Barbra Streisand on Michael Jackson

She's a monster.

We had a molestation case here in town. It was a guy who had been twice convicted of sex crimes against children. He owned a music store which somehow stayed in business while he was in prison in the 1980s. He was the exclusive dealer for several low-cost brands of instrument, the brands parents buy for their children, and, if you bought your instrument from him, he'd give you free private lessons.

When he was arrested again in 1999, he was held without bail. Some parents of his students came to court to request that they release him on bail. One mother said she couldn't believe he would do anything like that because he was such a nice man and it was a joy to leave her son with him.

Well, yes, of course child molesters are nice to kids. That's how they get their victims. How is that not obvious?

Barbra Streisand was interviewed in The Times  of London and was asked about the Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland.

“His sexual needs were his sexual needs, coming from whatever childhood he has or whatever DNA he has,” Streisand said. “You can say ‘molested,’ but those children, as you heard them say [the grown-up Robson and Safechuk], they were thrilled to be there. They both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them.”

Well, yes, strictly speaking, Jackson didn't murder them. And yes, they were thrilled to be there. He was a rich celebrity lavishing them with gifts, praise and attention. So that he could molest them.

Asked if she was angry at Jackson, Streisand said, “It’s a combination of feelings. I feel bad for the children. I feel bad for him. I blame, I guess, the parents, who would allow their children to sleep with him. Why would Michael need these little children dressed like him and in the shows and the dancing and the hats?”

She didn't explain why she felt bad for Michael Jackson. He lived freely if not quite openly as a pedophile with a steady stream of victims and no real consequences.

Asked about the #MeToo movement, Streisand said it was "very powerful" but “Unfortunately, it’s going to cause a lot of women not being hired because men are worried they’ll be attacked.” By "attacked", she apparently meant "accused".

I don't know what's wrong with her. She's a Zionist. I read that she went to Israel and spoke out against "segregation" which I assumed meant discrimination against Palestinians, but, no, she meant Jewish women not praying with Jewish men, like this was the most serious injustice in Israeli society. It's not related to Michael Jackson, but it shows a tendency to willful blindness.

When Bill Clinton was president, Streisand couldn't understand why he met with Sharon Stone.

"What does she know about policy?" Streisand said.

She thinks politicians talk to her because they want to hear her opinions.