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Kanye West branded 'downright dangerous' by ADL after vowing to sell more swastika merch
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Posted on 02/24/2025 7:55:57 PM PST by algore

Kanye West's latest expansion of his swastika T-shirt line has been condemned by multiple groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, who characterized the rapper's most recent series of X posts as 'unacceptable and downright dangerous.'

The Runaway artist, 47, on Saturday posted another shock stream of posts, showcasing a new set of shirts and logos emblazoned with swastikas to his 33.3 million followers on the platform.

West was unabashed in his latest line of Nazi-inspired couture - a collection of long and short-sleeve tops in black, white and red with swastikas in the center, adding that the 'product was coming in crispy.'

The crispy line was ostensibly a reference to Holocaust extermination camps where Jewish people were gassed and incinerated.

ADL CEO and National Director Jonathan Greenblatt told Dailymail.com exclusively in response on Monday, 'There is no excuse - none - for praising Hitler. Glorifying a genocidal dictator with swastika merch is not "edgy" or "controversial."

'When someone with Kanye’s influence spreads Nazi glorification, it emboldens extremists. It’s unacceptable and downright dangerous.'

The 24-time Grammy winner himself modeled the shirts in wearing a black t-shirt with silver swastika with the caption, 'never mention money.'

The Chicago native continued with the antisemitic sentiments despite a recent set of personal complications stemming from his outspoken views on Jewish people.

'I TRULY LIKE JEWISH PEOPLE,' West said Saturday. 'THEY [JUST] CAN NO LONGER BE THE CREATIVE DIRECTORS OF THE PLANET ... THEY ARE THE BULLYS... NO IM THE BULLY.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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how dangerous can free speech be ?

Sometimes I wonder how dangerous paid speech is.

1 posted on 02/24/2025 7:55:57 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

Bipolarism is a terrible condition.


2 posted on 02/24/2025 7:57:51 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Indeed.


3 posted on 02/24/2025 8:03:30 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: algore

Very, I’d say.


4 posted on 02/24/2025 8:03:46 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Can they commit him?


5 posted on 02/24/2025 8:07:14 PM PST by nwrep
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To: algore

“The crispy line was ostensibly a reference to Holocaust extermination camps where Jewish people were gassed and incinerated.”

That’s a serious reach. Why even bring it up?


6 posted on 02/24/2025 8:13:05 PM PST by Kleon
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To: nwrep

Either that or give him his 25th Grammy.

How did it come to be that this country glorifies mentally sick people?


7 posted on 02/24/2025 8:13:33 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: algore

He needs to be Shadow Banned, before he influences even more mixed up wing nuts searching for ways to look powerful.


8 posted on 02/24/2025 8:20:58 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Responsibility2nd
Bipolarism is a terrible condition.

Yeah, I've heard that a time or two.

9 posted on 02/24/2025 8:21:14 PM PST by BipolarBob (Fact: There are more airplanes in the ocean than submarines in the sky.)
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To: BipolarBob

Are Rebel Flags next?


10 posted on 02/24/2025 8:23:05 PM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: BipolarBob

Have you ever told the voices in your head to shut up or you’ll poke them with a Q-Tip?

(betting you’ve heard this old joke before a time or too as well.)


11 posted on 02/24/2025 8:30:14 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Colt1851Navy

Probably, like they tried to eradicate when Nikki Haley started the war on the Confederate flag and monuments when she was governor. The ADL needs to shut their trap.


12 posted on 02/24/2025 8:39:05 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical object)
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To: All

Let him roll. He’s hurting no one but himself.


13 posted on 02/24/2025 8:56:52 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: algore
He's a buffoon. IQ probably 65 or 70 tops. Ignore him.

14 posted on 02/24/2025 8:57:35 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: algore

I wonder how much money he’s making with his merchandise.


15 posted on 02/24/2025 10:57:09 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: algore

Is he aware of how many black people the Nazis killed?


16 posted on 02/25/2025 5:46:10 AM PST by xxqqzz
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To: algore

adopting the symbol of your enemies is the ultimate takeover of their power.

don’t be a dummy, be a smarty, come and join the nazi party.


17 posted on 02/25/2025 5:51:03 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: nwrep

Kardashian should have done so YEARS ago.


18 posted on 03/03/2025 2:09:06 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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