This is like saying that we shouldn’t be angry at what Trump says because he is just another old, racist, misogynistic, grandfather.
Is this the excuse some people use for Trump too? O he’s just an old liquid brained racist don’t mind him.
OK, fuck this dude and fuck anyone ITT defending him, to be perfectly honest. I'm tired. Imagine being given a platform like this and espousing hateful fucking chodes like Candace Owens and saying you love the neo-Nazi-enabling, racist President. If Kanye's not literally saying he's alt-right it doesn't fucking matter, he's as good as there by now.
No one wants to throw him to the wolves, pun intended, I think we've all just been disappointed because we admire his work
I'm still trying to understand how "I don't approve of racism/sexism and we need to speak out against this. This public figure who has a large reach is spreading dangerous ideas and we cannot support this." was interpreted as "The thread demands a democide."
Worth posting this article again, which does a better job deconstructing why people take Kanye seriously. Do Kanye West’s Politics Matter?
All these tweets read like it’s all about getting promotion and people taking and, for lack of a better word, a press gimmick. I find that pretty fucking gross.
In a long succession of bad takes on this forum this is by far the worst take, what sort of galaxy brain shit do you need to be on to even GET TO that from where it began as an innocuous statement? Dude who wrote that needs to log off imo.
It's what it's felt like for awhile, especially dropping the candace parker tweet after his controversy one. It's not acceptable at all still, and he knew what he was doing.
I mean, it's moronic, but also horrifying. 1. This person thinks any kind of disapproval means they want to straight up murder people who disagree. 2. This person thinks it's okay for Kanye West to use his megaphone to support alt-right ideologies and therefore promote ideas like racism/white supremacy. Looking at those two points side by side is scary.
why the hell wouldn't people want artists whose music they consume and existence they appreciate to not be cosying up to an online hate-mob? jesus fucking christ
I got a chuckle out of Kanye talking about Mob mentality in regards to trump, only to be told by the various trump supporters that no, he doesn't love Hillary.... the same ones screeching praise turned so fast.
People can't imagine actually caring about things so they project that anyone who seems to care is "faking". Love that South Park mentality.
Maybe hanging around with these people all the time rubs off on you, and maybe that's a bad thing. Maybe it leads to these kinds of confrontations with people that are literally saying "hey it's bad that this group of people over here want to, and are ok with, the murder, death, and discrimination of people based on their skin, sexuality, or gender." This shit isn't "fake" ... people are literally dying from this shit.