{"id":50877,"date":"2022-12-02T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/?p=50877"},"modified":"2022-12-17T14:06:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T14:06:34","slug":"kanye-west-kicked-from-twitter-after-a-spree-of-antisemitic-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/kanye-west-kicked-from-twitter-after-a-spree-of-antisemitic-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West kicked off Twitter after a spree of antisemitic tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rapper Kanye \u201cYe\u201d West, 45, had his account suspended on Twitter following an antisemitic post in which he shared a picture combining a swastika with the Star of David.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a follow up story on Kanye West: Is he really a Nazi sympathizer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a rampage of antisemitism, with comments such as \u201cI love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis\u201d and statements glorifying Hitler, West\u2019s tweet went too far even for the \u201cfree-speech absolutist\u201d Elon Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rapper\u2019s tweet promoting his 2024 presidential campaign said: \u201cYE24 LOVE EVERYONE #LOVESPEECH\u201d, a wordplay on the term \u201chate speech\u201d, which according to the Council of Europe entails \u201cany forms of expressions which advocate, incite, promote, or justify hatred, violence and discrimination against a person or group of persons for a variety of reasons.\u201d In the tweet, West included a picture of a symbol combining a swastika and the Star of David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The richest man in the world and recent owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, 51, had no choice but to suspend West\u2019s account following his dangerous and antisemitic behaviour on the platform. Musk expressed his plans to kick the former billionaire rapper off the site to his followers on Twitter \u2013 reason being the incitement to violence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1598546057138524160\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rapper\u2019s shocking tweet provoked even the current US president Joe Biden, 80, to tweet out a statement against antisemitism, making it clear that \u201cHitler was a demonic figure\u201d and \u201cour political leaders should be calling out antisemitism wherever it hides.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I just want to make a few things clear:

The Holocaust happened.

Hitler was a demonic figure.

And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.

Silence is complicity.<\/p>— President Biden Archived (@POTUS46Archive) December 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>