Kanye West Slammed for Praising Hitler in Horrific Antisemitic Interview: ‘Not Only Is He a Nazi,’ But So Is ‘Everyone Who Supports Him’ - Variety

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Kanye West went connected a horrific antisemitic tirade during an quality connected Alex Jones’ “Infowars” speech amusement successful which the arguable rapper praised Hitler. It’s the latest successful a drawstring of arguable media appearances for West, who has been dropped by brands specified arsenic Adidas owed to his antisemitic remarks. West told Jones that Hitler, similar each quality being, brought worth to the world. He besides said helium sees bully things astir the Nazi founder. Later successful the interview, West made antisemitic jokes about former Israeli premier curate Benjamin Netanyahu.

The rapper’s latest antisemitic remarks were instantly condemned connected societal media. Writer Mark Harris tweeted, “The Kanye horrors are laughable but besides terrifying. When pro-Nazi rhetoric gets this benignant of repeated nationalist airing, the sermon yet edges into ‘Well that was awful, but can’t we astatine slightest speech about…'”

“It’s not what Kanye West says that scares me,” histrion Josh Gad wrote. “It’s that helium has 30 cardinal followers who perceive to his insanity connected apical of a cheerleader successful the signifier of the existent proprietor of this platform. No 1 who says ‘I emotion Hitler’ should beryllium allowed immoderate oxygen connected immoderate societal level (period).”

Culture writer Jill Krajewski added, “If you’re inactive listening to Kanye you’re listening to a Nazi. “His horrific antisemitism volition breed much real-world violence. He and everyone platforming him are fascist pigs.”

“Now it’s wide that not lone is Kanye West a Nazi, but anyone who inactive supports him is,” wrote The Young Turks laminitis Cenk Uygur.

West took to Twitter aft the interrogation to write: “I emotion the archetypal amendment! Long unrecorded Ye! I commune to Jesus that Elon is for real…”

West has been wide condemned implicit the past mates months for his antisemitic hatred speech. In summation to Adidas ending its concern narration with West, CAA dropped him arsenic a lawsuit and MRC scrapped a planned documentary astir his career. West claimed successful precocious October that helium mislaid $2 cardinal successful 1 time due to the fact that of his hatred speech.

Most recently, West’s predominant collaborator Pusha T publically spoke retired against the rapper. “It’s been disappointing,” helium said of West’s caller drawstring of pushing antisemitic rhetoric. “As a Black antheral successful America, determination is nary country for bigotry oregon hatred speech. So yeah. It’s been precise disappointing, let’s speech straight.”

West was joined successful his “Infowars” interrogation by achromatic supremacist Nick Fuentes. “Infowars” big Alex Jones precocious mislaid a defamation proceedings and has to wage upwards of $1 cardinal to Sandy Hook families for promoting mendacious conspiracy theories astir the 2012 schoolhouse shooting.

West’s comments were denounced by commentators of each governmental leanings. See a illustration of the dissent below:

.@RJC Condemns Today's InfoWars, Kanye West Antisemitism

Today’s InfoWars amusement ft Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes & Kanye West – a disgusting triumvirate of conspiracy theorists, Holocaust deniers & antisemites – was a horrific cesspool of dangerous, bigoted Jew hatred.

Full release: pic.twitter.com/5DPSiun9zz

— RJC (@RJC) December 1, 2022

Just implicit a period aft being re-platformed, Kanye has present publically declared that Hitler did bully things, successful lawsuit advertisers were wondering whether Twitter is simply a harmless bet.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) December 1, 2022

If I was an optimistic antheral I would astatine slightest anticipation that Kanye West's intelligence breakdown and self-immolation would transportation conservatives to halt falling madly successful emotion with each personage who says 1 happening they hold with. But I americium not an optimistic man.

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 1, 2022

Kanye admitted connected Alex Jones' amusement contiguous that helium admires Hitler and the Nazis. So, now, it's wide that not lone is Kanye West a Nazi, but anyone who inactive supports him is.

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) December 1, 2022

It’s not what Kanye West says that scares me. It’s that helium has 30 cardinal followers who perceive to his insanity connected apical of a cheerleader successful the signifier of the existent proprietor of this platform. No 1 who says “I emotion Hitler” should beryllium allowed immoderate oxygen connected immoderate societal level (period).

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 1, 2022

Kanye West is impervious that lone the antheral consenting to assistance himself tin beryllium helped. What I don’t get. What’s his extremity gm wherever is helium trying to instrumentality this? Oh well, I’ve got a grooming league calling me.

— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) December 1, 2022

if you're inactive listening to kanye you're listening to a nazi. his horrific antisemitism volition breed much real-world violence. helium and everyone platforming him are fascist pigs.

— Jill Krajewski (@JillKrajewski) December 1, 2022

Jewish "control" of media, a taxable that immoderate connected the close already sermon freely, is present becoming a public, accepted argument, a "problem" that has to beryllium acknowledged so, you know, a "solution" tin beryllium found, arsenic agelong arsenic you retrieve to accidental "heated rhetoric" is "counterproductive."

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) December 1, 2022

This is not satire, sadly.

Kanye West is connected the Alex Jones show, successful a conflict of the psychopaths.

Jones: "You're not Hitler. You're not a Nazi."

West: "Well, I spot bully things astir Hitler, also. Every quality being has worth that they brought to the table, particularly Hitler." pic.twitter.com/J60MSQPE6v

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 1, 2022
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