(Deutsche Welle’s Chinese website) The controversial American music rapper Kanye West (Kanye West, also translated as Kanye West) was only arrested in October this year for making a series of anti-Semitic remarks. Sports brand Adidas has terminated his cooperation and posted further anti-Semitic remarks in a live broadcast on a far-right community platform on Thursday (1).
“I like Hitler,” West, who recently officially changed his name to “Ye,” told far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars program. West also posted an image of a swastika embedded in the Star of David to Twitter, which was immediately blocked by Twitter.
The new head of Twitter, Elon Musk, confirmed his suspension online, saying: “I did my best. However, he violated the incitement to violence rules again. The account was frozen.”
What exactly did Kanye say?
On the “Information Warfare” show, West wore an all-black hood the entire time. When host Jones questioned his support for Hitler and the Nazis, West ranted. He said Nazi leader Hitler had “good” qualities.
A number of US media outlets quoted West’s speech on the program as saying, “Everyone has value to contribute, especially Hitler.” He said that Hitler invented the microphone and the highway, “he also did good things”, “We must stop blindly denigrating the Nazis”.
He also denied in the interview that Hitler’s Nazi Germany killed six million Jews, saying “that wasn’t true.” Such Holocaust denial is illegal in Germany.
Anti-Semitic comments criticized
West also made a number of anti-Semitic comments not too long ago, which cost him endorsements from well-known brands like Balenciaga, Gap and Adidas. His anti-Semitic remarks aroused anger and dissatisfaction and his Twitter and Instagram accounts were temporarily blocked.
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) issued a statement following West’s appearance on “Information Warfare” on Friday (2), condemning the episode as “a terrible cesspool of bigoted, dangerous Jewish haters.”
“Given his praise of Hitler, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Kanye West is a vile and loathsome fanatic who attacks the Jewish community with Nazi-style threats and name-calling,” the statement added.
The Republican Jewish Coalition called on conservatives who previously supported West to view him as a “pariah”.
A week before appearing on “Information Warfare,” West had dinner with former US President Donald Trump and white supremacist Nick Fuentes at the Trump Florida estate.
West has repeatedly made controversial remarks and promoted conspiracy theories in the past: He once called slavery a choice and called the new corona vaccine “the mark of the beast.”
West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian has opened up about her bipolar disorder. A recent Netflix documentary, ‘jeen-yuhs: Kanye West Trilogy’ also shed some light on West’s mental health issues.
(AFP, DPA)
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