{"id":50702,"date":"2022-12-02T04:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T04:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=50702"},"modified":"2022-12-02T21:29:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T21:29:07","slug":"kanye-west-is-he-really-a-nazi-sympathiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/kanye-west-is-he-really-a-nazi-sympathiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West: Is he really a Nazi sympathiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kanye west finally puts a nail in his coffin with a recent interview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an odd interview, rapper, designer, and producer Kanye West continues to dishonour and tarnish his legacy by appearing on &#8216;The Alex Jones show,&#8217;. Kanye continues with his antisemitic statements and praises Hitler with the comment, &#8220;every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As a result of his recent antisemitic comments and tantrums, Kanye has lost collaboration partnerships and sponsorships from well-known brands like Adidas, Gap, Balenciaga, Vogue, and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-02-at-14.49.16-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Masked Kanye on The Alex Jones show Screengrab from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t86V-1dmS6k\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t86V-1dmS6k\">New York Post<\/a> Youtube<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nicholas Joseph Fuentes, an American white supremacist political commentator who has spoken out on his antisemitic viewpoints and denies the Holocaust, joined Kanye. He, like Kanye, has previously been chastised for exploiting his platforms to make antisemitic and racist remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe Jews had better start being nice to people like us, because what comes out of this is going to get a lot uglier for them\u2026\u201d<br><br>Meet neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. Fuentes was President Trump\u2019s dinner guest at Mar-a-Lago this week along with Kanye West. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2n2Dgmjo9J\">pic.twitter.com\/2n2Dgmjo9J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jaime Kirzner-Roberts (@jaimekr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaimekr\/status\/1596201176881664006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaimekr\/status\/1596201176881664006\"><br><\/a>Alex Jones&#8217; show, which is broadcasted across the United States and online, is a far-right and alt-right conspiracy theory show. Alex Jones has been the subject of much debate since he adopted the attitude of the anti-government militia movement, which is where many of his conspiracy theories stem from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, viewers are shocked during the interview when Jones disagrees with Kanye and accuses him of &#8220;trying to be shocking,&#8221;. To which Kanye responds, &#8220;I&#8217;m not trying to be shocking, I like Hitler, the holocaust is not what happen, let&#8217;s look at the facts, Hitler has a lot of redeeming qualities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kanye&#8217;s admiration for the Austrian-born German ruler who orchestrated the mass genocide of over 6 million Jews made Jones uneasy. &#8220;I love Nazis,&#8221; Ye declared. &#8220;Well, I disagree with that,&#8221; Jones replied. Kanye went on a tangent about the &#8220;great&#8221; things Hitler did and how he is &#8220;god&#8217;s child&#8221; who loves everyone regardless of their differences or wrongdoings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Kanye&#8217;s rant has prompted outrage on social media sites. Some are attempting to defend Kanye by disputing the separating the art from the artist argument and naming the hit albums that fans deem revolutionary, and some have tried to make light of the situation. But even those fans are finding that this is difficult to defend and are really shocked by Ye&#8217;s recent behaviour and outbursts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine someone told you in 2005 that Kanye West would go from saying \u201cGeorge Bush doesn&#39;t care about Black people\u201d to &quot;I like Hitler&quot; in 2022. You would have laughed in their face.<\/p>&mdash; Ahmed Ali (@DrAhmednurAli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrAhmednurAli\/status\/1598382445707071489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/CFASauceFan\/status\/1598682419212713984\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter users are rightfully furious and have expressed their disgust online, others are afraid of the reach that the rapper has, stating<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s not what Kanye West says that scares me. It\u2019s that he has 30 million followers who listen to his insanity on top of a cheerleader in the form of the current owner of this platform. No one  who says \u201cI love Hitler\u201d should be allowed any oxygen on any social platform (period).<\/p>&mdash; Josh Gad (@joshgad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgad\/status\/1598391224108736512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No. I think that letting Kanye West speak publicly has been the thing that has discredited him &amp; his views most effectively. Even his most dedicated apologists have had to either stop doing that or be seen to openly endorse the most virulent antisemitism. His credibility is zero. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/875tXJKlG2\">https:\/\/t.co\/875tXJKlG2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HPluckrose\/status\/1598614759259090945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With this interview, Kanye&#8217;s mental health has been called into question once again; many are worried for the rapper but do not excuse his behaviour or actions toward the Jewish community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Esqueer_\/status\/1598394981064269824\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether this is a political stance or another mental collapse on Kanye&#8217;s part, the legacy he has established will &#8216;all fall down.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words: Keana Isaac-Taylor |&nbsp;Subbing: Patrick Grady<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye west finally puts a nail in his coffin with a recent interview In an odd interview, rapper, designer, and producer Kanye West continues to dishonour and tarnish his legacy by appearing on &#8216;The Alex&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":50862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,82,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-lifestyle","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50702"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50888,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50702\/revisions\/50888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}