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Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for inciting violence

18 points by osrec 4y ago

xracy 4y ago
It's like RAIIAAAIIIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY! But also glad that they're gonna draw the line somewhere.
Pinegulf 4y ago
Guardian(https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/02/kanye-west-suspended-from-twitter-after-posting-swastika-inside-the-star-of-david https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/02/kanye-west-sus...) has a lot better description what Ye actually did.
superchroma 4y ago
The mechanics of public shaming don't seem appropriate to me for someone who is known to be literally mentally ill. Suspending him quietly would be better in my view in this circumstance. His life is already a public circus freakshow exhibit, but there's no reason to exacerbate that.
- cmurf 4y ago
  Racism is not a disability. No one gets to use mental illness to excuse being an vile asshole. Musk tries to do this by blaming "Asperger's" when in reality he too is just another asshole.
scantis 4y ago
optionalsquid 4y ago
The symbol that West posted is the former logo of the Raëlians, the UFO cult that claimed to have cloned a human back in the day. Their current symbol replaces the swastika with a swirl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism#Religious_symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism#Religious_symbol
- musk_micropenis 4y ago
  Regardless of what the symbol actually is, it's clear from Kanye's recent interviews that he is pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler and he intended to post a swastika.
  - optionalsquid 4y ago
    Yes, I agree with that. I did not intend to excuse what Kanye did, though I realize now that my post could be read that way. It was rather an expression of disbelief at the absurdity of an anti-Semite accidentally posting a UFO cult's logo.
rsynnott 4y ago
Nilay Patel's "Welcome to Hell" article looking increasingly on-the-money: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428132/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-problems-speech-moderation https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428132/elon-musk-twitt...
ashwagary 4y ago
"I love Hitler and Nazis" - Kanye West on Infowars

18 points by osrec 4y ago

It's like RAIIAAAIIIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY! But also glad that they're gonna draw the line somewhere.

Guardian(https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/02/kanye-west-suspended-from-twitter-after-posting-swastika-inside-the-star-of-david https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/02/kanye-west-sus...) has a lot better description what Ye actually did.

superchroma 4y ago

The mechanics of public shaming don't seem appropriate to me for someone who is known to be literally mentally ill. Suspending him quietly would be better in my view in this circumstance. His life is already a public circus freakshow exhibit, but there's no reason to exacerbate that.

cmurf 4y ago
Racism is not a disability. No one gets to use mental illness to excuse being an vile asshole. Musk tries to do this by blaming "Asperger's" when in reality he too is just another asshole.

scantis 4y ago

optionalsquid 4y ago

The symbol that West posted is the former logo of the Raëlians, the UFO cult that claimed to have cloned a human back in the day. Their current symbol replaces the swastika with a swirl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism#Religious_symbol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism#Religious_symbol

musk_micropenis 4y ago
Regardless of what the symbol actually is, it's clear from Kanye's recent interviews that he is pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler and he intended to post a swastika.
- optionalsquid 4y ago
  Yes, I agree with that. I did not intend to excuse what Kanye did, though I realize now that my post could be read that way. It was rather an expression of disbelief at the absurdity of an anti-Semite accidentally posting a UFO cult's logo.

rsynnott 4y ago

Nilay Patel's "Welcome to Hell" article looking increasingly on-the-money: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428132/elon-musk-twitter-acquisition-problems-speech-moderation https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/28/23428132/elon-musk-twitt...

ashwagary 4y ago

"I love Hitler and Nazis" - Kanye West on Infowars