You were raised in a SRA cult? Really? If so, I hope you are okay and I hope you are free, much love to you and behalf of good humanity, i am so very sorry.
Second, you write exquisitely. I love the points you raised, especially the laziness and how we're drawn to extremes; hysteria, titillation.
I absolutely agree the Memphis 3 was a set up, the documentary "West of Memphis" (2012) brilliantly makes their case for innocence and coercion by cops, irrefutably in my opinion.
I disagree on your MM and JD take as posers though. My humble opinions here are planted in my belief in Jesus Christ, and God's spiritual laws. In this light, I agree they're both but side show puppets (with a mass audience of influence), compared with the more hidden (in plain sight), powerful occult practitioners. However posing or not, I believe what we speak and communicate to the world has power (Proverbs 18:21: "the power of life and death is in the tongue"). And no matter how superficial an "act" or words spoken, it has roots in the heart and practiced long enough can draw spiritual attachments and strongholds. For example I believe Amber Heard actually believes her own lies; I believe the root in her heart is the abuse from her father that has a spiritual hold on her; she has a disdain for men. Mathew 15:18 "what come out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this defiles a person."
I also believe that art imitates life and vice versa. Marilyn Manson has many perverse lyrics (shock factor or not, it is coming from his mouth and therefore heart) and visuals in his videos including: (see from 5:58s, TRIGGER WARNING SEXUAL ABUSE VIOLENCE TORTURE)
This is not art or posing, this is from his heart and he is choosing to send this spirit of rage, misogyny and violence into the open eye and ear spiritual portals of his audience. These songs and similar from Eminem for example, ("Kim") are used as sound tracks for violent femicides; school massacres, suicides... this is not posing, this is witchcraft or predictive programming (same thing imo).
I believe JD and MM are what they attract and are complicit and compliant either knowingly or unknowingly. They are what they send out to the world, like us all, good and bad parts. After all, humans are complex enough to have many degrees to our personalities, the "Mr nice guy" is easy to present when playing the "misunderstood" card.
As a Christian, (I believe) when he meets God, he will have to account for his messaging. Will he say "Sorry God, I tore out pages of your Holy book on stage and stuffed them in my mouth as an act, I was just posing you know, to bring glory to me... oh wait..."
JD is no different in my opinion. He is clearly drawn to occult roles and figures, and drugs. "Fear and loathing in LV" has him drinking adrenochrome in glee after being told exactly what it's extracted from. He is not glorifying good virtues least of all. Bottom-line, neither JD or MM would be any where near their level of fame and success without appropriating (at least) occult themes, characters and themes. The darkness made gods in this world and will inevitably consume them in the next if they don't wake up.
As for Amber, in the Bible a woman named Jezebel, (1 Kings) a phonetician high priestess of Baal, married the King of Israel, Ahab. He is described as a wicked man. Jezebel was jealous of the power men had in those days and so she used her beauty, charm and high witchcraft to gain power over King Ahab who was easily seduced by her sex magic. She drew him in so well that she influenced him to turn the entire nation of Israel against God and worship Baal/Molech instead. A god that required routine ritual child sacrifice.
In Christian spiritual warfare, the Jezebel spirit (found in males and females) is described as having cluster b traits, narcissism, anti-social personality disorder and an extreme need for control and power, (in females a hatred and jealousy of men is usually found also). This spirit is attracted to the Ahab spirit (male or female), with traits of cowardice, being easily lead, with an apathy toward evil, and weakness of will especially when under the spell of Jezebel.
Watching the trial for me was like watching the powerful Ahab and Jezebel soul tie play out in front of the world. This dynamic is known for it's extreme toxicity. I believe Amber keeps the whole drama alive with post trial interviews just to maintain the push-pull with Johnny. I believe she is going through intense rage and emptiness right now because she is losing control over him; I believe the soul tie hold on her and her need for his supply is even stronger than her need for a career and money; she feeds off of their interplay, him no longer engaging is spiritual death to her.
Anyway, your awesome post inspired my own ramble haha. I hope you are well xx