Kanye West has once again posted a series of antisemitic and
unhinged statements on X (formerly Twitter), sparking renewed outrage. In his
latest social media tirade, West called himself a Nazi and praised Adolf
Hitler.
“I LOVE HITLER. I’M A NAZI,” West wrote in one post.
The rapper also made controversial comments about the #MeToo
movement, Black people, White people, slavery, rape victims, “fat people,”
“ugly people,” “poor people,” his children’s school, people who “wear a lot of
jewelry,” rappers, the late Virgil Abloh, former US vice president Kamala
Harris, and Make-A-Wish children.
However, West also expressed support for male abuse victims,
praised the LGBTQ+ community, and spoke favorably of Saudi Arabian Crown Prince
and Prime Minister Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud. In one of his tweets, he
stated, “Every race has their own pain and their own story.”
Calls to remove West from social media
In response, Friends star David Schwimmer condemned West’s
remarks and urged Elon Musk to remove him from X.
“We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate-filled,
ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk,” Schwimmer
said on Instagram. He added, “Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your
platform, X. That’s twice as many people as the number of Jews in existence. His
sick hate speech results in real-life violence against Jews.”
Schwimmer also criticized the lack of widespread
condemnation, stating that he does not know “what’s worse”—the fact that West
calls himself a Nazi or that “there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban
him from all social media at this point.”
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