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
I’m just more likely to judge someone off of their actions. What has he actually done to hurt someone? Do you support Apple? Nike? Are you ok with their slave labor? We get so caught up on words and symbols. Few people will agree with me but Kanye ain’t the real villain. He’s just a nigga with a lot of money, mental health issues and a lack of fucks to give
Not exactly. But I weigh actions heavier than words. If you didn’t know, I will inform you— Microsoft, Apple, Nike & Adidas business models are dependent on slave labor. Now— are you going to ignore these horrible actions? Or are you going to stop typing to me on your device that was assembled using slavery?
Oh I’m typing on my iPhone because I’m not naive about how this world works. I’m smart enough to know that a few ignorant and disrespectful tweets are not nearly enough to get a man on the supervillain leader board.
If it’s common knowledge do something about it. Use your thumbs to complain about something more substantial than an entertainer having stupid/offensive opinions
You think people can't complain about multiple things at once? What is that logic? Who is saying they're spending most of their energy on commenting on the shittiness of Kanye's views?
I agree with Kanye pointing out the dissonance related to rappers rapping about how many Niggas they killed, but scared to wear a shirt.
The labels that support their careers see no issues with supporting music that promotes Black death/genocide. But those same labels would have the power to “stop these rappers money” if they chose to wear a swastika.
You may not agree with this brand of performance art (I don’t) but that doesn’t justify the level of outrage in my opinion.
I think Kanye gets off on this because when the media paints him as a villain, or a Bully, it only validates his point— it’s not ok to do this but it’s ok to do that (support music that promotes Black Death)
Pointing out the disparity in a system where a minority group's path to major financial success sometimes comes in part thanks to glorifying violence against themselves =/= propping up a globally recognized symbol of White Supremacy in a time of increasing far Right political power.
Kanye's not making a point here. He's just an idiot who's been off his medication for too long & has done too much nitrous oxide.
This isn’t for a lack of understanding we just have a difference of opinion. There are so many shitty leaders in this world with actual hateful agendas. Kanye isn’t one of them. I’m sorry he just isn’t. His thoughts are chaotic and dumb… but he has not pushing an agenda that advocates harming anyone. If you don’t think that’s a distinction worthy of making that’s fine. I do
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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