Wild Wild Kanye West loves Hitler, Nazis, the Hakenkreuz. Even free-speech advocate Musk is done with him.
Kanye West's Twitter account has been suspended, yet again. It seems even Elon Musk himself is finally sick and tired of his antisemitic hate speech.
The rapper has been shut out of Twitter for the second time in the same year, a mere 10 days since his account was reinstated by the Twitter Big Boss, Elon Musk, last month.
Wild, Wild West: Following West’s appearance on Infowars, hosted by the alt-right, conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones, the rapper dropped a bombshell on the talk show, saying, “I see good things about Hitler”, before proclaiming his admiration for the Third Reich and the Nazis.
Kanye West on Alex Jones: "I see good things about Hitler .... Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler." pic.twitter.com/vegESNsrT4
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 1, 2022
Alex Jones: The Nazis were thugs.
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 1, 2022
Kanye West: "But they did good things too. We gotta stop dissing the Nazis all the time." pic.twitter.com/hCdZIYoGqr
Kanye West: "I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis." pic.twitter.com/xZxsQ4GkUa
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 1, 2022
You know you’ve hit a new rock bottom when even Alex Jones seems taken aback with your statements. Jones’s desperate attempt at damage control by clarifying that West actually doesn’t love Hitler backfired really hard.
Alex Jones desperately tries to get Kanye West to clarify that he doesn't actually love Hitler ... but nope.
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 1, 2022
Ye: "There's a lot of things that I love about Hitler. A lot of things." pic.twitter.com/QI87RNcx8A
The Republican House Judiciary too seem to have freaked out over the debacle as they deleted an older tweet which endorsed West, Musk and the former US President Donald Trump.
In light of West levelling up on his antisemitic escapades, he seems to have finally crossed the line with the design of his 2024 presidential campaign logo of the Hakenkreuz, or the Nazi hooked cross, intertwined with a Star of David, in a since-deleted tweet.
Musk tried his best, but wasn't good for West: Musk’s response was prompt and resulted in West’s account suspension.
I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
Later, Musk clarified that West’s Twitter ban wasn’t a result of an unflattering image of Musk that the rapper had earlier tweeted; rather his incitement of violence.
Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 2, 2022
Frankly, I found those pics to be helpful motivation to lose weight!
The Internet has been fuming ever since...
It’s not what Kanye West says that scares me. It’s 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 “I love Hitler” should be allowed any oxygen on any social platform (period).
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 1, 2022
As a former die hard Kanye fan…It’s not mental health, it’s not because he is a “Musical genius” or his mom dying or any other reason.
— ToTheTopCarlos (@ToTheTopCarlos) December 1, 2022
Ye is just a garbage human who doesn’t want to live by any normal social codes. https://t.co/LhBsu37ok5
Somebody tell Kanye to SHUT UP!!!
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) December 1, 2022
You know Kanye has reached a point of no return when he makes Alex Jones look normal.
— anthony “light 1” fantano (@theneedledrop) December 1, 2022
turns out kanye is not gonna be president
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 1, 2022
kanye west has lost his fucking mind. pic.twitter.com/6JJvPVyL49
— Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) December 1, 2022
fondly remembering a time when the most controversial thing kanye ever did was interrupt taylor swift at an award show
— 9 V O L T (@9_volt_) December 1, 2022
Seems like West’s unfiltered thoughts are probably a little too much free speech for even Twitter’s champion of free speech after all.
Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 8, 2022
Kanye's Waste-land: Over the last few weeks, Kanye West has lost several brands, endorsements and what not, but none of that seems to have stopped him from taking a cold, hard look at his words. As report after report tumbles out of Kanye's messy closet, the odds seem stacked against him. Adidas-Yeezy employees speaking out against his controversial ways of dealing with office affairs, then there was the entire Balenciaga row; and of course, West's numerous antisemitic rants. Maybe his Twitter account being suspended once again will do what nothing else seems to have: make Kanye introspect.