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Kanye West news - live: Rapper no longer buying Parler as Hitler comments condemned by Jewish groups
Disgraced rapper Kanye West admitted “I like Hitler” during a shocking appearance with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Infowars.
West, who has already been dumped by the likes of Adidas, GAP and Balenciaga following a string of antisemitic comments, repeatedly praised the Nazi leader during his appearance on the show on Thursday morning.
Despite efforts by Jones to say he did not believe West was a Nazi, the hip-hop star cut him off and insisted he was a fan of the man who oversaw the murder of around 6 million Jews.
“You’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, so you don’t deserve to be demonised,” Jones told West, who was bizarrely wearing a black hood over his face in the studio.
But West was not prepared to accept the attempt by Jones to denounce Nazism.
“Well, I see good things about Hitler also,” replied West.
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ICYMI: Kanye West is not buying social media platform Parler after all
23:00 , Alex WoodwardDespite an October statement hailing a world-changing deal to purchase the right-wing social media app, Parler will not be selling the platform to Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.
The company announced that they reached a mutual termination agreement on 1 December, hours after the rapper and virulent antisemite praised Adolf Hitler and his love for Nazis on an InfoWars broadcast with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
They announced that the decision was made in mid-November.
Kamala Harris: ‘Praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust is vile'
22:10 , Alex WoodwardVice President Kamala Harris has also weighed in to condemn Kanye West’s remarks, writing that “praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust is vile, appalling, and must be condemned.”
“Our Administration will continue to stand up against antisemitism and the epidemic of hate,” she added.
Earlier on Friday, President Joe Biden said officials who remain silent in the face of virulent antisemitism are complicit in its platforming.
“Instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides. Silence is complicity,” he wrote.
Praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust is vile, appalling, and must be condemned. Our Administration will continue to stand up against antisemitism and the epidemic of hate.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) December 2, 2022
Republican Jewish Coalition says GOP must ‘make it clear’ that Kanye West is a ‘pariah'
21:30 , Alex WoodwardThe chair and CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which recently hosted top Republicans including Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis at a major conference in Las Vegas last month, have condemned yesterday’s InfoWars show as a “horrific cesspool of dangerous, bigoted Jew hatred.
National Chairman (and former US Senator) Norm Coleman and CEO Matt Brooks said the broadcast with Alex Jones, Nick Fuentes and Kanye West reflected “a disgusting triumvirate of conspiracy theorists, Holocaust deniers, and antisemites.”
“We vehemently condemn those comments and call on all political leaders to reject these messengers of hate and relegate them to the dustbin of history where they belong,” they said in a staement on Thursday.
“Given his praise of Hitler, it can’t be overstated that Kanye West is a vile, repellent bigot who has targeted the Jewish community with threats and Nazi-style defamation,” they added.”
“Conservatives who have mistakenly indulged Kanye West must make it clear that he is a pariah. Enough is enough.”
ICYM: Alex Jones files for bankruptcy
21:17 , Alex WoodwardAlex Jones has filed for personal bankruptcy protections on Friday, weeks after the conspiracy theorist and the company behind his InfoWars platform were ordered to pay roughly $1.5bn in damages for defaming the families of victims from the Sandy Hook school shooting massacre.
Reddit’s Kanye West board is turning into a page for Holocaust awareness and Taylor Swift
20:30 , Alex WoodwardThe subreddit dedicated to the rapper formerly known as Kanye West has transformed into a tribute to Taylor Swift and as a page to raise awareness of the Holocaust.
Top current posts on the page discuss the Auschwitz concentration and death camps; Krystyna Chiger, who hid in the sewers of Lviv to avoid Nazi capture; or are just images of Taylor Swift.
“This is officially a holocaust awareness sub,” one post reads, accompanying charts from a study about public awareness of Nazi-led genocide.
The Kanye subreddit is organically transforming into a Holocaust awareness subreddit. pic.twitter.com/T6e7P10Mdw
— Elamin Abdelmahmoud (@elamin88) December 2, 2022
ICYMI: Ye paid a settlement to former employee who accused rapper of praising Hitler and Nazis
20:15 , Alex WoodwardThe rapper formerly known as Kanye West paid a settlement to a former employee who accused him of using antisemtic language in the workplace, including praising Hitler and Nazism, according to documents reviewed by NBC News.
In the settlement, Ye paid a former employee who allegedly witnessed several incidents, which Ye has denied.
The former employee spoke on the condition of anonymity after signing a nondisclosure agreement.
News of the settlement came roughly one month before Ye’s antisemitic tirade on Alex Jones’s InfoWars broadcast, during which he said “I like Hitler” and denied that the Holocaust happened.
Trump remains silent after dinner guest Kanye West says ‘I like Hitler’
19:53 , Alex WoodwardJust over a week after he hosted Kanye West and a pair of racist internet trolls for dinner at his Palm Beach, Florida country club, former president Donald Trump has not commented on his celebrity dinner guest’s praise for Hitler.
He has shared a flurry of posts on his Truth Social account, largely targeting his Democratic political opponents, but he has not mentioned West.
Bernie Sanders condemns ‘abhorrent and disgusting’ comments
19:15 , Alex WoodwardVermont Senator Bernie Sanders said Kanye West’s praise for Hitler and Nazis “is abhorrent and disgusting.”
“Whether it is anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism or homophobia there are always those who want to divide us up,” he shared on Twitter. “Our job is to unite people around a progressive agenda that improves life for all.”
Kanye West praising Hitler and Nazis is abhorrent and disgusting. Whether it is anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism or homophobia there are always those who want to divide us up. Our job is to unite people around a progressive agenda that improves life for all.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 2, 2022
Twitter account for neo-Nazi publisher reinstated
18:52 , Alex WoodwardThe Twitter account for prominent neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, founder of the notorious website The Daily Stormer, has been reinstated. He was removed from the platform in 2013.
His return to Twitter comes just days after a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest, after he was accused of ignoring a $14m judgment against him for an antisemitic harassment campaign against a Montana family.
Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin, who was booted off Twitter in 2013, has had his account restored. pic.twitter.com/sEv5UDVUw2
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 2, 2022
Who is Nick Fuentes? The white supremacist, friend of Kanye West and dinner guest Trump claims he never heard of
18:20 , Alex Woodward24-year Nick Fuentes – an antisemitic white supremacist, Holocaust denier and former cheerleader for Donald Trump who rallied for the ex-president’s stolen election lies – has drawn mainstream attention after appearing at Mar-a-Lago with Kanye West last month.
If the former president really never heard of the man with dark brown hair who showed at up his door for dinner, then he really should have, The Independent’s Andrew Buncombe writes:
‘The terrifying undercurrent of Kanye West’s latest antisemitic rant'
17:50 , Alex Woodward“It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the Christian message Kanye West is spreading isn’t one of love, but of Christo-fascist dominance and control,” Noah Berlatsky writes for The Independent’s Voices.
Hate speech is rising on Elon Musk’s Twitter, report finds
Racist and antisemitic slurs, anti-gay comments and gender-based attacks have spiked on Twitter, according to new reporting from the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
In the first full week under his ownership, there were more than 26,000 posts mentioning the n-word – triple the average in 2022, according to the report. There were also more 50,000 posts mentioning transphobic and homophobic slurs, up by 53 per cent and 39 per cent, respectively, than 2022 averages.
Within his first two weeks at the helm, from 31 October to 13 November, there were more than 204,000 tweets and retweets using the gender-based slur “c**t” – up 30 per cent from the 2022 average – and more than 831,000 posts mentioning “sl*t,” up 75 per cent from the 2022 average. Posts mentioning “wh*re” were also up by 60 per cent.
The platform also saw significant spikes in antisemitic slurs and racist abuse towards Hispanic and Latino people, the report found.
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Joe Biden: ‘Silence is complicity'
16:42 , Alex Woodward
President Joe Biden appeared to condemn Ye and others who have given him a platform for his virulent antisemitism.
“I just want to make a few things clear: The Holocaust happened. Hitler was a demonic figure. And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides,” he shared in a Twitter post from the office’s official account on Friday.
“Silence is complicity,” he added.
I just want to make a few things clear:The Holocaust happened.Hitler was a demonic figure.And instead of giving it a platform, our political leaders should be calling out and rejecting antisemitism wherever it hides.Silence is complicity.— President Biden (@POTUS) December 2, 2022
QAnon, white nationalists and soaring hate speech: Expects reveal how the floodgates have opened on Elon Musk’s Twitter
16:20 , Alex WoodwardExtremism researchers and experts who have closely studied the spread of online hate and mis- and disinformation have warned that Elon Musk’s acquisition and the mass return of previously banned users could rapidly deteriorate the platform.
Under the disingenuous banner of “free speech”, Twitter could become one of the most toxic spaces on the internet for marginalised groups, they tell The Independent’s Alex Woodward:
Nick Fuentes claims Marjorie Taylor Greene texted Milo Yiannopoulos to connect with Kanye West
16:02 , Alex WoodwardWhite nationalist Nick Fuentes, who is joining Kanye West’s apparent presidential campaign, has accused far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of seeking an audience with the antisemitic rapper. In a broadcast, Fuentes – who joined West during his appearance on InfoWars – lambasted the congresswoman, a far-right flamethrower in Congress who was voted out of her committees for her own offensive behaviour.
After being disavowed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, Nick Fuentes claims that just last week MTG was texting Milo Yiannopoulos in an effort to arrange a meeting with Kanye West so she could "appear cool and get attention" pic.twitter.com/TqpjOhFcJB
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 2, 2022
Chief of Holocaust Educational Trust condemns West’s comments
15:30 , Alex WoodwardKaren Pollock, chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust, has issued a statement condemning West’s remarks on yesterday’s InfoWars broadcast:
“Kanye West’s ‘I like Hitler’ comments and subsequent tweets are repulsive and sickening. These comments mixed with his high profile and huge following has dangerous consequences. It is blatant Jew hate and needs to be called out and stopped. Enough.”
Reference: Story by Graeme Massie •
