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RE: Steemitcentral Lyrics Challenge Day 36/60 - "They Don't Care About Us" By Michael Jackson
Nice entry, again!
I never knew that Michael ever wrote such lyrics, with the clear political undertones. We all knew he was a very talented musician and lyricist, but probably most people never realized that he could lyrics that were also profound and insightful.
As for the charges of anti-semitism, are these the expurgated lyrics? Or was that simply because of his use of "Jew" as a verb?
Sure, Jackson was a great talent. He also wrote several great lyrics. These are the original lyrics, not the expurgated one. Your observation is marvellous - using Jew as a verb to denote hatred and mistreatment, surely, earned the lyrics the label of anti-semitism.
I highly doubt that Jackson was being anti-semitic. In fact, nowadays, anyone who mentions anything that is critical of Israel or its lobby will most likely face charges of anti-semitism, and be subject to a severe backlash.
Reading your comment, I think you may be right. The mainstream media has always played god in this matter when in short "they" know nothing.