilation, hypocrisy,confusion; it was externally imposed and then internalized by MJ. He can't be held accountable for all of the things that happened to him.<br><br>\"not loving someone from another race or ethnicity....\" <br><br>This is a totally different discussion that we must have.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:32:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051599, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12174714": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK, you got me, but i did not mean that.<br><br>But there is a parallelism!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_13:00:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12167310, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was all about MJ#2", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:11:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12062406, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12161413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe it seems that the overwhelming majority straighten, only because they start out with curly/kinky hair.<br><br>I bet it we had naturally straight hair..we'd be overwhelmingly curling it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_16:53:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054253, "depth": 12, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12198278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks mama! no this is NOT my natural hair color. however, blond hair<br>does run in my family. i just like having a fun color. someday i may<br>try red or even pink! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_11:39:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "JillTubman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057506, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"it may not equal self-hatred, but it speaks to some degree of discomfort.\"<br><br>or not.  It speaks of ease in a parent being able to comb their kids hair and get them out the door.  Rather than having the child scream and cry when you are trying to run the comb through their locks. And the ease of me the adult being able to quickly comb my permed hair and roll out or choose to go through periods of shaving off my tresses in favor of a 2 inch cut so I can \"apply gel, run fingers through hair\" and roll.  Not once did I ever think . . . gee I want to deny my black heritage so I will perm or cut my hair. <br><br>Using a perm is a choice (and I would argue is a more humane choice) and has nothing to do with self hatred or discomfort with dna.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_07:58:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054176, "depth": 6, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unless you or anyone else can offer concrete proof that MJ was lying, then I'm gonna take him at his word.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:46:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052816, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "assimilation.& cultural survival", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:46:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 38, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052591, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm with your Sisterfriend!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_12:19:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12073240, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12063123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The user deleted this comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_02:00:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "2742c87181de7a36a9aec5f18689c026", "has_been_anonymized": true, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi,<br><br>Been lurking for awhile but just have to say this.<br><br>I have been following Michael Jackson's career for 43 years and I thought he was a unique artist.  I have always enjoyed him even when the changes he did to himself made me wonder, what was wrong and made me feel sad because I thought he was suffering.  I did not know from what though because I did not walk in his shoes.<br><br>But I loved him in all his incarnations because he brought joy to people even when he seemed not to have it in his personal life.<br><br>But even with that, he was free to do as he pleased...even concerning who donated sperm, eggs...whatever.  I do not begrudge him those choices.  They are his children no matter what.<br><br>I never forgot that he was an African American man.  I can't really believe that anyone did.<br><br>I have seen African Americans with the skin disease that he had and as a performer, I imagine that it was devastating.  I choose to believe that he had his pigmentation adjusted for that disease and I believe it was very brave of him to continue to do his work...it didn't fell him.<br><br>I thought he was very brave and talented and sad.<br><br>I hope he rests in peace and I thank him for all the joy he gave me since I was 7.  I never thought he'd say goodbye so soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:10:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Janeo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12060058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wouldn't be surprised if Janet was abused as well.  She seemed to play \"Penny\" a little to well on Good Times.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywbIYR2waYU&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywbIYR2waYU&feat...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_23:27:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12056738, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess I don't get the gist of your question. One more point about the skin lignting. Most people with vitiligo go thru the evening out process maybe once.  What there a good reason to continue lighting your skin if the process is complete? Just asking...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:14:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12062071, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think it's a bit hypocritical for Quincy Jones, who never met a white woman he didn't like, to say that MICHAEL JACKSON didn't like being black.<br><br>I don't think Michael Jackson hated being black or black people.  He hated himself and IMO hated most of the people around him except children, his mom, Diana Ross and Janet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill is that your natural hair color (I like it by the way)?  I would never think to describe you as being anywhere close to having \"self hate\" but you are rocking the light color hair in your photo.<br><br>If it is dyed do you think it is self hatred?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:43:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051975, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMBAO@  human possum. LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:18:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12049830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Does no one see the irony of Quincy Jones dissing Michael for the color of his skin, yet choosing to date only white women himself? Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_17:50:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 100, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 12, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12049831": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just saw the Michael Jackson video that was made 48 hours before he died..  He didn\u2019t look frail.  He was singing and his dancing was on time for a 50 year old man!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_17:50:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "bison1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:43:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054903, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"The fact is that Michael Jackson represents in one man all the best and the worst of African-American culture.\"<br><br>Seriously? So I take it you DIDN'T see the BET Awards Sunday night...and apparently haven't seen the Soul Train Awards, Source Awards, Dirty South Awards, etc....give me a break...Michael Jackson, the worst?? GTFOH <br><br>\"And it\u2019s critical that we show the world that while we loved him, that we aren\u2019t blind to his flaws \u2014 that we celebrate his contributions while recognizing the cautionary tale he ultimately represents for all of us.\"<br><br>Really? And what does that entail? Should there be a roundtable on \"Michael Jackson and Self-hate\" on CNN with Soledad moderating? What? Are you looking for there to be a speaker in between the solo and the eulogy whose topic is \"What Happened to Michael?\"....what exactly? What is the \"recognition\" of this cautionary tale that you are looking for? You want the channel that gave us tweens on stage with Drake & Lil Wayne to do a 2 hour special on \"Black Love: Where Did it Go?\"....WHAT?? What the hell would do? It just sounds like what you DON'T want is the unfiltered celebration of the man by his fans...PERIOD. As if there is a need for any reflection on Michael Jackson's issues..we KNOW he had issues and there is absolutely no need to beat that horse over and over while its in rigor mortis. Hell, nobody that I personally knew and loved and DIED, did I EVER feel the need to go back and pick apart their flaws with a group and dissect them and their ways, what the fuck is that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:45:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 20, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Part of cultural survival is assimilation. Assimilating doesn't necessarily mean individuals are self-hating so much as they are assimilating to be as much a part of the larger culture as possible.<br><br>If the standard of beauty in the culture is blond flowing hair, then creating that appearance with weaves, is assimilating.<br><br>Whites do not have to have a problem with her hair, for Beyonce to know what the cultural standards are.<br><br>I mean why do so many white women use blonde beach on their hair...do they hate being white or are they do trying to achieve the cultural beauty standard.<br><br>Do you think It is possible to work on appearances to achieve the standards of beauty of a culture without it being about self-hatred?<br><br>Look at all the things white women do to their hair and bodies...to culturally achieve the beauty standards...do all those white women hate themselves, too?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:11:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053018, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting this!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054009, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL, i agree!<br><br>vitiligo???  no.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:34:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052816, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Go ahead and lay it down, Sista Miranda.<br><br><br>\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:35:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, not disagreeing just couldn't think of how to phrase what I really wanted to say not to be offensive, so I just left it like that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:44:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12055028, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wasn't she the one who got the whole ball rolling with the second trial? That heffa stay chasing cases.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:48:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052733, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So how is Michael Jackson altering himself \"self hate?\"<br><br>Wasn't how he changed himself how he wanted to express himself?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:17:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054304, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12179901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you and co-sign! Jill/Cheryl needs to stop with her so-called analysis of MJ. It's gone from embarrassing to WTF? I mean quoting the Daily Mail? Quincy Jones?<br><br>Let Michael rest in peace folks!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_18:03:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Baracktopia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12051371, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So dating or marrying a white person is denying your race?  I can't agree with that.  I think one can have a true sense of self as a person of color and still love a white person.  When you mutilate yourself and produce children with a white man's sperm is an entirely different matter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:09:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "NMP", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12049830, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think this ia a very interesting view.  Not the chuckling at the audience part, but the body as art.  Very high concept!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:44:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Janeo", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052600, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12074435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"If hair isn't so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?\"<br><br>I think the point they are making is that it does not change the person, simply because they change hair texture,color,etc. The person does not loathe themselves, they simply want another look. Hair changes are not political statements necessarily. Nor are they indicative of poor self-esteem or self-hatred. Folks flip back and forth from curly to straight to kinky to twists and dreads.<br><br>Ain't no different than wearing sandals, pumps, slingbacks or stilletos. It is just a LOOK, that expresses them at the moment..not some deep psychological issue, of self-hatred.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_11:55:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12068915, "depth": 11, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "style and convenience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_08:04:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052591, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This issue of Mike's acceptance is generational Miranda. I am totally convinced of it. If I were 30 and know what I know, and could see what I see MJ doing I would totally agree.<br><br>I don't agree with the whole premise of being black and being able to love white. But that's a toatlly different discussion and that too is generational and what you've been exposed to in growing up.  I totally grew up with the \"I'm black and I'm proud\" generation. That dog don't hunt with me today. But many people were raised in a color-blind love society.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just found out Katherine made their uniforms! Wow!<br><br>The interview is very interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:45:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054536, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "brilliant", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_08:04:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053543, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spirit, how can anybody in their right mind even suggest that Michael Jackson represents the worst of anything let alone African-american culture?? That is such a whacked out statement! You mean Michael Jackson trumps Flava Flav? Michael Jackson trumps the producers that gave us \"Soul Plane\"?? Huh?? Lemme get this straight...Michael Jackson is worse than the network that gave us this?<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67hdzGqzb80\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67hdzGqzb80</a><br><br>Michael Jackson, the worst?? GTFOH", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:45:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053938, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12072396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They need to build a mauseoleum to the King of Pop!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_09:58:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12055539, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There's something very disrepectful and rude about eating someone's food, enjoying it and then criticizing the chef after the chef has died and is not even in the ground yet.  This type of behavior is dayum-near crackerish.  <br><br>If my memory is correct, Voltaire was not of African Descent.  He was French.  He was European.<br><br>There is something in my DNA, my biology, and my upbringing that tells me that NOW is the time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the life of MJ.  That's why funerals have eulogies, and not critiques.  To eulogize is to praise highly in speech or writing.<br><br>There will be an infinite eternity for analyzing and writing cautionary tales.<br><br>I don't need a cracker philospher to tell me it's okay to defame the dead.  I just know better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:27:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 17, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12051918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, but most black women strip their hair with chemicals every 6-8 weeks trying to get that silky flow of the white woman's hair and if Affirm won't do it, Yakky will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:06:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 52, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050033, "depth": 2, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Precious!  Thank you, Justice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:18:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054375, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't hate!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:18:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12133620, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:37:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053017, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052816": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let's just stop this right here. That vitiligo was an excuse MJ conjured up so the attack would stop. Mike did everything he could to live in a white world which did include the hair, the skin, the children, the total illusion.  Michael Jackson's confusion came with fame/fortune and he convinced himself that he and only he could totally assimilate. So cut that vitiligo BS. MIKE knew what he was doing. (Period)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:44:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052485, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh my god, a fucking possum!  that IS what she looks like!!   LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:37:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052575, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12050916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not kinda...DOES.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_18:28:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12050699, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12174758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I mean why people bother to critic?<br>Answer:<br>- Because they care, because they relate!<br><br>So, no i do not hate.<br>Criticism = Democracy = Caring. No Hate!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_13:04:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12157403, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Isn't white/light skin the standard of beauty as well?<br><br>How can we blast Michael Jackson for altering his appearance to be more like the \"standard of beauty\" when the overwhelming majority of black women alter the chemical structure and dye their hair blond to be more like the standard of beauty?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:19:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12056523, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12068327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hair is not important.  What if a patient has cancer and goes through treatment and has NO hair.  Does that make them less of a person?  Remove them from their ethnic group? Separates them from their culture?  <br><br>It doesn't.  Hair is . . . well just hair.<br>It doesn't define you so if you are going grey and want to use a touch of hair color . .  so what?  Go for it.  Color your hair blue, green, purple, whatever.  It's just hair.<br><br>You are still who you are based on who you are on the inside. . . your personality and beliefs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_08:07:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053018, "depth": 9, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12073449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Jill should choose one line of slanderous attack and stick with it.  First Micheal's a pedophile, now he's gay.  Male pedophiles that prey on male children have no interest in adult males.  But, according to the hit piece Jill links to, Micheal was quite the slut and couldn't seem to get enough sex from adult men.  <br><br>Can we just stop the bullshit?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_10:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Alexander2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What is it when a white person does it? Does a white person who dates/marries only black people self-hating too?  Like DeNiro?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:28:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052174, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12053996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It wasnt JUST the parents. It was fame, fortune and the internalization that MJ was \"better than\" and would never be treated like a black man in America. HA!They showed him didn't they?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:38:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12053734, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12174830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MJ had the right to do whatever with his self..<br>The question here is the symbolism, or better consequences.<br><br>How many of us here knew the man, we are all speaking our mind because he touched us!<br><br>What is negative about that?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-05_13:09:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "ochyming", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12159319, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "i think that celebs have been buried at forest lawn, but i can't speak to their security.  all i know is that the family has a major job on its hands trying to find a place that WILL be secure for michael--it'll probably have to be a private place.  <br>i can only imagine how much of a nightmare traffic will be in los angeles on tuesday for the viewing alone!!!   i hope the city can deal with it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:47:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054604, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12055028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True.  I agree with that.  Is there something you are disagreeing with because I may not have taken the time to understand what you were trying to say when I was typing on my soapbox.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:22:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054463, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12062206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good night JJP,<br><br>I'm off to bed.  Just watched TVONE's rebroadcast of that MJ 30 years tribute special that came on CBS in 2003.  <br><br>I'm not going to gt into the whole did he or didn't he have vitilogo (sp?), but i you watch the video of that program, you can see during some performances that he was trying to cover the bottom part of his face.  The area between his nose and his mouth, and around his mouth was obviously discolored, and whatever make-up he was wearing was coming off. <br><br>Here are a couple of videos, you should see what I mean:<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1TgE-h2uE\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1TgE-h2uE</a><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et-9uuPnnQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et-9uuPnnQ</a><br><br>Hope it's clear.<br><br>Anyway, good night ya'll.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-03_00:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12057257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is no question that there is a contradiction here. I think what people are trying to do is assign \"degrees\"  of assimilation ( I wanna say degrees of self-hate, but that's way too harsh), but as with most things, its unfair to claim one is not so bad, but the other is destructive when in reality, they're roots of the same tree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_22:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12057062, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's an interesting site that takes on the vitiligo side of things...<br><br><a href=\"http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/vitiligo-photos-michael-jackson/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/vitili...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_20:39:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "ch555x", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Musically MJ was a genius and I have spent this last week just appreciating his music even more than when he was alive.....it always seems like the more complex and bizarre a person is the more they are artistically gifted. I wonder if MJ didnt have all those issues would his music be as great?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:12:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "divineempress", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12052987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Would you say the same for a white woman who only dates/marries black men? Or for a black man who only dates/marries white women?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_19:51:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12052708, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12054524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "what cemetery?  i heard about the public viewing at the staples center, but nothing else.<br><br>i wanted to go on tuesday but can't get anybody to tag along...  everybody thinks it's too macabre.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_21:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "caligirl65", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12054345, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12157438": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is a process to lighten the skin Val. Usually people don't get it repeatedly as did MJ.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-04_14:20:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12156933, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "23979502", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 689884858490196217}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 214, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 23979502, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
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	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
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	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
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	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
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	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
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	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
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	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
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	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
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	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
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	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
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	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
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		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
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			return;
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		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
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	var data  = hash.substring(24);

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		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">214</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:23979502" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:23979502" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:23979502" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/23979502/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051371">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051371" class="dsq-comment-message">"The fact is that Michael Jackson represents in one man all the best and the worst of African-American culture."<br><br>Seriously? So I take it you DIDN\'T see the BET Awards Sunday night...and apparently haven\'t seen the Soul Train Awards, Source Awards, Dirty South Awards, etc....give me a break...Michael Jackson, the worst?? GTFOH <br><br>"And it’s critical that we show the world that while we loved him, that we aren’t blind to his flaws — that we celebrate his contributions while recognizing the cautionary tale he ultimately represents for all of us."<br><br>Really? And what does that entail? Should there be a roundtable on "Michael Jackson and Self-hate" on CNN with Soledad moderating? What? Are you looking for there to be a speaker in between the solo and the eulogy whose topic is "What Happened to Michael?"....what exactly? What is the "recognition" of this cautionary tale that you are looking for? You want the channel that gave us tweens on stage with Drake & Lil Wayne to do a 2 hour special on "Black Love: Where Did it Go?"....WHAT?? What the hell would do? It just sounds like what you DON\'T want is the unfiltered celebration of the man by his fans...PERIOD. As if there is a need for any reflection on Michael Jackson\'s issues..we KNOW he had issues and there is absolutely no need to beat that horse over and over while its in rigor mortis. Hell, nobody that I personally knew and loved and DIED, did I EVER feel the need to go back and pick apart their flaws with a group and dissect them and their ways, what the fuck is that?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12179901">Baracktopia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12179901" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you and co-sign! Jill/Cheryl needs to stop with her so-called analysis of MJ. It\'s gone from embarrassing to WTF? I mean quoting the Daily Mail? Quincy Jones?<br><br>Let Michael rest in peace folks!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12052101" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052101" class="dsq-comment-message">Pre-Yot-ch Miranda, Preach!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052575">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052575" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m just sayin....you think when Joan Rivers dies that there will be a need to discuss why she changed herself into a human possum? When George Hamilton goes, do you think there will be folks lined up on CNN to tell us why he tried to turn his skin flourescent orange? No...the folks have issues. Michael Jackson had some deep seeded issues...and that\'s that. There is no honor in grabbing a bat and:<br><a href="http://www.creakyjoints.com/graphics/images/desktops/beatingadeadhorse_400x300.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.creakyjoints.com/graphics/images/des...</a><br><br>I dont know bout you, but I\'m celebrating what he gave to me...some good damn music, videos that are inspiring and the memory of dancing with that fine ass Dennis to "Lady In My Life" at the Homecoming Dance.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12052745" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052745" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s that you say?   BAHHHHAAW....."a human possum" -    That graphic ALONE was worth the laugh.<br><br>I think when Joan Rivers dies she won\'t need embalming.  I think she\'s here to stay.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053017">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053017" class="dsq-comment-message">I cant be the only one that sees it:<br><br><a href="http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/86/300x300/86573_all-access-joan-rivers-unplugged.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/8...</a><br><br>now look at this:<br><a href="http://marcelnunis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/possum2_lg.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://marcelnunis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/...</a><br><br>Go back and forth real fast...its an uncanny resemblance.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12053635" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053635" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO ..... i ... can\'t .... breathe!    .....oh - help ..... feebly waving my hand from the floor......<br><br><br>Personally, I find the opossum actually more attractive - at least you can see its eyes fer chrissakes.<br><br>i can\'t stop lMAO..</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053984">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053984" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053984" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052933">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052933" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052933" class="dsq-comment-message">This issue of Mike\'s acceptance is generational Miranda. I am totally convinced of it. If I were 30 and know what I know, and could see what I see MJ doing I would totally agree.<br><br>I don\'t agree with the whole premise of being black and being able to love white. But that\'s a toatlly different discussion and that too is generational and what you\'ve been exposed to in growing up.  I totally grew up with the "I\'m black and I\'m proud" generation. That dog don\'t hunt with me today. But many people were raised in a color-blind love society.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053217">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053217" class="dsq-comment-message">Its been teens and preteens downloading Michael Jackson\'s music by the hundreds of thousands..THEY ACCEPT MICHAEL JACKSON. Its not folks OVER 30 that has the execs at all these retailers doing the snoopy happy dance...its the young folks across the globe that\'s appreciating Michael right now and discovering just how much he gave.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053507">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053507" class="dsq-comment-message">teens and tween didn\'t live thru the trial. they werent young adults when Thriller came out and MJ#2 emerged as say a 30 year old did. So yeah, that stands to reason that teens no him as the artist only. They didn\'t experience him morph himself but for those who did, it was traumatic. I stopped totally paying him any attention when he started grabbing his crotch and bleaching his skin. I couldnt tell you what one song he had that came out in the 90s or 2000s. I too was disgusted with him. I love Mike for who and all that he is and its just a travesty to have seen ALL of it and heart breaking about how he ended up. Mike is a true victim of his own circumstances those internally and externally.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054027">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054027" class="dsq-comment-message">speaking from experience with teens--while they DO accept him, they also think he was very very weird.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053052">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053052" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn. You said "human possum"! BWAHAHAHAHA!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053144">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053144" class="dsq-comment-message">you are so wrong<br><br>a human possum LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053986">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053986" class="dsq-comment-message">oh my god, a fucking possum!  that IS what she looks like!!   LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054949">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054949" class="dsq-comment-message">LMBAO@  human possum. LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057791">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057791" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes and yes.  People, including Joan, talk about her multiple surgeries all the time.  An Hamilton is more known for his "tan" then anything else.  There will always be someone willing to go on any show and diss them.  Farrah was starting to get the wasn\'t a good actress comments before Jackson died and became the story.  And she had cancer.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052304">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052304" class="dsq-comment-message">Speak on it, Miranda!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052835">AxelFoley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052835" class="dsq-comment-message">Real Talk.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053938">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053938" class="dsq-comment-message">Go ahead and lay it down, Sista Miranda.<br><br><br>"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055499">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055499" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit, how can anybody in their right mind even suggest that Michael Jackson represents the worst of anything let alone African-american culture?? That is such a whacked out statement! You mean Michael Jackson trumps Flava Flav? Michael Jackson trumps the producers that gave us "Soul Plane"?? Huh?? Lemme get this straight...Michael Jackson is worse than the network that gave us this?<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67hdzGqzb80" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67hdzGqzb80</a><br><br>Michael Jackson, the worst?? GTFOH</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057284">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057284" class="dsq-comment-message">We know better, Miranda.<br><br>"And it’s critical that we show the world that while we loved him, that we aren’t blind to his flaws — I don\'t have to show the world jack SHIT!<br><br>I love Michael Jackson and his gifts of creativity I experienced.  It took tremendous sacrifices on his part to SERVE millions and millions of folks, and I don\'t give a flying fuck what folks think I need to be focusing on.<br><br>WTF was on that video?  LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057376">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057376" class="dsq-comment-message">That was the intro for "Cita\'s World" that used to be a afternoon video show on BET. Cita was a cartoon character that was the "host"...a finger-snapping caricature of a young black woman. Everyone I knew HATED it. That was when I started paying less and less attention to BET....however as my sister pointed out to me Sunday night...Cita now runs BET.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12067927">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12067927" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach Miranda.  I can\'t stand it myself.  Have avoided this topic like the plague on TV and on the internet.  <br><br>Brilliant post.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12052429" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052429" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052429" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s something very disrepectful and rude about eating someone\'s food, enjoying it and then criticizing the chef after the chef has died and is not even in the ground yet.  This type of behavior is dayum-near crackerish.  <br><br>If my memory is correct, Voltaire was not of African Descent.  He was French.  He was European.<br><br>There is something in my DNA, my biology, and my upbringing that tells me that NOW is the time to pause, reflect, and celebrate the life of MJ.  That\'s why funerals have eulogies, and not critiques.  To eulogize is to praise highly in speech or writing.<br><br>There will be an infinite eternity for analyzing and writing cautionary tales.<br><br>I don\'t need a cracker philospher to tell me it\'s okay to defame the dead.  I just know better.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053130">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053130" class="dsq-comment-message">"Cracker philosopher"...now that\'s funny.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12067898">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12067898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12067898" class="dsq-comment-message">"There\'s something very disrepectful and rude about eating someone\'s food, enjoying it and then criticizing the chef after the chef has died and is not even in the ground yet. "<br><br>Brilliant.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052686">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052686" class="dsq-comment-message">Its in my DNA also Webb.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052663">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052663" class="dsq-comment-message">ICAM</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12069237">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12069237" class="dsq-comment-message">Love you, Webb!<br><br>Preach it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053335">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053335" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael Jackson is/was black.  Period.  No question.<br><br>Michael never hated or disrespected black people.  He loved them, included them in his inner circle, reached out to blacks globally not only spotlighting them as beautiful but when needed offering humanitarian aid.<br><br>Michael Jackson was a Black Man.<br><br>But he hated himself.   I don\'t know many black children growing up in the 70\'s and early 80\'s that didn\'t hear "your nose is spread all over your face" or "you need some AMBI because you are too dark" from our families.  Then it was reinforced on TV by no one really looking like us.  For the normal black child this turns to a mild case of insecurity.  And the normal black parent saying these things didn\'t mean it as more then teasing. <br><br>But Joe Jackson beat Michael.  He took it so much further by calling him ugly.  A lot.  He made Michael hate the way he looked to the point where Michael  (I\'m guessing) wanted to no longer look like the person his father hated.  It had nothing to do with him hating black people or blackness, he hated being tortured for being himself.  So (I\'m guessing) he tried to change and evolve and become something his father wanted (abused children have a way of wanting to please the abuser). <br><br>I don\'t know how or why he picked the look he did.  The only thing I can guess is it is the opposite of what disgusted Joe.<br><br>I don\'t have a problem with him marrying white woman.  Lisa Marie is probably the only person in the world who understands the craziness surrounding the most popular person on earth.  Debbie Rowe probably asked absolutely nothing from him and was willing to pretend mom to his kids.  I also think he wanted white kids so they didn\'t have to go through the same torture he did because of the way he looked.  He seemed pretty cut off from the world and may not know that the vast majority of black children didn\'t go through what he did.<br><br>I don\'t blame Michael, I blame Joe for his physical transformation.<br><br>And I will never believe that Michael Jackson did not care about or want to be part of the black community.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12073240">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12073240" class="dsq-comment-message">I was talking with a Sistafriend last night, and she didn\'t want to hear it that Michael didn\'t like Black people. She had me rolling with her list. She said, he was a genius, and sort of crazy, but that she felt Michael loved Black people. She was like, \' you can take the boy out of Gary, but you can\'t take the Gary out of the boy. \'</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12074898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074898">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12074898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074898" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with your Sisterfriend!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053734">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053734" class="dsq-comment-message">i blame joe and katherine. <br><br>latoya altered her image too...was it because she was similarly teased?<br><br>i know i\'ll be labelled a hater for saying this, but i think what joe jackson did (and katherine jackson enabled) was criminal.  i suspect that he probably did more than beat michael.  i think he also sexually abused him.  yes, it\'s all speculation.  we\'ll never know.  <br><br>it\'s truly fascinating.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12056738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12056738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12056738">itgurl_29</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12056738" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve read in several different books that Rebbie reported Joe to the police for sexual assault when she was 16. She married at 18 in part to get out of Joseph\'s house.<br><br>And I know they revere their mother,but she was an enabler.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12060058">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12060058" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn\'t be surprised if Janet was abused as well.  She seemed to play "Penny" a little to well on Good Times.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywbIYR2waYU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywbIYR2waYU&feat...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12062509">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12062509" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12062509" class="dsq-comment-message">wow, didn\'t know that about reebie.  didn\'t janet make an early escape too...with the debarge family guy?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074071">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074071" class="dsq-comment-message">yep</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053996" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053996">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053996" class="dsq-comment-message">It wasnt JUST the parents. It was fame, fortune and the internalization that MJ was "better than" and would never be treated like a black man in America. HA!They showed him didn\'t they?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12089964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12089964">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12089964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12089964" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually,the whole family has had plastic surgery--including Joe and Katherine!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054375">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054375" class="dsq-comment-message">Pjamma,<br><br>I so agree. Just listen how Michael talks in his interview with Jessie Jackson about how he watched little black kids from poor neighborhoods dancing and he learned the moon-walk from them. Listen at him talk about Africa. Michael loved the black community! <br>The videos might be long but You\'ll surely enjoy!<br><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOEk9OjNro" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOEk9OjNro</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQq4Vf7dkQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQq4Vf7dkQ</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLByjz-EhHU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLByjz-EhHU</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18NBO68SsI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o18NBO68SsI</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfuQbzkgEE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAfuQbzkgEE</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwnKO33fDQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uwnKO33fDQ</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054536">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054536" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for these links!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12055496" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12055496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055496">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12055496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055496" class="dsq-comment-message">Just found out Katherine made their uniforms! Wow!<br><br>The interview is very interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12073997" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12073997" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12073997">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12073997" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, that interview was so illuminating about a number of things.<br><br>You know to me it showed how much God had a plan for MJ\'s talent. He said he finished attending public school about 4-5th grade, yet he was then immersed in what was an education of the highest degree for HIS personal talent by being at Motown. Motown had the strongest musical writing team of HollandDozierHolland like he said.<br><br>MJ got to sit at their foot at the age of 10 and just soak up all that knowledge, that was incredible for his growth as a musical talent. He was amongst masters of muscianship and superb entertainers and was able to hone his own gifts at just the right time in life, as a child, when the talent is just budding and his was nurtured to reach it\'s fullest potential. Which was the album Thriller.  Listening to Michael talk in this interview you see how the public image of him was shaped so that the capitalistic forces in our society could not just gain monetarily but minimize his own future earnings for their own greed.<br><br>This interview provides a side of Michael, no other person has ever brought out.  More importantly, because it was audio without the whole focus on his face/plastic surgeries..you were not visually distracted and actually listened to WHAT he was saying vs. how \'wierd\' he looked.<br><br>I was very impressed with MJ\'s understanding of black culture, the demonization of black male heros and their greatness as well as  the sheer dominance of Africa as a culture, largest continent and the contributions to global music as well as language and talent. Michaels tutors did a wonderful job educating him and it is clear his mother nourished him spiritually.<br><br>Excellent series of interviews.  It should be telecast everywhere as I do not think the vast majority of his fans have ever heard MJ speak on such a wide range of issues or communicate his own growth as a talent and his own recognition that he was blessed with a talent from God.<br><br>Thank you Justice, for those vids. There is no doubt that MJ embraced and loved being black after listening to these interviews.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074230">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074230" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re very welcome wrb!<br><br>I also was very surprised to hear Michael speak on a wide range of issues. I was very impressed after listening to it coming from his own mouth. He was a musical genius indeed!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054903">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054903" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you for these links.  I\'m on the second one and am falling in love with the charm all over again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12055466" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12055466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055466">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12055466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055466" class="dsq-comment-message">I love it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057046" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057046">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057046" class="dsq-comment-message">Precious!  Thank you, Justice.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12073062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12073062">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12073062" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow,  thanks Justice those were really nice.<br><br>I don\'t think I have ever heard another living soul say<br><br>" I use to dance to the rhythm of the washing machine"<br><br>That is sheer musical genius.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053653">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053653" class="dsq-comment-message">But let\'s not miss the point here PJ. Thirty year olds do see Mike differently from 50 year olds. And I can\'t be mad at them for that. I understand. They don\'t "get it" and this is definitely a teachable moment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054076">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054076" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know.  I\'m closer to 30 then 50 (for a few years anyway), my sister is almost 50, and I have a niece that is 24 and we seem to view MJ in the same way.  If people are interested in MJ the man they know the story.  If people just enjoy the music of MJ then they probably do have a different perspective.  <br><br>When Kurt Cobain died some of my sorority sisters had a breakdown and dissected everything that lead to his suicide.  I thought, <i>Nevermind</i> is an amazing album and he had talent so it sucks he\'s gone but he was a heroin addict so, really, it was only a matter of time.  Then went to a party and didn\'t really think about it much beyond that.<br><br>I\'m not comparing the talent of Cobain and Jackson, I\'m just trying to say your perception of the person is directly related to how much you cared about that person.  So a 24 year old that could only be calmed down by MJs voice when she was a baby will look at him the same way as a 50 year old who grew up with him.  Conversely, a 50 year old who danced to Billy Jean but never got into the man who sang it won\'t have much of an opinion of his life at all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054463">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054463" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054463" class="dsq-comment-message">You have to also then take into consideration that people are the sum total of their experiences.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12055028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12055028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055028">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12055028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055028" class="dsq-comment-message">True.  I agree with that.  Is there something you are disagreeing with because I may not have taken the time to understand what you were trying to say when I was typing on my soapbox.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12055478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055478">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12055478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055478" class="dsq-comment-message">No, not disagreeing just couldn\'t think of how to phrase what I really wanted to say not to be offensive, so I just left it like that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053877">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053877" class="dsq-comment-message">i agree--it IS a teachable moment.  my youngest (17), loves michael\'s music.  people used to stop us in public when he was younger and remark how much they thought he looked like michael jackson.  the 1st time this happened, he got upset and wanted to know why ANYONE would think he looked like jackson!  i explained that they meant BEFORE mutilation.  showed him some images, and he understood.  then we had the conversation about why someone would do that to their appearance.  needless to say, it was an interesting conversation.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053726">itgurl_29</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053726" class="dsq-comment-message">I totally agree with you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12049830">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12049830" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12049830" class="dsq-comment-message">Does no one see the irony of Quincy Jones dissing Michael for the color of his skin, yet choosing to date only white women himself? Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050367">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050367" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050367" class="dsq-comment-message">So dating or marrying a white person is denying your race?  I can\'t agree with that.  I think one can have a true sense of self as a person of color and still love a white person.  When you mutilate yourself and produce children with a white man\'s sperm is an entirely different matter.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050799">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050799" class="dsq-comment-message">I seem to recall a flurry of posts on this very site during the 2008 primaries dissing Harold Ford and citing his marriage to a white woman as part of the rationale for dissing him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068107">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068107" class="dsq-comment-message">some eclecticgrotha.  My beef with Harold Ford is he is an asshole.  <br>His choice in a mate has nothing to do with that.  Although why ANY woman would want to hook up with that man is beyond me.. . . but that is another topic.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12073792" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12073792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12073792" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12073792" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12073792" class="dsq-comment-message">Ohmigawd!   Ditto!  Ditto! DITTO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057877" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057877">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057877" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057877" class="dsq-comment-message">Not from me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052174">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052174" class="dsq-comment-message">When a black person ONLY dates/marries white people, that is a form of self-hatred, IMO.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054769">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054769" class="dsq-comment-message">My name is PJamma (well, not legally but on here at JJP) and I have had white boyfriends.  Probably more white boyfriends then black boyfriends.  And I love being black.  Love my black family (I love the white members, too) and my black friends (and the white ones, too).  I think I\'m beautiful (like really pretty, just ask people that know me)  and think that black woman in every shape and size are the most beautiful woman on earth.  I think black men are hot and I think white men are hot.<br><br>So now what?  Is there something wrong with this?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12068086">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068086">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068086" class="dsq-comment-message">absolutely nothing wrong.  What is wrong is the fact that in 2009 folks are still tripping over folks dating people of other color or getting caught up in blacks dating other blacks with "other shades of brown".</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12052458">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052458" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052458">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052458" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052458" class="dsq-comment-message">What is it when a white person does it? Does a white person who dates/marries only black people self-hating too?  Like DeNiro?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12052514">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052514" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052514">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052514" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052514" class="dsq-comment-message">IMO, yes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052708">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052708" class="dsq-comment-message">So DeNiro, hates being white? <br><br> I suspect not.  More likely, I think he simply knows what he likes and goes for it, and that it does not have a thing to do with his lack of love for himself. <br><br>Point of fact, he likely beleives that he is indeed loving himself by selecting what he likes independent of their race  or color being the same as his.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12052769">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052769">AxelFoley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052769" class="dsq-comment-message">Dunno, but I know he loves him some round and brown.  And I can\'t blame him. ;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054103">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054103" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!   <br><br>i\'ll stay out of this debate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052987" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052987">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052987" class="dsq-comment-message">Would you say the same for a white woman who only dates/marries black men? Or for a black man who only dates/marries white women?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054185">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054185" class="dsq-comment-message">I am only saying that dating solely another race does not have to be indicative of self-hatred.<br>I am unable to draw that line of connection.<br><br>It is kinda like moreso to me about what the person likes vs. it being that they don\'t like whatever.<br><br>My favorite color is red, but I do not hate pink. I just really really like red. Red makes me happy, it is vibrant and life affirming to me.<br><br>I don\'t think I hate pink..I think I love red.<br><br>That is all I am trying to say.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057912" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057912">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057912" class="dsq-comment-message">And if a white person only dates a Black person?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157206" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157206">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157206" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157206" class="dsq-comment-message">it\'s called choice.  lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052773">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052773" class="dsq-comment-message">What if the issue  was more about his concept of beauty than race. MJ  may simply have believed that his features and coloring were ugly. And he did not want to replicate that.<br><br>It was all about the pursuit of  beauty, possibly. MJ embraced his blackness culturally, he simply did not believe his features and color were beautiful.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050433" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050433" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050433">NMP</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050433" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050433" class="dsq-comment-message">And before you say otherwise, I have two words: Frederick Douglass.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12051599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12051599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12051599" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051599" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051599" class="dsq-comment-message">"I think one can have a true sense of self as a person of color and still love a white person. When you mutilate yourself and produce children with a white man\'s sperm is an entirely different matter."<br><br>Agreed NMP -- it\'s the total self-denial, mutilation, hypocrisy and confusion I have a problem with, not loving someone from another race or ethnicity.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053881" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053881">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053881" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill, understand the reasons for the self-denial, mutilation, hypocrisy,confusion; it was externally imposed and then internalized by MJ. He can\'t be held accountable for all of the things that happened to him.<br><br>"not loving someone from another race or ethnicity...." <br><br>This is a totally different discussion that we must have.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12133620" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12133620" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12133620" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12133620" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12133620" class="dsq-comment-message">UH?<br><br>So who is responsible for HIS acts?<br><br>Not feeling comfortable with his look, he had the right to mutilate himself alright! But that NO longer makes him a victim (btw victims with allot of money as was his case ARE cowards) <br><br>And he surround himself with "black" servants.<br>How classy!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157403" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157403">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157403" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157403" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t hate!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12174758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12174758" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12174758" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12174758" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12174758" class="dsq-comment-message">I mean why people bother to critic?<br>Answer:<br>- Because they care, because they relate!<br><br>So, no i do not hate.<br>Criticism = Democracy = Caring. No Hate!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052719" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052719">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052719" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052719" class="dsq-comment-message">You ain\'t lyin\'.  Love Q\'s music, but he ain\'t a leg to stand on when it comes to talkin\' about one\'s blackness.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12050033" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050033" class="dsq-comment-message">Quincy didn\'t chop off his nose and strip the black off himself using chemicals, though...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12051918" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12051918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051918">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051918" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051918" class="dsq-comment-message">No, but most black women strip their hair with chemicals every 6-8 weeks trying to get that silky flow of the white woman\'s hair and if Affirm won\'t do it, Yakky will.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12051975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12051975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12051975" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051975" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right -- It\'s not like Michael\'s self-hatred is unique to him<br>in our culture, sadly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052088" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052088">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052088" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this is a touchy subject (MJ\'s blackness or lack thereof) because if we truly probe MJ\'s hatred of blackness, I think we as a people need to examine our own (although most of us don\'t go to the extremes that MJ did or Lil\' Kim does).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052500" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052500" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052500">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052500" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052500" class="dsq-comment-message">Or, is the true question, is assimilation self-hatred or cultural survival. <br><br>If America, hadn\'t had such brutal racism, this country would have melded like many others, i.e. Brazil, Panama, Spain, etc.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052591">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052591" class="dsq-comment-message">Is a flowing blond yakky weave assimilation or cultural survival?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068292">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068292" class="dsq-comment-message">style and convenience.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052876" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052876">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052876" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052876" class="dsq-comment-message">assimilation.& cultural survival</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12053543">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053543" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053543">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053543" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s neither...<br><br>It\'s what women have always done...long before they understood the concept of self hatred.<br><br>Women of all cultures change their hair texture, colour..their faces...it\'s joyful, creative play.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068297" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068297">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068297" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068297" class="dsq-comment-message">brilliant</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161194" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161194">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161194" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161194" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12155735" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155735" class="dsq-comment-message">Not joyous if the sole reason is to be accepted.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161187" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161187">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161187" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161187" class="dsq-comment-message">That acceptance is probably more <i>self</i> acceptance than anything else..<br><br>Right now, I could go out and have my hair coloured as red as a babboon\'s butt...and next week darken it...   I can lose 20 pounds, or gain 50...  Put on some mascara and eyeliner...or not.<br><br>I don\'t hate myself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161361">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161361" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161361" class="dsq-comment-message">They look happy to me...:)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12175142" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12175142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12175142" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12175142" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12175142" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks happy does not mean feeling happy.<br>Ever heard that clown joke?<br><br>Believe me, i do respect MJ as an artist and as a human being.<br><br>Criticism is NOT lynching.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12157533">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157533">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157533" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157533" class="dsq-comment-message">The indoctrination of Madame C.J. Walker and all of the hairdressers that followed in pursuit of the mean green.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161054">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161054">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161054" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, Madame C.J. seemed to take advantage of a desire that already existed. ... the desire of women to have versatility with their looks.<br><br>Why place a heavier yoke on the shoulders of black women to maintain their so-called "identity", when all women..and many men enjoy changing their appearance?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053018" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053018" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053018">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053018" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053018" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is Beyonce rocking a flowing weave and dying her hair blond "assimilation" and not self-hatred?  Especially when she\'s made statements to the fact that she wishes she was born a Latina.<br><br>Why isn\'t Beyonce\'s flowing weaves and blond hair questioned as proof she hates being black and wants to be white?  I don\'t think white people would have any problem with Beyonce if she had dark hair.  They sure don\'t seem to have a problem with Rihanna and her dark hair.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053618" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053618">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053618" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053618" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Beyonce, Tyra, Eve and Mary J look better with light hair.  Eve and Mary J look better with short hair, Beyonce and Tyra look better with long hair.  <br><br>People of every race change their hair color, texture, length all the time.  You would be hard pressed to find a celebrity of any color that is not wearing a weave right now.<br><br>So I think defining self-hate because of hair style is a little tired.  <br><br>Yes people are beautiful in their natural state, but almost all woman use make-up and hair to enhance that beauty.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053749" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053749">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053749" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053749" class="dsq-comment-message">And yet 80% of black women, from the time they are little girls, subject themselves to chemicals to change the physical structure of their hair so they won\'t look like the "before" on the Dr. Miracles box.<br><br>And we, black people, look down and chastize other black people who choose not to change their hair.<br><br>It\'s everyone\'s right to do what they want with their hair, but I don\'t think we can say that Michael Jackson hated being black when 8 out of 10 black women chemically change the structure of their hair to be more like a white woman\'s, and chastize those black women who choose not to do that.<br><br>If Michelle Obama packed up the flat iron today and decided to wear her hair in it\'s natural state, the loudest whoops and hollers and cries of "ghetto" and "unseemly" would be from black people.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054304" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054304" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054304">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054304" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054304" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the fact that Malia and Sasha don\'t use the pressing comb everyday or don\'t seem to have relaxers.  I love the braids, ponies and the fly away edges at the end of the day.  <br><br>But yes some black folk say there is something wrong with that.  <br><br>Woman look great with naturally texured cuts, twists, dreads and they are popping up everywhere in every shade.<br><br>But woman also look great     with 18 inch Yaki #4.<br><br>I don\'t see it as self hate,  just how people want to express themselves.<br><br>I don\'t care that Paris Hilton wears 24 inch extensions so why should I trip when Nicole Richie does?  Paris is playing with style and Nicole hates her blackness?  Nope.  Not buying that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057016" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057016">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057016" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057016" class="dsq-comment-message">So how is Michael Jackson altering himself "self hate?"<br><br>Wasn\'t how he changed himself how he wanted to express himself?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057130" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057130">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057130" class="dsq-comment-message">I wrote about it in another post on this thread.  I think his drastic changes have to do with his dad.  There is a difference between Michael\'s massive transformation and wearing a weave.  MJ\'s "self hate" seams, to this observer, a reflection of his dad\'s hate for him.  I don\'t fault him or disrespect him for it.  <br><br>I don\'t think Al Sharpton hates himself because he brushes (or perms) his hair into big waves.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054253">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054253" class="dsq-comment-message">i agree with your comment.  i think we would be crying the loudest.  the funny thing is that if it were just a "playful" preference, it seems that there\'d be some kind of balance, yet the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of black women straighten their hair.  so obviously there\'s a little something more to it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161413" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161413" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161413">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161413" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161413" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe it seems that the overwhelming majority straighten, only because they start out with curly/kinky hair.<br><br>I bet it we had naturally straight hair..we\'d be overwhelmingly curling it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12074499">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12074499" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12074499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074499">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12074499" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074499" class="dsq-comment-message">The little something more to it is that straight is the cultural standard.<br><br>Which goes back to assimilation in terms of cultural survival.<br><br>Is there truly anything wrong with assimilation for cultural survival. i.e. becoming part of the larger cultural norms.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161338">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161338">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161338" class="dsq-comment-message">Good points.  ...Halle looks better with short hair.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068327" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068327">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068327" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068327" class="dsq-comment-message">Hair is not important.  What if a patient has cancer and goes through treatment and has NO hair.  Does that make them less of a person?  Remove them from their ethnic group? Separates them from their culture?  <br><br>It doesn\'t.  Hair is . . . well just hair.<br>It doesn\'t define you so if you are going grey and want to use a touch of hair color . .  so what?  Go for it.  Color your hair blue, green, purple, whatever.  It\'s just hair.<br><br>You are still who you are based on who you are on the inside. . . your personality and beliefs.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068915" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068915">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068915" class="dsq-comment-message">If hair isn\'t so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?<br><br>Wasn\'t Michael Jackson also the same person on the inside?<br><br>Again, we can\'t say Michael Jackson hates himself because he changed his physical appearance to be more like a white person but black women just change their hair to be more like a white person\'s because it\'s the standard of beauty or its because that\'s what women do or it\'s because of fashion and besides black women are still the same on the inside.<br><br>Can\'t have it both ways.  That\'s why we really can\'t indict Michael Jackson on hating his blackness when most of us have pending charges ourselves.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12154548" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12154548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12154548">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12154548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12154548" class="dsq-comment-message">"If hair isn\'t so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?"<br><br>Hogwash.  And I mean that with all respect Town.  :-)<br>I have never written anything that  resembled struggling and straining  to excuse a persons preference to color or perm their hair.  Never.  Shoot.. . . if we want to go down that road, we could argue that shaving our armpits, body, bikini line, or facial hair and using deoderant is based on the need to assimilate and appear more  "white".  See where I am going with this???<br><br>Choosing a hair style isn\'t that deep.  What we need to do is let go of that mentality to tie everything to race and self hatred.  This concept smacks of racism to me and we can\'t have "that" both ways.  Let it go.  It is just hair.  Everyone has a choice.  It is a little petty to get caught up in that "your hairstyle isn\'t black enough" argument.  I believe we are all created equal and we are all beautiful.  I am raising my kids to make their own choices and not to succumb to temptations from outside sources to equate that choice to a slap against their own culture.  <br><br>Regarding Michael - I have never made any judgment on the decisions he made in his life because I have never walked in his shoes.  I don\'t understand his choices but it is not for me to understand. I certainly didn\'t equate his decisions as hating his blackness because that would be just "silly" when he surrounded himself with black people, his mentors were black and his music choices were based on black heritage.  I didn\'t mind his relationships with other races either. . . we ALL need to get to that point in our lifetime but that is another topic. . .<br><br>I see that we are basically agreeing on 70% of your point.   I always look forward to a dialogue with you and  will still be first in line to buy your books.  :-)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161254">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161254">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161254" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a great point about shaving, Val.<br><br>Do we all want to remain absolutely <i>natural</i>?<br><br>..I hope not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12074435" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12074435" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074435">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12074435" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074435" class="dsq-comment-message">"If hair isn\'t so important, why is everybody here struggling and straining to excuse the fact that over 80% of black women chemically change the actual structure of their hair to appear more white?"<br><br>I think the point they are making is that it does not change the person, simply because they change hair texture,color,etc. The person does not loathe themselves, they simply want another look. Hair changes are not political statements necessarily. Nor are they indicative of poor self-esteem or self-hatred. Folks flip back and forth from curly to straight to kinky to twists and dreads.<br><br>Ain\'t no different than wearing sandals, pumps, slingbacks or stilletos. It is just a LOOK, that expresses them at the moment..not some deep psychological issue, of self-hatred.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12154744" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12154744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12154744">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12154744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12154744" class="dsq-comment-message">and there you have it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12161290">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161290" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161290" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161290">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161290" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161290" class="dsq-comment-message">Indeed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12161241" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12161241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12161241">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12161241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12161241" class="dsq-comment-message">Their hair grows in in it\'s genetically natural state...it\'s not a permanent change...only a cosmetic one.   And even if it was permanent...so what?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12053420">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053420" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053420" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053420">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053420" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053420" class="dsq-comment-message">Part of cultural survival is assimilation. Assimilating doesn\'t necessarily mean individuals are self-hating so much as they are assimilating to be as much a part of the larger culture as possible.<br><br>If the standard of beauty in the culture is blond flowing hair, then creating that appearance with weaves, is assimilating.<br><br>Whites do not have to have a problem with her hair, for Beyonce to know what the cultural standards are.<br><br>I mean why do so many white women use blonde beach on their hair...do they hate being white or are they do trying to achieve the cultural beauty standard.<br><br>Do you think It is possible to work on appearances to achieve the standards of beauty of a culture without it being about self-hatred?<br><br>Look at all the things white women do to their hair and bodies...to culturally achieve the beauty standards...do all those white women hate themselves, too?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12053615">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053615" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053615" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053615">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053615" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053615" class="dsq-comment-message">Black women can never achieve the cultural standard of beauty unless they destroy themselves (hair, skin) i the process.<br><br>Why isn\'t Beyonce, Ciara, etc. being called out for the excessive use of weaves and blond hair dye?  They don\'t need flowing blond hair to survive.<br><br>Kelly Rowland didnt\' need a nose job to survive.  She\'s selling just as many records with the nose job as without the nose job.<br><br>We can\'t say Michael Jackson altering himself is self hatred but Beyonce is just trying to survive.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156151" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156151">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156151" class="dsq-comment-message">"Black women can never achieve the cultural standard of beauty unless they destroy themselves (hair, skin) i the process."<br><br>Why would they need to destroy themselves? and standards of beauty all depends on who is setting the standard and which one the individual subscribes to.  <br><br>This topic on Hair is a great conversation starter.  Maybe one day it could have it\'s own thread because the viewpoints are extreme which is most interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053828" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053828">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053828" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053828" class="dsq-comment-message">I had almost forgotten about this column:<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-andersen/wimbeldon-officials-call_b_222809.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charlotte-hilton-...</a><br>I\'ll post it in the evening thread too. But if we accept, say, that blonde hair is the "standard"...then there is something fundamentally wrong with that. There shouldn\'t be a "standard" of beauty - that should be \'to each his/her own\'. There should be standards of HYGIENE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12056523" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12056523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12056523">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12056523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12056523" class="dsq-comment-message">Blonde hair is the standard for those who want blond hair.  <br><br>Jessica Alba, Rihanna, Eva Longoria are three of the most beautiful woman in the world by anyones standards.  I think the only people holding on to the "blonde is perfection" meme are people who grew up with Farrah as the standard.  That has long passed.<br><br>We need to just let it go...<br><br>Go blonde, go red, go with whatever feels good and get over being judged or feeling any guilt because the hair you wear makes you happy.<br><br>I say this as a person whose black hairdresser laughs at the fact that I cling to my dark brown hair and never switch it up.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12056822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12056822">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12056822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12056822" class="dsq-comment-message">I had one female hairdresser in Charlotte and i never saw her with the same hairstyle and I went to her every 2 weeks. LOL She would go from one extreme to the next! Always fly though!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157151">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157151" class="dsq-comment-message">yep.  and that is ART.  love it.  Wish I could do the same.  :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057062">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057062" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t white/light skin the standard of beauty as well?<br><br>How can we blast Michael Jackson for altering his appearance to be more like the "standard of beauty" when the overwhelming majority of black women alter the chemical structure and dye their hair blond to be more like the standard of beauty?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057267">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057267" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this is where we disagree.  I don\'t think white/light skin is the standard of beauty, and I don\'t think it has been for a while.<br><br>I don\'t think MJ\'s standard of beauty was something society placed on him, it was what Joe put on him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057257" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057257">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057257" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057257" class="dsq-comment-message">There is no question that there is a contradiction here. I think what people are trying to do is assign "degrees"  of assimilation ( I wanna say degrees of self-hate, but that\'s way too harsh), but as with most things, its unfair to claim one is not so bad, but the other is destructive when in reality, they\'re roots of the same tree.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157495" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157495">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157495" class="dsq-comment-message">Cultural survival????</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053346" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053346" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053346">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053346" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053346" class="dsq-comment-message">The point is...colouring or straightening your hair is NOT self hatred.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054176" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054176">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054176" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054176" class="dsq-comment-message">clearly that\'s debatable.<br>there are women (black women) who don\'t even know what the true texture of their hair is in its natural state.  they\'ve been perming since elementary school--some even prior to that.  <br>it may not equal self-hatred, but it speaks to some degree of discomfort.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12068232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12068232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12068232">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12068232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12068232" class="dsq-comment-message">"it may not equal self-hatred, but it speaks to some degree of discomfort."<br><br>or not.  It speaks of ease in a parent being able to comb their kids hair and get them out the door.  Rather than having the child scream and cry when you are trying to run the comb through their locks. And the ease of me the adult being able to quickly comb my permed hair and roll out or choose to go through periods of shaving off my tresses in favor of a 2 inch cut so I can "apply gel, run fingers through hair" and roll.  Not once did I ever think . . . gee I want to deny my black heritage so I will perm or cut my hair. <br><br>Using a perm is a choice (and I would argue is a more humane choice) and has nothing to do with self hatred or discomfort with dna.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12074130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074130">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12074130" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074130" class="dsq-comment-message">Well put Val.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12228889" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12228889">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12228889" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12228889" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok..but what is the nature of that discomfort?   It seems "natural" that we enjoy certain textures better than others...<br><br>For example, we tend to enjoy smooth and silky more than hard and scratchy.   If women attempt to acquire a smooth, silky feel and look to their hair..that discomfort is not racially based as far as I can see..but more a sensual discomfort.   Few women like frizzy hair, or hair too tightly curled, unless they\'re deliberately going for a look.<br><br>I agree there is always the question whether young girls - had they been left alone - would have chosen to use a relaxer...but I see no serious emotional harm in it..except when they\'re made to feel as if they sold their race out.<br><br>And men(black men) need to mind their own business when it comes to black women\'s hair.  They need to keep their opinions to themselves and not comment harshly, and insist we keep ourselves "natural".<br><br>No one really knows what "natural" is...our genes are always up to weird tricks.   Who would think that the body had the latent ability to turn dark skin, almost white?(vitiligo)...so what if we consciously make those changes?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12057506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12057506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057506">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12057506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057506" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill is that your natural hair color (I like it by the way)?  I would never think to describe you as being anywhere close to having "self hate" but you are rocking the light color hair in your photo.<br><br>If it is dyed do you think it is self hatred?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12155128">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155128" class="dsq-comment-message">:-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12198278" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12198278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12198278" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12198278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12198278" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks mama! no this is NOT my natural hair color. however, blond hair<br>does run in my family. i just like having a fun color. someday i may<br>try red or even pink! :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052882" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052882" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12052882" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052882" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052882" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish I could remember where I <a href ="http://www.bucharestherald.com/city-life/44-city-life/4001-michael-jackson-had-surgeries-to-look-completely-different-from-his-father-whom-he-hated" rel="nofollow">read this -</a> I don\'t think this is it exactly, but the gist is there.<br><br><i>Most of his unhappiness was focused on his nose. For a long time he talked of having cosmetic surgery. His motive was not, as many people surmised, to look more like his idol, Diana Ross.It was so that he would look less like his father, the man who had so mistreated him and whose strong, broad-nosed face he saw looking back at him from the mirror.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053306">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053306" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think any chemical exists that can strip the black off...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12133706" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12133706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12133706" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12133706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12133706" class="dsq-comment-message">Really?<br><br>In Africa young women are doing it, even in Brazil!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12154700" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12154700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12154700">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12154700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12154700" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey ochyming -- getting a chemical peel doesn\'t change who they are and I think/am guessing that was TruthSeeker\'s point.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12155689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12155689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12155689" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12155689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155689" class="dsq-comment-message">How you judge people:<br><br>Can you judge those you do not KNOW (you know people thru what they honor at every second btw)?<br><br>And Black is a political jargon, Black  defines NOT MJ.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156954">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156954" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156954" class="dsq-comment-message">??</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12156933" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12156933" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12156933">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12156933" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12156933" class="dsq-comment-message">or her point could be literal.  There is no chemical that can strip the black off and I would have to agree with that statement as well but will send an email to my brother who is a plastic surgeon and has a successful private practice for over 28 years to confirm or dispute.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12157438" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157438" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157438">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157438" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157438" class="dsq-comment-message">There is a process to lighten the skin Val. Usually people don\'t get it repeatedly as did MJ.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12159576" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159576" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159576">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159576" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159576" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think there is anything that can make someone as white as MJ was.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12159319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12159319">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12159319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12159319" class="dsq-comment-message">The only chemical I know of is Hydroquinone, which seems to have limited effectiveness.   (There are others..but I don\'t know much about  them)<br><br>Michael was very white..his skin looked like he did indeed suffer from vitiligo.   There\'s a young man I often see in my neighborhood who seems to have vitiligo; however, his body still has patches of his normal skin.   The white areas on his face are VERY white...whiter than even a normal white person\'s skin...because it has zero pigment. <br><br>It looked like MJ had the dark patches lightened to get a more even appearance, I hear that\'s a common treatment.   It might be much easier to do that, than try to cover the white patches with dark makeup.<br><br>What I mean is, there are treatments that can inhibit melanin production...but no chemical I know of that can make skin that white..as white as Michael\'s skin was.<br><br>Deepak Chopra also seemed to confirm that Mike did have vitiligo.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12174830" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12174830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12174830" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12174830" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12174830" class="dsq-comment-message">MJ had the right to do whatever with his self..<br>The question here is the symbolism, or better consequences.<br><br>How many of us here knew the man, we are all speaking our mind because he touched us!<br><br>What is negative about that?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050078">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050078" class="dsq-comment-message">So that gives him a pass. Got it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12050105" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050105" class="dsq-comment-message">Not a pass, but there\'s a difference, yes? Jones also still has his original nappy hair.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050699" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050699">eclecticbrotha</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050699" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050699" class="dsq-comment-message">Still, I find it sad that Quincy would jump so quickly to promote the "he wanna be white" meme since during the days he was married to Peggy Lipton the same accusations were probably thrown at him.<br><br>I am just as troubled about the details of Michael\'s adult life as you are. I agree with much of what you\'ve written, but I think you could have done without this bit of snark:<br><blockquote>How do you explain to young African-Americans the level of self-hatred and amount of money required to turn yourself from a handsome black man into an attractive white woman? Has anyone seen Anne Hathaway lately, btw? Were she and MJ ever seen together? …I’m just askin’…</blockquote><br><br>It kinda takes away from the seriousness of the rest of the post.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050916">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050916" class="dsq-comment-message">Not kinda...DOES.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050994" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12050994" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cheryl aka jill tubman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050994" class="dsq-comment-message">I specialize in taking the seriousness out of my posts ;-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12051591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12051591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051591">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051591" class="dsq-comment-message">Cute. Blah to you. Blah I say.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052580">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052580" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Q is old school enough that he found the emasculazation of MJ as far more offensive than the skin/plastic surgery deal. The effeminatization of his looks bothered Q.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054306">caligirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054306" class="dsq-comment-message">have you read \'Q\'-- jones\'s autobiography?   if there was ever anybody with an excuse to reject black women, it\'s him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054282">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054282" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054282" class="dsq-comment-message">"...his original nappy hair"...  <br><br>LOL, love it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054657">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054657" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051871">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051871" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s a bit hypocritical for Quincy Jones, who never met a white woman he didn\'t like, to say that MICHAEL JACKSON didn\'t like being black.<br><br>I don\'t think Michael Jackson hated being black or black people.  He hated himself and IMO hated most of the people around him except children, his mom, Diana Ross and Janet.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053186">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053186" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you\'re right about that.   Though, in a strange way, he sort of regained some control of his own image by changing it as he saw fit...a sort of "fuck you" to the people who made him hate himself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052600">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052600" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s deeper than wanting to be white.   Michael represented  the creative impulse taken to it\'s most abstract state.   His entire body became an art installation.   If you don\'t own your own body, then who the hell does?<br><br>And...Michael certainly OWNED his body...in the truest sense.<br><br>He took control of it..away from those who made fun of him in childhood, and morphed it repeatedly while observing the freaks, observing the "freak".  <br><br>I think he was having a grand chuckle at his audience....like he was a piece of conscious, aware art hanging in a gallery observing his audience and laughing at their observations of him.  <br><br>"Why does his face look like that?"...."Why\'s his skin so white?"  ..."He looks like a monster..skeletal."...."What\'s he doing with that chimp?" ..."Doesn\'t he know that they call black people monkeys?"    "Damn, he actually looks like the thriller monsters"   "Why\'s he moving his hips like that..it\'s so...gay"<br><br>Apparently, he never visited Bubbles after he surrendered him back to his trainer.  Does that sound like someone obsessed with chimps?....or maybe someone who was done with an art prop?<br><br>I think Michael was howling with laughter inside...and crying too.   He probably learned far more about the psyche of his audience than they ever learned about him, the man.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053729">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053729" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m totally digging your take on Michael, Truth.  <br><br>Michael did what he did, because he could, and  he still made that sweet, sweet music and entertained us.<br><br>He was who he was.<br><br>Genius!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12155575" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12155575" class="dsq-comment-message">OH, denial.<br>OH, oh!<br><br>I wonder WHY you people loathe Clarence Thomas?<br>He owns his mind and free will too.<br><br>Only the MJ you know is the true MJ?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12167310">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12167310" class="dsq-comment-message">There are how many different perspectives being expressed and you tie it together as "you people", "denial" and bring up Clarence Thomas?  Really?  <br><br>Okay, brah.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12174714" href="http://deoclicianocgiportfolio.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ochyming</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12174714" class="dsq-comment-message">OK, you got me, but i did not mean that.<br><br>But there is a parallelism!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12062406">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12062406" class="dsq-comment-message">i can appreciate the body-as-art concept.  after all--that\'s how many people who go overboard (in my opinion) with tattoos view their ink.  however--if he really "owned" his body and image, then why not \'own\' his decision?  if i recall, he DENIED that he ever even had any sort of work done!  even on his nose.  he quite absurdly chalked it all up to the body\'s natural changes from adolescence to adulthood.<br><br>were the children he had inappropriate relationships with also \'props\'?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157309">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157309" class="dsq-comment-message">That was all about MJ#2</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20275748">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20275748" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry..way behind on responses..<br><br>That denial thing about plastic surgery was part of the weirdness of show biz..imo.   We ALL knew he had work done..wink<br><br>It\'s a game they all play..and Michael was expert at playing the game.<br><br>"Inappropriate relationships"?  ...Michael was a target for any grifter... and maybe yes, the kids were part of his image..  But, a child rapist is a very special kind of person...  Not just anyone has it within himself to penetrate a child\'s body..   I don\'t see that in Mike.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-22044435">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-22044435" class="dsq-comment-message">better late than never, lol.<br><br>essentially i agree with u about michael and the (in)capacity for child rape.  i just don\'t see it in him either. yet he had no business befriending children. <br><br>guess we\'ll never know.<br><br>saw the movie, and his eyes (when they weren\'t hidden behind dark shades) looked sad.  what a loss.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12057536">Janeo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12057536" class="dsq-comment-message">I think this ia a very interesting view.  Not the chuckling at the audience part, but the body as art.  Very high concept!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053368">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053368" class="dsq-comment-message">I like this analysis.  I have not thought about it in this way, but it makes a lot of sense.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12073449">Alexander2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12073449" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Jill should choose one line of slanderous attack and stick with it.  First Micheal\'s a pedophile, now he\'s gay.  Male pedophiles that prey on male children have no interest in adult males.  But, according to the hit piece Jill links to, Micheal was quite the slut and couldn\'t seem to get enough sex from adult men.  <br><br>Can we just stop the bullshit?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12074249">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12074249" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you.  Using the Daily Mail as a source is embarrassing.  They are worse the OK and Star.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157198">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157198" class="dsq-comment-message">I think we addressed this issue and put it to bed. Your comments are valuable. Loving on MJ!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12060231">Baracktopia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12060231" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill, your follow-up post on Michael Jackson is just as tasteless and ill-informed as the one you posted moments after he passed.  Your attempts at analyzing the man fail, and come across as just being crass and mean-spirited.  <br><br>On what basis are you calling him gay? Oh, that\'s right, I forget that you have a tendency to believe tabloid journalism and repeat it as truth.<br><br>Self-hatred? If MJ hated himself then let me go on record and say that all blacks must also hate themselves. Aren\'t we always running from the sun to avoid getting dark, running out the weave, chopping off our noses if we can afford to (peep all the celebs who have nipped and tucked), and marrying/dating light or white when we can? The irony (or stupidity) of quoting Quincy Jones to call out MJ on being black?<br><br>I\'ll say it again - unless you knew MJ, walked in his shoes - don\'t go there. You risk looking foolish.<br><br>Peace.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-15018966">cutiepye07</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-15018966" class="dsq-comment-message">baracktopia<br>i have to say that jill is headed in the right direction.i think i am more than an #1 fan,i\'ve been in love with mj since the 1st time i saw him.I\'ve done alot of research and his sister Rebbie said "Michael was trying to do all he could not to look like his father" Have you read his book Moonwalk? In his book he says that he would never look at himself in a mirror,because his family would tease him about the bad acne he had on his face & his father teased him telling him he had a big nose.he was very shy to approach girls because of this,so when he got older he changed his nose and got treated for his acne.so actually he did have self hatred  because of the teasing & acne and he showed it by some of the things he chose to do during the course of his life.it bothers me because he was already good lookng and after the 1st nose job he should have stopped.the reason Lisa Marie Presley left him is because "She could\'nt deal with his self destructive behavior" I feel god made him black when he was born and that\'s what he should have been when he died.Ok,he may have had the skin disease but the disease did\'nt make him that ghost white, he did.People called him weird but he was\'nt he just had allot of issues he was dealing with.Have you ever listened to the lyrics of his songs? Most of the slow songs are talking about searching for love all his life and how lonely he was.i can relate to him because we had allot in common,like he had Lupus & i have it also,he did\'nt have a childhood & i did\'nt either,his father mistreated him & i did\'nt have a mother or a father in my life my mom was on drugs & my father did\'nt care so i had to become an adult in a child\'s body & so did mj,(That leaves a emptiness in you that can\'t be filled so you always feel lonely,left out & cold inside (listen to stranger in moscow) he had a wall there that he did\'nt realize he had up that\'s why none of his relationships worked out,these are some of the women he dated:Maureen McCormick,Stacy Lattisaw,Tatum O\'neal,Stephanie Mills,Brooke Shields,Lisa Marie Presley,Debbie Rowe,Ola Raye,Naomi Campbell,Tatiana(can\'t remember last name),Madonna & he was dating Jessica Barnes when he died. that\'s why none of his relationships lasted very long.He put tape on his fingers & i do the same (because your fingers are very sensitive when you have lupus and he had to use his hands to hold the microphone, to snap his fingers & do his dance moves.He had to walk around with a umbrella, as did i because Lupus patients should\'nt be exposed to the sun\'s rays because you can get skin cancer or it makes your lupus flare up.He got addicted to pain killers & i take the same kind of pain killers he took but he had no control over the pain killers because he had no control over his life, I have plenty of control over my pain killers because i have addressed my problems and learned how to control my problems & life, but he did\'nt.I genuinely feel that if i had met him i could have helped him and he would\'nt be dead today,because he would have had someone in his life that understood what he was going through.the reason he shut out his family and girlfriends is because they could\'nt understand where he was coming from.He would often say no one understood him and that\'s what he needed most is understanding, he would also say don\'t try to figure him out and the reason for that is you can\'t figure a person that is having multiple problems unless you are having them too.I can\'t understand what it\'s like to have cancer because i\'ve never had it,but i bet you all the lupus patients in the world can relate to him and his needs.So to sum it up i thnk it matters alot because i\'m black and proud of it as well as being proud to have lupus because that\'s the plan GOD had mapped out for me.I WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE THAT I DID\'NT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO USE MY COMPUTER TO CONTACT MJ BECAUSE I FEEL I COULD HAVE SAVED HIM FROM HIS SELF DESTRUCTION!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053401">Janeo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053401" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi,<br><br>Been lurking for awhile but just have to say this.<br><br>I have been following Michael Jackson\'s career for 43 years and I thought he was a unique artist.  I have always enjoyed him even when the changes he did to himself made me wonder, what was wrong and made me feel sad because I thought he was suffering.  I did not know from what though because I did not walk in his shoes.<br><br>But I loved him in all his incarnations because he brought joy to people even when he seemed not to have it in his personal life.<br><br>But even with that, he was free to do as he pleased...even concerning who donated sperm, eggs...whatever.  I do not begrudge him those choices.  They are his children no matter what.<br><br>I never forgot that he was an African American man.  I can\'t really believe that anyone did.<br><br>I have seen African Americans with the skin disease that he had and as a performer, I imagine that it was devastating.  I choose to believe that he had his pigmentation adjusted for that disease and I believe it was very brave of him to continue to do his work...it didn\'t fell him.<br><br>I thought he was very brave and talented and sad.<br><br>I hope he rests in peace and I thank him for all the joy he gave me since I was 7.  I never thought he\'d say goodbye so soon.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053622">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053622" class="dsq-comment-message">I try to focus on Michael’s music, just like I try to focus on my favorite athletes, Venus and Serena’s play on the court.<br><br>That is how I know them, and that is how I appreciate them…. beyond that, their world is a mystery and I like it this way.   <br><br>All the rest is what it took for them to get to those levels of mastering their craft.  I don\'t need to see the behind-the-scenes, just show me the finished product.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12049831">bison1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12049831" class="dsq-comment-message">I just saw the Michael Jackson video that was made 48 hours before he died..  He didn’t look frail.  He was singing and his dancing was on time for a 50 year old man!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054648">a-boogie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054648" class="dsq-comment-message">Musically MJ was a genius and I have spent this last week just appreciating his music even more than when he was alive.....it always seems like the more complex and bizarre a person is the more they are artistically gifted. I wonder if MJ didnt have all those issues would his music be as great?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054009">ch555x</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054009" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s an interesting site that takes on the vitiligo side of things...<br><br><a href="http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/vitiligo-photos-michael-jackson/" rel="nofollow">http://floacist.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/vitili...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054233">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054233" class="dsq-comment-message">I could possibly buy into the vitiligo, but I remember, I remember it so well. It started with just a little bleaching, a little lightning. One day we looked up and Mike was whiter than white people. Coupled with the hair and then trying to get the point on the nose  just so perfect. Who would not conclude that Mike hadnt lost himself in his success? Around the time of Thriller, Michael started thrilling us on a daily basis. Then came the trial...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055469">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055469" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting this!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052485">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052485" class="dsq-comment-message">re: the allegation that MJ was gay<br><br>Seriously? The Daily Mail? A conservative TABLOID? <br><br>And he didn\'t bleach his skin. He suffered from vitiligo.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052627">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052627" class="dsq-comment-message">I want to believe he had vitiligo. Yet, I have not seen patients with vitiligo who looked as unblemished as MJ. Most patients are emotionally traumatized by loss of pigment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12052816" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052816">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052816" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s just stop this right here. That vitiligo was an excuse MJ conjured up so the attack would stop. Mike did everything he could to live in a white world which did include the hair, the skin, the children, the total illusion.  Michael Jackson\'s confusion came with fame/fortune and he convinced himself that he and only he could totally assimilate. So cut that vitiligo BS. MIKE knew what he was doing. (Period)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052875">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052875" class="dsq-comment-message">Unless you or anyone else can offer concrete proof that MJ was lying, then I\'m gonna take him at his word.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053109">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053109" class="dsq-comment-message">This brilliant mofo knew how to manipulate thru coyness, thru covers, he manipulated that black naive nurse into getting her to do what he wanted. Listen, this man wasn\'t shy off stage and commanded that stage while performing. This man was brilliant in handling people. Don\'t let him fool you know.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053209">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053209" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael Jackson #3 emerged after that trial. He lesson he learned from it was regardless of whether I embellish myself with bleach, get me 3 all white babies, I AM STILL A BLACK MAN IN AMERICA. MJ#3 came after he mutilated himself. Let\'s not get the 3 Michael Jackson\'s confused nor twisted. MJ #3 was bloody, bowed and black again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12053934" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12053934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12053934">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12053934" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12053934" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, i agree!<br><br>vitiligo???  no.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12062071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12062071">chris_i_am</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12062071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12062071" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you publicly critical of whites as such?????</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157341" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157341">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157341" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157341" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I don\'t get the gist of your question. One more point about the skin lignting. Most people with vitiligo go thru the evening out process maybe once.  What there a good reason to continue lighting your skin if the process is complete? Just asking...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052675">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052675" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052675" class="dsq-comment-message">This issue has to have an element of MJ\'s span of 40 years and generational span. Clearly my sentiments toward him are much different than someone say 20 years younger than I. Here\'s why. I grew up with the first MJ: flat, country, soulful, appreciate for a break and whose appearance was definitely black. I can also understand the sentiments of those who saw him mostly during his "transition" to the 2nd MJ. I would probably feel the same as your do Jill had I not known MJ#1 and ONLY care to remember the original MJ. Today, I don\'t even deal with who he transformed into, I guess because I lived thru what fame, fortune, Joe did it to Mike era. I lived it with him although I can\'t say I would NOT have taken his road less traveled to succumb to "life\'s easier being white". I do understand how you can magnify his worst qualities because of the perspective and time frame that you entered into MJs life. I agree too with Miranda and Electricbrotha because I understand MJs journey. So let\'s just concentrate on his brilliance and sweep the rest under the rug because it pales in comparison to his genius. He was a normal little boy, a young adult who then saw decided HE COULD fall in love with Brooke Shields w/o repercution. I don\'t agree that MJ was gay, because I clearly believed that he would have expressed that preference at an early age and there was not evidence of it. If he gay he kept that well hidden which I don\'t believe he could have done. Now, I think its debatable as to what may have caused his interest in young boys.<br><br> But MJs music got blacker as he got whiter because he finally realized that regardless of what he did to himself he was still black, found out the hard way. After so many people screwed him, he finally put his trust in the black nurse, trusted the black doctor. The video released today has MLK speaking in the background.<br><br> Had MJ lived and learned for another couple of decades I do believe he would have come full circle with the realization of the fact that he IS and always will be a black man in America. HE KNEW but felt money could buy anything, but finally began realized that money would never wash away his blackness.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050276" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050276">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050276" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050276" class="dsq-comment-message">I appreciate that Quincy mentioned the kids.  As disturbing as his self-mutilation was, it\'s doubly disturbing and disgusting that he wasn\'t even willing to use his own sperm--to prevent his children from being Black.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12054092" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12054092" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054092">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12054092" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054092" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah, that says a lot, doesn\'t it?<br><br>also, for people hatin\' on quincy, i don\'t begrudge his \'preference\' in female companions.  i read his autobiography, and his mother was bipolar and extremely abusive to him.  i can totally understand why he would run as far and fast as he could in the opposite direction where  black women were concerned.  it\'s amazing the man made it out of that situation alive and with his creative juices intact.  like jackson\'s, his was a miraculous story.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12136816" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12136816">storm529</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12136816" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12136816" class="dsq-comment-message">THANK YOU!  What a treat!  This is the very first time I felt like I was hearing the REAL Michael -- and not the media persona that he usually showed to the rest of the world.  He obviously felt comfortable with and trusted Rev. Jackson to be himself.<br><br>Everyone should listen to these interviews; it has changed my opinion of Michael.  While I still think he had some obvious issues with his self-identity as it related to his appearance, I now feel strongly that Michael had nothing but love for all things black -- the people, culture, history, etc. -- and Africa.  Wow.  It brought tears to my eyes listening to it.<br><br>Michael, a great talent who will never be forgotten or replaced.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12157178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157178">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12157178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157178" class="dsq-comment-message">NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12050073" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12050073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12050073">bison1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12050073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12050073" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard Touré say that as MJ’s skin got whiter, his music got blacker.  To say the least, MJ was a complex person.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12051586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12051586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051586">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051586" class="dsq-comment-message">Gloria Allred just wouldn\'t let Toure keep on "the high road." She just had to make sure that "the labels" stick.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052733">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052733" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052733" class="dsq-comment-message">Gloria Allred needs to catch fire.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12052761" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052761" class="dsq-comment-message">All right, I was coming to say something \'bout her - but spontaneous combustion - that\'ll do just fine.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052801">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052801" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052801" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL..Yes...just BURST INTO FLAMES ALLRED! BURST INTO FLAMES!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12052919" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052919">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052919" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052919" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t she the one who got the whole ball rolling with the second trial? That heffa stay chasing cases.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12051502">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12051502" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12051502" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it matters that Mike is black, regardless of what he did to himself physically. I have to also wonder whether it matters because they are about the try and charge the Jacksons for the costs incurred in having so many people ascend on LA. This one really has me scratching my head. I understand the dire financial straights of CA BUT if they start this will they keep it up, say at the demise of Nancy Reagan. Just asking....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12052812">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12052812" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12052812" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054345">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054345" class="dsq-comment-message">Larry King with Jermaine up next on CNN.  <br><br>I have appreciated Matt Lauer and Larry King today. I think they will seal the deal that will martyr Michael Jackson and enshrine him at Neverland.<br><br>How long do y\'all think it will be before someone breaks into that cemetery in LA and tries to get to Mike\'s grave? He needs to be in Neverland under lock, key and guard.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054524">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054524" class="dsq-comment-message">what cemetery?  i heard about the public viewing at the staples center, but nothing else.<br><br>i wanted to go on tuesday but can\'t get anybody to tag along...  everybody thinks it\'s too macabre.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12054604">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12054604" class="dsq-comment-message">Are the stars buried in someplace called Forest Lawn? I assume that its probably pretty secure, huh? Crazies tried to get the Elvis before they moved him to Graceland.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12055539">caligirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12055539" class="dsq-comment-message">i think that celebs have been buried at forest lawn, but i can\'t speak to their security.  all i know is that the family has a major job on its hands trying to find a place that WILL be secure for michael--it\'ll probably have to be a private place.  <br>i can only imagine how much of a nightmare traffic will be in los angeles on tuesday for the viewing alone!!!   i hope the city can deal with it!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12072396">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12072396" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12072396" class="dsq-comment-message">They need to build a mauseoleum to the King of Pop!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12157235">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12157235" class="dsq-comment-message">They will at Neverland...until then, he\'ll need guards. Remember they messed with Elvis\' grave until they moved him to Graceland. Let the ELVISication process run its course.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12062206">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12062206" class="dsq-comment-message">Good night JJP,<br><br>I\'m off to bed.  Just watched TVONE\'s rebroadcast of that MJ 30 years tribute special that came on CBS in 2003.  <br><br>I\'m not going to gt into the whole did he or didn\'t he have vitilogo (sp?), but i you watch the video of that program, you can see during some performances that he was trying to cover the bottom part of his face.  The area between his nose and his mouth, and around his mouth was obviously discolored, and whatever make-up he was wearing was coming off. <br><br>Here are a couple of videos, you should see what I mean:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1TgE-h2uE" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS1TgE-h2uE</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et-9uuPnnQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et-9uuPnnQ</a><br><br>Hope it\'s clear.<br><br>Anyway, good night ya\'ll.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-15014213">cutiepye07</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-15014213" class="dsq-comment-message">hi lamh32,<br>i totally disagree with you i watched both video\'s and he was covering the microphone on the side of his face so he could be heard good.first off he may have had vitilogo but he still lightened his skin.i know someone people who has that and all of them have brown patches and white patches on their skin.i have never seen a person with that disease turn ghost white.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12063123">Guest</span>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12162687" href="www.ibeching.tumblr.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ibeching</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12162687" class="dsq-comment-message">jill, the Daily Mail is tabloid trash.  come on!<br><br>how \'bout quoting a real journalist, like <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062603736.html" rel="nofollow">Eugene Robinson in the Washington Post</a>. he believes MJ\'s lightening was a result of vitiligo:<br><br>"I believe Jackson\'s story that he suffered from the skin disease vitiligo -- though I don\'t believe that vitiligo or any other infirmity was the reason for the disfiguring plastic surgery that turned his face into a pale, taut mask. It had to be self-hatred -- not necessarily an attempt to make himself "white" but to make himself hideous."</div>\
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Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=michael_jackson_does_it_matter_if_he8217s_black_or_white&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




