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Elon Musk Confirms Kanye West’s Twitter Account Suspended After Posting Swastika
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | 01 Dec 2022 | BY ABID RAHMAN

Posted on 12/01/2022 10:37:58 PM PST by blueplum

Kanye Ye West has been suspended from Twitter, the suspension coming after the rapper had tweeted a now deleted post featuring a swastika on Thursday evening.

After a chaotic day that saw Ye appear on Alex Jones’ Infowars show and repeatedly say he liked Adolf Hitler, the rapper posted a series of controversial tweets, including supposed text messages between himself and Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Among the tweets, which included praise and support for Balenciaga following the recent backlash against the company, Ye posted a picture of a swastika merged with a Star of David....

..Musk, a self-described free speech absolutist, confirmed that Ye had been suspended...Doubling down, Musk tweeted the acronym “FAFO” which means [cough cough]... around and find out....

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: kanyewest; meltdowns; musk; settinguptrump; tuckercarlson; twitter
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the meltdown continues
1 posted on 12/01/2022 10:37:58 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Does all this Kayne Nazi crap make Kayne sales go up or go down?


2 posted on 12/01/2022 10:40:53 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: blueplum

“ the meltdown continues”
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And “in spades”. He’s clearly off his rocker and I feel sorry for him. But he’s become toxic and I’m sure Trump will be keeping him at a distance.


3 posted on 12/01/2022 10:46:24 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: blueplum

So Twitter is now down to one employee?


4 posted on 12/01/2022 10:53:55 PM PST by Celerity
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To: blueplum

Do people realize he’s having a severe manic episode?


5 posted on 12/01/2022 10:55:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: blueplum

Kanye several years ago declared himself a Christian rapper and even released an album of such music. Amazon included it in their Prime music streaming.


6 posted on 12/01/2022 10:58:25 PM PST by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: Round Earther

Did I care what Kanye said about Hurricane Katrina & GWB? Nope

Do I care about any song or album he’s ever made? Never heard a single note of the cRap.

Did I care he married then divorced a fat-assed Kardashian. Nope.

Did I care when he pretended to be some kind of Christian rap preacher. Nope.

Do I care if he wants to run for president? Have at it, fool.

Do I care if he’s got a boner for Hitler. Not a bit.

IOW, he can say whatever the F he wants and prove his idiocy just as all the leftists retards can wear their Che t-shirts and sing the praises of Marx, Lenin, Mao, etc. Neither commies nor nazis should be censored. Just ridiculed.


7 posted on 12/01/2022 11:34:34 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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“Do people realize he’s having a severe manic episode?”

I married a bipolar (Manic Depressive), it didn’t work out. I know the signs, I don’t mess around with crazy... they’re unnerving, destructive, self centered, and retain an attitude of being not responsible, unless called out.

The problem with Manic depressives is that a lot of psychologists are manic depressive themselves. I don’t particularly care for, or trust psychologists either.


8 posted on 12/01/2022 11:42:30 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: blueplum

An owner of a private business is not required to give neo-Nazis of any kind a broadcasting platform for deluding and gathering more adherents. Musk made a wise business decision this time.


9 posted on 12/02/2022 12:23:26 AM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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He is certainly losing a lot of money. Adidas dropped their partnership due to morality clause.


10 posted on 12/02/2022 12:40:49 AM PST by Krosan
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Do I care if he wants to run for president? Have at it, fool.

Ever hear of a freak called John Fetterman? From Pennsylvania? He's now in the US Senate. Thanks to people like you who are mindless with their words, and stupid with their votes.

11 posted on 12/02/2022 3:07:33 AM PST by 4Runner
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To: blueplum

Let the black guy be a Nazi on Twitter. Is anyone gonna notice or even care? Let the world see how crazy he really is.


12 posted on 12/02/2022 3:35:01 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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I had completely forgotten about that.

George Bush hates black people!

Austin Powers was trying to disappear on TV. Total hilarity!

13 posted on 12/02/2022 3:37:30 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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I don’t think the reality of running a forum has sunk in yet... Just how big of day care center for adults it actually is...


14 posted on 12/02/2022 3:45:18 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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Maybe Kayne is smarter than the average populace. The Swastika was around for thousands of years before Hiler and was a symbol of many positive things including peace and prosperity. It is found in many historical religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism. and even orthodox Christianity.


15 posted on 12/02/2022 3:54:45 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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Musk isn’t going to let West play him.


16 posted on 12/02/2022 4:11:25 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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History of the 12,000-Year-Old Swastika: Origin, Meaning and Symbolism...

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/swastika-origins-001312


17 posted on 12/02/2022 4:38:49 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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That is really really reaching, grasping at straws, etc. No one sees the swastika as a symbol of anything good in this century, nor did they during most of the last (unless they were themselves Nazis). It’s universally seen as a Nazi symbol. And Kanye obviously meant it that way. Kanye had just been praising Hitler on Alex Jones’ show.

The tweet that got Kanye (rightfully) banned from Twitter in October: “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”

Musk said he was taking down the swastika tweet and banning Kanye because of incitement it violence:

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After a Twitter user tweeted at Musk to “fix Kanye please,” the CEO replied, “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

In a further reply, Musk tweeted, “Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me being hosed by Ari. Frankly, I found those pics to be helpful motivation to lose weight!”

Doubling down, Musk tweeted the acronym “FAFO” which means [censored for FR per JimRob’s excellent rule].

See article posted here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4113330/posts

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I can see Musk’s point. There has been an uptick in violence against Jewish people committed by blacks. Kanye had 3.2 million followers on Twitter, and he had some fanatical fans. Among those fans there are sure to be some who are mentally unbalanced.

Remember the guy who committed the mosque massacre in New Zealand and nearly brought down 4chan? Remember the Buffalo shooter who was inspired by anti-black ravings on 4chan and 8kun?

Jeremiah Wright can get away with anti-Semitic ravings within the walls of his own church. Musk has a business to run, and it’s his prerogative to decide free speech ends where he decides incitement to violence begins. Can you imagine the lawsuits if some nut shot up or bombed a synagogue or Jewish school and they found evidence on his phone and/or computer he was inspired by Kanye?


18 posted on 12/02/2022 4:58:52 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: blueplum

Musk needs a clear, unsubjective statement of what images he considers offensive. Otherwise there be a downward slippery slope of politically biased bans.


19 posted on 12/02/2022 5:01:01 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: CatHerd

Just pointing out the historic reality. All I can say about sensitive feelings hurt is this...

They are a bunch of childish crybabies... Sticks and stones... It is all just binary arranged into images and text.


20 posted on 12/02/2022 5:10:58 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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