Ye suspended from Twitter after swastika post
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After making antisemitic comments and praising Hitler on Thursday, the rapper Ye has been suspendedfrom Twitter.
The account for Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, read as "account suspended" early Friday.
Twitter owner Elon Musk said it would be suspended after a post on Ye's account Thursday night showed an image that appeared to show a swastika inside a Star of David. It was then blocked by Twitter for violating its rules.
Musk wrote on the platform that the suspension was "for incitement to violence." The length of the suspension was not immediately clear.
Ye's suspension comes around a month after the multibillionaire Musk, who has described himself as a "free speech absolutist," bought Twitter for $44 billion.
Earlier Thursday, Ye sat down for an interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, in which Ye made antisemitic comments, referred to "the Jewish media," and said "I see good things about Hitler, also."
Ye wore a black full face mask in the interview. White supremacist Nick Fuentes was also on the program, which was livestreamed.
But it was after Ye's account tweeted the image of the Star of David later Thursday that he was suspended.
Musk replied to another user: "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended."
Ye's Twitter account has been restricted before over antisemitic comments, but he returned to the platform in November. Musk has said that Ye's account was restored by Twitter before he took ownership.
Over the last several months, Ye has made a series of statements targeting Jewish people and antisemitic Jewish stereotypes.
Adidas cut ties with Ye in October, saying his actions have been "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous." The move came after criticism for the company to act.
Twitter has suspended other accounts since Musk took over — including users who imitated Musk. He has also reinstated some previously suspended accounts, including that of former President Donald Trump.
Ye appeared to suggest he would be leaving the platform Thursday night. He tweeted an image of Musk being sprayed with a hose and wrote "Let's always remember this as my final tweet."
Musk replied to that tweet: "That is fine." To the now blocked post featuring the Star of David, Musk wrote: "This is not."
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Poor Elon, what happened to the crusade for free speech?
What happened to the war with Apple?
Tesla stock?
/s
meh, I enjoy watching the ignorant and self centered commit social and/or financial suicide in the public eye.
Wasn't it just a few years ago that he and his talentless wife were begging for money from fans because they couldn't pay their debts? While living in the lap of luxury themselves, of course.
You must love what the moron who owned FTX did.
idgaf, anyone that invests in crypto-ponzi schemes gets what they deserve.
... everybody always forgets how she got famous in the first place.
Are you talking about one of the Kardashians? She's only famous because her step dad got OJ off for murder
And for her sex tape. I heard her mother leaked that and she built their 'celebrity/famous for being famous' white trash with lots of money
Forgot to do finish my thoughts
...on that sex tape and Kardashian defending OJ
She saw what a "leaked" sex tape did to make Paris Hilton famous.
So she used the profits to finance extensive plastic surgery.
The Kardashian family is now 98% plastic.
OJ killed two people in cold blood. That is the bottom line.
Had an opportunity to play golf with OJ "after". I turned it down.
The more I learned about OJ the more I came to despise him.
The same goes for West and the Kardashians.
Talk about dysfunctional families!
Wow. Ye is a Twitter reprobate. Just wow.
lol
Elon Musk's new Tesla Bus is kinda short.
there's already one on the lot...
So Musk has the same rules for inciting violence? Very good.
It's a different view that Musk allows. Very good.
silence is complicity.
So Elon can differentiate calls for violence and free speech, something the Twitter twerps were unable to do before he came along.
Good for Elon. Good for Twitter. Good for free speech. Good for America.
They were censoring opposing views and conspiring with the White House.
gee, that's never happened on any rwnj alt-media... /s
Name the times that right wing media buried stories that were true at the behest of the FBI to help a Republican candidate?
Facebook, Twitter, and Tiktok did that with the Hunter Biden lap top.
Leftists will ignore any abuse of power or any violation of the law; so long as it benefits them.
Hoover's mistress, FDR's mistress and illnesses, Eisenhower's mistress, JFK's rampant womanizing and illnesses, LBJ's mistresses, Nixon's madness and rank alcoholism, Ford's family problems, Reagan's mental decline, Bush's ties to tyrants and dictators, Clinton's White House shenanigans, Bush Jr's rank incompetence and Trump's corruption.
Only Carter and Biden are without sin.
If you want to outlaw profiteering from access to power, I am all in. If you only care when Democrats do it, then sorry!
Let's do open that can of worms for the entire Trump Klan starting with whatever became of twenty seven million dollars of inauguration funds that just disappeared.
Lol. What an embarrassing thing to claim. Are there any benefits to being in the cult of Joe Biden?
Joe Biden is without sin. Imagine saying that in public....
Biden? Without sin?
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That has got to be THE funniest and most fictitious thing I've heard today!!!!!!!!
How long do you think that Elon is going to sit around reviewing comments?
Is it just going to be other celebrities?
He has egg on his face over the Apple dust up that he himself started.
Good for free speech would be the free for all that Elon envisioned.
Elon's advertisers have introduced him to reality.
Are you a frequent user of Twitter? Where you previously a Twitter stock holder?
The free speech utopia the rightwing was sure Elon would deliver unto them will be more of the same. They still won't be able to sling slurs or make threats. There is always liability to consider in business...
What is you SS# and banking password?
Wow, note to self, never vote for Hunter Biden again. /S
Stick with heroes like Herschel Walker./S
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No, and apparently there's no one there to approve my request to terminate.
Instead they are repeatedly emailing me about new messages. I looked and the
newest message is from 2017.
Yes, in Pennsylvania. Does it matter?
I was just wondering why your level of interest. I got a Twitter account several years ago but rarely used it. I didn't really like the format.
Until he gets bored.
Probably not.
He probably doesn't care about the people that claim he has egg on his face.
It is not free?
If he shows that he can make them money they will be back.
Some folks have HBDS as opposed to the TDS they always claim that we have
Neither did I.
Spoiled by NewsVine I guess.
What about....Biden's pedo tendencies?
It’s amazing that Maxwell and Epstein went to prison, but Biden’s DOJ has arrested zero “Johns” I guess Biden is on that list the old sniffy pervert.
So hate speech is just fine and dandy for you?
Huh??????????????????????
That made no sense whatsoever.
And good for hate speech?
Never said that
Try looking at what I was responding to
Never said that.
Somebody trying to argue words they put in your mouth--again?
gee, you don't say...
please explain...
1/6/21.
willfully retaining classified documents.
obstruction of justice.
Yep, you would think they would get tired of looking foolish.
Clearly not the case here.
LOL!
Lol good god, Kanye West is a walking dumpster fire. It’s quite amusing to watch honestly.
Mental illness provides mass entertainment.
Hanson’t it always?
And fuck your pathetic attempt at a high ground.
WTF does that mean?
Have you always enjoyed watching bipolar disease?
Is that what is afflicting Kanye?
Other than his attack on Taylor Swift as some music award ceremony, I have pretty much ignored Kanye and the Kardashians. From the headlines I've read, they all appear to be run of the mill narcissists.
Recently, Kanye is either showing his true most toxic personality as he ages and feels marginalized by not getting enough press coverage and praise for achieving whatever he feels he has achieved in life....or there is a chance he has a physical cause like a brain tumor.
I was just watching a video about mistakes people make when dealing with toxic people. #5 on the list is believing there is "good" in everyone. There isn't. The labels associated with assorted mental health disorders sometimes make it seem like they all have a treatable disease that can be "cured" and they will develop a loving and respectful personality and recognize boundaries. At best, some medication seems to help some people cope with life and not harm themselves and others. At worst, some humans are hard-wired with the temperament and moral code of a grizzly bear. Not someone that is understandable or safe to be around for anyone.
I'm obviously no expert, but it seems to me that he is in a full-fledged mental health breakdown.
15 years ago, a good friend, who had lived in a duplex in Germany next to my wife and I went off of her bipolar disorder meds and she then alternates between extreme highs and lows. During her lows, she said outrageous and untrue things. Ultimately her husband was granted custody of the children and the woman moved across the country and for several years didn't see her four children. My wife tried to be a surrogate mom, but it was a very trying time for both families.
It's very sad to see someone you care about go through these cycles. The good news is that she finally found the combination of therapy and meds and resumed a relationship with her now adult children.
I saw something last night where a psychiatrist was saying that Kenye's actions
don't describe a bipolar patient on or off his meds.
He felt that Kenye is doing this deliberately for the attention, and like Musk,
Trump and Fuentes, we are giving it to them.
(I had an employee for 8 years who was truly bipolar and I gradually learned to
tell when he had missed a pill and which color it probably was. When he was
getting manic I would yell "yellow pill" for his lithium)
I'm not excusing Kanye West who like some other prominent Blacks has a history of being anti semitic. But his behavior seems to me to indicate mental-health issues and has nothing to do with Musk's decisions.
Yes.
"Ye" is both insensitive and awful.
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Oh, good.
I'm glad that I don't have to be "compassionate" for you.
In the world of narcissistic personality disorder, Trump and Kanye are both probably low-level, semi-intelligent narcissists with little self-control when they are challenged on any level. This makes them easily recognizable as people to avoid when possible.
Which politicians would be left if all the men/women with NPD were purged from government?
People with NPD have a distinct advantage when it comes to achieving their goals - lack of morals, lack of empathy for others, lack of compassion for others. Their only goal is self-gain. If some breadcrumbs have to be tossed to others to gain advancement, then it will be done. There is nothing benevolent about it. In fact, most people with NPD seem to thrive by causing as much chaos as possible. Driving people to fight and kill others or even commit suicide makes them feel powerful. And power, over others, is their addiction. As long as the narcissist is on top is all that matters to them.
Who is in charge of "help" for grown adults? Without a change in laws, the current procedure is wait until they kill others.
What makes Kanye different than any other person who threatens the well-being of others? Has there been some personality change? Does Kanye have a history of benevolence to others or a history of exploitation of others?
That was my first impression, but probably because of my personal situation I have researched the personality changes to be expected in an aging narcissist.
The #1 best strategy for dealing with a toxic person is not to.
Thankfully, people with NPD love to do the silent treatment as punishment when their "loved" ones are displeasing. As an introvert, I consider it a reward.
I did not say it did, thanks.
It is. Unfortunately, people with NPD dish out abuse on a regular cycle. The regularity depends on how much the target can/will tolerate before dysfunctional or wise to the game.
As long as medication prevents a person from abusing others, that should be supported.
What should not be supported is making anyone focus on the needs of the abuser to anyone else's detriment.
Apparently, he has been publicly very verbally abusive to Kim Kardashian during their divorce proceedings. Now, I'm absolutely not her #1 fan, but he seems to have taken the verbal abuse pretty far, to the point of harassment, which she doesn't deserve.
I really hope this doesn't end like so many other cases when the person, with the toxic personality, decides that murder is the only option left to regain power over their appliance. I hope that Kim has 24-hour security for the foreseeable future.
Reading your comment reminded me of Nicole Simpson. OJ had quite the fan club that helped silence Nicole before and after she was murdered.
Verbal abuse should be just as unacceptable as physical abuse.
When a person supports the abuser or makes excuses for the abuser, it says a lot about their own character. What is even worse, US media put Nicole Simpson on trial instead of her murderer.
The problem here is that when a celebrity with a big following makes a hate speech that is seen by perhaps millions of people, it encourages vandalism and physical violence, if not murder. If he didn't maintain his meds properly he should NOT be excused, and I would judge that those who excuse him are no better than he is.
Antisemitism is increasing, hate crimes are increasing, and IMO he may be one of the causes for it..
Perhaps you should watch the movie Gentleman's Agreement that starred Gregory Peck and get a picture of what your comment seems to pardon.
I'll add to what I said - that even Musk, the new ultra-champion of free speech, has disagreed with allowing Ye's words to be seen by the multitude, so what kind of person would think it's okay?
On the other hand, Musk just reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin of the Daily Stormer, so who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men besides The Shadow.
Legal issues [ edit ]
SPLC lawsuit [ edit ]
In April 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Tanya Gersh, accusing Anglin of instigating an anti-Semitic harassment campaign against Gersh, a Whitefish, Montana , real estate agent. [7] [8] In July 2019, a judge issued a $14 million default judgment against Anglin, who is in hiding and has refused to appear in court. [9] [10] [11] On November 9, 2022, a warrant was issued for Anglin's arrest for ignoring the judgment against him. [12]
Sines v. Kessler [ edit ]
In October 2017, Anglin was named as a defendant in a case brought by nine Charlottesville residents following the Unite the Right rally in August 2017. Anglin was named alongside Robert "Azzmador" Ray as responsible for The Daily Stormer website, as well as Moonbase Holdings. [13] A default judgement was entered against Anglin who did not participate in the trial. [14]
Dean Obeidallah [ edit ]
In August 2017, Muslim American radio presenter Dean Obeidallah sued The Daily Stormer in an Ohio federal court. Anglin had published fake images which purported to show Obeidallah celebrating the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing . The lawsuits cleared a longstanding hurdle in March 2018, when U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch declared that there was sufficient evidence of Anglin being domiciled in Ohio despite living abroad. [15] In July, the court found in Obeidallah's favor, with neither Anglin nor his representatives present in court. [16]
American University student [ edit ]
Taylor Dumpson , the first black student body president at American University , sued Anglin in May 2018 for organizing a racist and sexist trolling campaign against her. [17] She alleges that Anglin had posted her name and picture, as well as links to her Facebook page and the Twitter account of the university's student government, and urged his readers to "troll storm" her, which resulted in many hate-filled and racist online messages directed at her. Although Dumpson and Anglin have not reached a settlement, she settled in December 2018 with one of the people who harassed her, a man from Eugene, Oregon named Evan McCarty who was a neo-Nazi musician and former theatre actor known as "Byron de la Vandal" (named after Byron De La Beckwith , the assassin of Medgar Evers ) who served as a member of the fascist Vanguard America and affiliated with the Daily Stormer. McCarty was required to apologize, to renounce white supremacy, to stop trolling and doxing online, and to provide information to and cooperate with authorities in the prosecution of white supremacists. [18] The lawsuit that was brought on her behalf was led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law which continues to use litigation as a tool to fight extremism and to slow the efforts [19] of white supremacists. [20]
On August 9, 2019, a Federal judge awarded Dumpson a judgment of over $725,000, to be paid by Andrew Anglin, Brian Andrew Ade, and the shell company which owns The Daily Stormer . The defendants did not show up to contest the lawsuit, so a default judgment was entered against them, consisting of $101,429.28 in compensatory damages, punitive damages of $500,000 and attorney's fees and costs of $124,022.10. A restraining order was also handed down, as was an injunction not to publish anything more about Dumpson. The judgement came only a day after Tanya Gersh was awarded a $14 million default judgment against Anglin.
They'll never see the money - a nice long jail term would have been better had it been available. It's just like the Alex Jones situation - he declared bankruptcy again, this time personal bankruptcy. There should be a way to get even with those animals.
Had a great relationship with a beautiful woman once who all of a sudden grabbed a knife and slit her wrist in front of me. For no reason.
We weren't breaking up and had no problems.
I did the first aid thing, called 911 and never saw her again.
Why are the most beautiful women insane?
That wasn't the first scar on her wrist.
Jones' bankruptcy ploy is going nowhere. You can't bankrupt out from a judgment for intentional torts like defamation if the commission of the tort was willful and malicious and intended to cause injury Also, punitive damages are not dischargeable in bankruptcy.
If Jones or his business attempt to transfer assets to other persons or entities, those would be considered fraudulent conveyances, and the assets can be clawed back by the banruptcy court for the benefit of the creditors.
He's going to pay.
Anglin is less likely to have the kind of assets Jones does, but they can pursue him for many, many years, and if he manages to accumulate attachable assets, hopefully they can be seized.
As an ex-paramedic and an ex-bouncer I saw way too many people go off of their meds and go crazy violent on others.
Doesn't matter why, they just have to be stopped in a New York second.
They don’t seem to stop many in NY.
It's funny how many people are freaking out over what a CEO does with a private company.
And they seem to be the same people saying it was a private company and could ban anyone they wanted just a few months ago. The hypocrisy is amusing but not a surprise.
And, Elon is banning anyone he wants to...
To quote so many liberals from a few months ago 'it is his company so he can do what he wants'. So you don't think Kanye should have been suspended?
Yes, Twitter is a private company and so they can deny a platform to Ya or Trump!
So what you are saying, nothing has changed?
And sadly they don't see it.
They are too busy pointing their fingers at everyone else.
Self awareness really is not your thing...
Nothing changed. Musk will ban at will.
The exact same as under former mgmt.
Private companies protect their assets...
Musk can do whatever he wants, he owns it. I will not fault him for that, but it is obvious he is tucking this up big time.
That aside, he can do as he likes with Twitter, but he cannot force people to use it or companies to advertise on it.
Suspend him or promote him, it’s Elon’s shitshow now. I dont give a fuck why he does, frankly never did, He bought it, it’s his pile of shit now.
Maybe, maybe not. It is hard to tell since he has only owned it for a few week. I would say the same thing for the new (ish) head guy for CNN. Only time will tell if all the changes he is making will make a difference.
Yep, I don't own any stock in twitter not do I have an account. As of now his owning it and peoples reaction to it is nothing more than entertainment. Too bad there is nothing better on TV.
Must took the company private. You CAN'T own Twitter stock.
That should have made many Twitter holders happy at $54 a share.
Yep.
Right. Like I said I don't own any twitter stock
Seems you have no idea how much power a private company can wield.
Obviously, you understand nothing about business and the ramifications.
I understand them. I'm just not in freak out mode over this. I find this whole situation hilarious.
I thought Elon was a free speech kinda guy
He is.
Lol as long as he approves it.
I sincerely doubt he is approving all posts
... as long as it's the conservative model of free speech.
You mean the shoe is on the other foot and liberals are having a collective tantrum. So fun to watch
Which seems to be liberal than the liberal model.
Exactly its only for him and trumpturd and all the other bigots to spread their hate speech
Like all other businesses, money talks and bullshit walks.
The only income twttr ever had was from advertisers.
Elon does too much in public as if his comments are serious weapons.
He started a dust up with Apple and now says he fixed it.
Twitter bankruptcy is just around the corner.
Probably, Elon apparently did not have an amateurish understanding of the industry.
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Huh? that comment makes no sense.
Comments posted by trolls often make no sense.
Probably forgot to add the word, “more”, as in, ‘Which seems to be more liberal than the liberal model’.
Or you can work on your comprehension skills.
What's wrong? Did I use too many big words for you?
Do you need me to use smaller, single syllable, words for you to understand?
How about better words? Do you have any?
You don't have to worry, I already dumb things down for you.
Apparently, Ye should have posted instructions for his entourage to storm some government buildings instead of a swastika because storming government buildings is free speech.
I doubt that Ye know how to storm a building successfully.
The 1-6 attackers obviously had planned ahead and knew how to storm.
What does that have to do with Ye?
He should have had his entourage loot, destroy, commit arson and assault, against private, city, state, and federal property [deleted]
Better still he could have them take over several square blocks of Seattle and declare themselves the law there. Extorting money from anyone unfortunate enough to live or own a business there.
Until someone on the right does it (Minus the looting and arson; and no damage to private, city, or state property. And no taking over of any territory); then it is sedition.
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Talking about destruction of a business brand 'wholesale': Enter: YE!
Perhaps West with the ( Ye thing ) has surmised he is biblical.
Well, he has claimed to be 'a god'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2431955/Kanye-West-Best-liners-BBC-interview-says-really-god.html#:~:text=Kanye%20said%20people%20might%20ask%20him%20who%20he,told%20you.%20That%E2%80%99s%20who%20I%20think%20I%20am.
Kanye got banned?
WTF? Thought that could never happen with the evil Musk controlling Twitter now!
Seems like some of the liberal meltdown was all for naught.
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Where is a just world?
The liberals had a damn meltdown over Musk buying Twitter and now when he bans someone for exactly the things that they said would be allowed, it blows up in their faces.
No, it was good when Twitter banned Trump and it is good that Twitter banned Kanya West. There is no difference and Twitter will continue to be moderated. Banned accounts may be readmitted but they can be banned again for breaking the unchanged rules against lying, using slurs or otherwise breaking Twitter's code of conduct or terms of service...
So all the liberal angst was for naught.
Thanks for confirming that they went all Chicken Little for nothing.
Par for the course.
Thread @7.2 locked for slap fighting.