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.
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?
LOL
”Ye posted a picture of a swastika merged with a Star of David....”
“ 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.”
Oh come on, that’s really foolish excuse making for a nut job behaving stupidly.
“The Swastika was around for thousands of years before Hiler and was a symbol of many positive things including peace and prosperity.”
If I posted a pic of the sampler quilt hanging on my wall, I guess that would be a problem. One block, popular 100 years before Hitler, looks like a swastika.
“Maybe Kayne is smarter than the average populace.”
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Yeah, putting a swastika in a Star Of David is a brilliant career-enhancing PR idea.
except, Hinduism, Buddhism et al(like the APEC symbol shown in IAC’s post #44) don’t superimpose the swastika over a Star of David. It is the combining of the two that makes the image Kayne Ye posted offensive. A swast alone would just be laughed at