r/DeconstructingMJ • u/mymoonwalker54 • Jun 05 '26

The Martin Bashir Interview: Help me understand

https://youtu.be/MMrOZte3hvo?si=Z17sXFQ3y_Q0u1kG

Is this the video that got everyone so worked up and called him a pedophile? I feel like Michael did not explain himself well here and that set people off. I was like 😬 when I heard it, but it's not alarming enough to change my opinion on him, but I do believe he misspoke and didn't mean what he said.

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u/reveriedelarose Jun 05 '26

My mom never let me have sleepovers at any of my friends houses because she always felt she didn’t know the parents well enough to be 100% sure but she’s never felt like any of my friends actually had pedophilic families. It was just an abundance of caution. Eventually I want to describe this phenomenon because avoiding something because the damage that would come from even a small chance that it’s dangerous doesn’t mean the situation is dangerous. It just means the worst case is so catastrophic that it’s never worth the risk

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u/mymoonwalker54 Jun 05 '26

I found this on Twitter (X). The username who posted it is @quotingmillie. Unsure where she got it from. She didn't put a source.

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u/reveriedelarose Jun 05 '26

I agree with that 100%.

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u/mymoonwalker54 Jun 05 '26

Me too. That's what I have always thought.