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Kanye West endorses Hitler

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,026 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    ..

    (He also endorsed R-Kelly and Harvey Weinstein)

    Post edited by Overheal on


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,358 ✭✭✭Jack Daw


    Who gives a toss, just because someone famous believes something doesn't make it any more worthwhile an opinion than the local wino believing something.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    He’s always been a massive spa



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    No. Because many people see celebrities as people to emulate:"look how successful they are. They must know what's what. If I emulate them, believe what they believe then I can have that success too". I know the next thing will be "Oh he is diagnosed bipolar. You cannot blame him". I have a sibling who is bipolar and this does not manifest as antisemitic hate-speech. I work in a field that would have an extremely high percentage of people "On the spectrum" as people like to say euphemistically (I would be so classified also) but, again, this does not equal hate speech. So I am done cutting him some slack.

    Yes, he has issues, yes he has sycophants whispering into his ear but yes, he also has to claim a certain amount of responsibility for his actions. He has spent years and vast sums of time, effort and money to be an "Influencer". He and his people cannot distance themselves when this "influencer" influences



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭katiek102010


    He's clearly not well and thr media are playing out his MH issues for likes and shares its disgusting really. He needs help not to be held up as something to laugh at



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,198 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,198 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Say what you want about Hitler. But he is the only man in history who had the guts to kill Hitler



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,789 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Was Hitler ‘not well’ too or just a massive cünt ?



  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jazlyn Slimy Pickaxe


    Even Alex Jones tried to reign him in and he just kept ploughing on...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    I think hes losing touch with reality, what he says makes no sense ,is not true, is not logical ,or else he has a real grudge against the jews, hitler was the leader of the nazi party whose official policy was genoicide, racial purity, killing jews was official policy.

    theres no hope of his career recovering from his recent behavior .

    imagine going on tv and saying you know ted bundy was a nice person ,he was kind to dogs ,

    lets forget he was a serial killer. everyone has some good points,

    But then once your at the point of going on an alex jones livestream ,you are either a weirdo or a right wing extremist ,

    even if he believes this crap does he not stop and think this will have a negative effect on his young children.

    in american even lightly criticising jewish people or admiring hitler is asking to be blacklisted by sponsors advertisers 90 per cent of the entertainment industry .

    how long till shops start removing his sneakers from the racks.

    hes not an influencer, hes a famous rapper , celebrity who had a line of sneakers until recently



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Great banter from Kanye. What a twat. More of this please.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,875 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


    And now the GOP have finlly deleted this Tweet, so we know what it takes now for them to back track.




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,026 ✭✭✭✭Overheal




  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I mean that speaks volumes. Although... would Jones have been so cautious before the massive lawsuit outcome.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,711 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    Never in a millions years, would have imagained thinking Alex was the sane one in a conversation...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,619 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    I bet Kanye couldn’t even pick out Germany on a map!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    I think some celebs don't like Jews or else they get annoyed by the fact that alot of Hollywood executives are of Jewish descent

    watch any of documentary about Hollywood it's obvious alot of the early film and TV studio founders were Jewish

    there is still some discrimination in Hollywood eg it's harder for a black actor to get certain roles in TV or films versus a white actor and the roles they get offered or often stereotypes eg rapper gangster etc Elon musk goes on about allowing more free speech not censoring conservatives on twitter but he's never criticised Jewish people as far as I know

    But there's no excuse for his comments about Hitler or Jewish people it goes to show you can be famous and rich but still do things that incredibly stupid or reckless that will destroy your career



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    no 1 rule for being an entertainer in the entertainment industry: don't offend the jews.

    The guy seems to be having a mental breakdown and needs someone close to him to get him help ASAP.



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Can he go any lower?



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Looking forward to the freedom of speech warriors do one of two things:

    1. Continue to bitch about people getting cancelled even when Hitler is being endorsed.
    2. Acknowledge that freedom of speech does not actually mean ‘freedom of speech without consequences’


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    Not a freedom of speech issue really he's saying stuff that is not even sane or remotely true. This is a person going through a mental health issue. Would not be surprised to hear him running through traffic naked at some stage.



  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Freedom of speech is opinion-based, not fact based.

    Kanye has an opinion, so therefore according to the free speech warriors should be left alone and there’s nothing nobody can do about it.

    For the record, Kanye’s been a piece of sh*t for a long time. I hope he gets the help he clearly needs but he was an arsehole long before he had any mental breakdown.



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    TBH he's not been right since the car crash hit in the head hard enough to cause nasal fractures. He probably has an undiagnosed brain injury.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,026 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Before or after he stole the microphone from Taylor swift?



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    Being an arrogant dope is not the same as what he is like now. I have dealt with people going through Mental health issues. The signs are all there delusions ranting and raving not making sense. As I said will not be surprised hearing him running through traffic naked. I mean has he not started his own Religion or cult cant remember that's a huge red flag. That would tie in with something like Schizophrenia. Head trauma as far as I know can increase your risk.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    Kanye has been losing it since his mother died. Filling that gap with vapid celebrity culture has left him a shadow of the artist who once released the albums college dropout and late graduation, very sad.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Candace Owens still doubling down on it being a great example of freeze peach.

    I saw recently what you allude to in point 2. It concerned an opinion piece by Roisin Ingle in the Irish Times that came across as quite gloating towards the pupils of Blackrock College who were sexually abused (it was dreadful in fairness). On Gript, people were expressing revulsion and someone came along and said they thought the Gript subscribers were in favour of free speech - the responses were things like "Free speech doesn't give someone the right to be a dick". Hmmm...

    I believe in freeDOM of speech, but you can't publish or broadcast absolutely anything - and you never could. What kind of preposterousness would it be to allow that?

    And there IS such a thing as hate speech. It isn't always something one merely dislikes/disagrees with.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    OFC its a terrible comment. But Mel got away with it. 🤐



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    I dont think he is actually a right wing extremist. He is severely mentally ill and being exploited for clicks , views and ratings and has been for a while now. Im sure there are some only too happy to see him dig his own grave, his ex wife and family for one. It's sad and can only end very badly for him. He needs help.



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    Aye the defund the police and put in more social workers and help don't seem to care when it furthers the old cause. He's not well and should be sectioned by the looks of it. Right using him when he's not to extreme left using him when he is. I would have though some would have sympathy for a mentally ill African American. Seems not, only us so called Far right types want him to get the help he needs.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭Jequ0n


    Did anyone actually watch the video clip in the OP? He is clearly trying to explain that he objects to the black and white narrative surrounding certain topics or people. Sure, he phrases it badly, but I think it’s still clear what he was trying to say.



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭xxxxxxl


    No he suggested Hitler had some kind of redeeming qualities. That's unhinged. Tell us about this black and white narrative what did he do that was good. He's a monster and history has shown that. Only someone that is ill would make these statements.

    Plans for the autobahn date to the 1920's. Construction of the first segment (Cologne-Bonn) began in 1929 and was dedicated by Mayor Konrad Adenauer of Cologne on August 6, 1932. When Adolph Hitler assumed power as Chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, he took the program over, claiming it for his own.

    for example. If I was on a street corner saying this stuff KY said most would thing that person is not the full shilling.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,412 ✭✭✭Jequ0n


    It’s ludicrous to assume that someone is purely evil, but in some cases only one view (the monster one) is deemed socially acceptable. I think that’s all he was trying to say.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,407 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda/Lamborghini to be banned by 9am tomorrow.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,132 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    And water is wet.

    Hardly surprising.



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭lmao10


    It's definitely clear what he was trying to say. I think everyone heard the Hitler stuff he said.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭Squeeonline


    Poor guy is seriously mentally ill and needs help. Probably involuntary help too because it's not like he lacks the money.



  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jazlyn Slimy Pickaxe




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    It’s not ludicrous at all, plenty of completely evil people have lived and are around today

    for Kanye,s sake I hope he put plenty of money in Switzerland



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭Boggles



    I dont think he is actually a right wing extremist. He is severely mentally ill

    Is he not both, like the rest of them?



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,156 ✭✭✭lmao10


    That's the defence to stuff like this. "Ah sure he/she is mentally ill, there is no such thing as far right".



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,844 ✭✭✭RobbieTheRobber


    Twitter account suspended again for Kanye. I guess Elon musk didn't want ye to free the speech.



  • Posts: 0 ✭✭ Madelyn Mealy Headache


    He's been diagnosed with Bipolar, he refuses to take his meds. In a way I don't blame him, the side effects of those drugs are awful.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭The Nal




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,009 ✭✭✭✭The Nal




  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Most rabid anti-Semites tend to be from the far-left, incidentally.

    But that aside, I'm not sure why people are surprised Kanye West was suspended. Elon Musk gave him a chance - which was the right thing to do - and West recklessly and dangerously violated Musk's good will.

    West was more conciliatory after his stupid "Death Con 3" tweet about Jewish people. However, it seems West has instead decided to double-down. In some sense, this is unsurprising. The more isolated he becomes within the entertainment industry and the more financial destruction he suffers because of his words, West may presumably believe he has nothing more to lose by expressing what he thinks. He may even think that the response to his words justifies his beliefs.

    Musk was right to suspend West's account. That's not a violation of free speech because West's tweet of an image of a swastika inside the Star of David is clear incitement to violence - especially when coupled with his previous tweets. And everyone in favour of freedom of speech is similarly in favour of ensuring that incitement to violence is kept forbidden.

    Going forward, I expect West to double-down even further. It'll spiral, and who knows where it'll lead.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,642 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I'm just excited to hear Gemma's take on this



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,513 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    when I opened this thread i was sure there would be at least one poster who would try to say that people are misunderstanding what he said. I wasn't disappointed.



  • Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jazlyn Slimy Pickaxe


    Most rabid anti-Semites tend to be from the far-left

    Gonna need a citation for that one, big boy.

    This June 2022 study disputes your baseless claim.




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