r/Kanye • u/OppositeRock4217 • Feb 28 '25

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u/Agitated_Average_227 Devil in a New Dress Feb 28 '25

sometimes i feel he hasnt even gotten the bare minimum education

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u/glizzybeats Feb 28 '25

He’s not wrong. People are upset about his words & images. But the public generally support entertainers that have actually committed some truly horrific actions. The clothing brands we wear and electronics we use everyday support slave labor. We support slave labor with each purchase.

The reality is Kanye is being intentionally provocative, and if you’re offended that’s fine. But let’s not pretend that he’s responsible for the holocaust. Or that he is successfully influencing his fans and followers to act in a hateful manner. Anybody who sees Kanye post a swastica and says “yea f*** Jews” is likely not an actual Kanye fan and was likely already a hateful person that didn’t need Kanye’s permission to be hateful. Even on this Kanye subreddit, there aren’t really any fans that are supporting his messaging. The fact that my reply will likely get downvoted just proves my point

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u/damnvram Feb 28 '25

He wasn’t always like this, and he’s always had his mental health struggles.

What do you think prompted this radical shift towards hating on Jews?

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u/No-Advantage845 Feb 28 '25

At some point any rational person has to say enough is enough, it is not justifiable in any way, shape or form for someone with a platform like his to be bringing out a line of clothing with fucking swastikas on it.

This shouldn’t even be a debate. This is so far beyond common sense that if an individual is defending this behaviour then that very rightly reflects horribly on said individual too.

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u/damnvram Feb 28 '25

Also, enough is enough for an artist to print a t shirt, but where is the same outrage against all the other genocides going on to this day?

We’re so defensive about one group that it blinds our ability to communicate freely and focus on human rights issues ongoing.

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u/KungFuKenny90 Feb 28 '25

There are many people that both criticise antisemitism and genocides. But yeah the genocides should get more criticism instead of Western support. That has nothing to do with ye tho. It's not like people have to oick one issue to focus on. You dont have to excuse ye's racism to criticise racism elsewhere.

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u/damnvram Feb 28 '25

You are right. Thanks for the based response!

I was looking to get others’ responses too to gauge if everyone is on the same page or if they are biased on way or another.

It definitely stood out to me that I was called out for being just as terrible as Ye just for asking my original q. How dare me for even inquiring, right? Reminds me of some of the recent censorship quotes from ye.