Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk continued his war of words with critics after being booed at length by the audience at a Dave Chappelle show Sunday night in San Francisco.
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Kanye West has been condemned for praising WWII dictator Adolf Hitler and going on an antisemitic rant during a shocking new interview. The rapper, also known as Ye, made an appearance alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes on far-right radio commentator and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars talk show on Thursday. After Jones claimed West didn't "deserve" to be "demonised" by people calling him a Nazi, the hip-hop mogul stated that he sees "good things about Hitler also".
West went on to claim that he "loves everyone" before launching into another antisemitic tirade. "I am done with the classifications. Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table - especially Hitler," the father-of-four continued.
In response, many celebrities and leaders of Jewish organisations were quick to slam West. In a tweet, Anti-Defamation League chief executive Jonathan Greenblatt described his comments as "vicious". "Saying you 'like Hitler,' 'love the Nazis,' and spending all your time with a white supremacist makes one thing clear: Ye is a vicious antisemite," he wrote.
"His comments today on InfoWars are not just vile and offensive: they put Jews in danger. "Elsewhere, executives at the Republican Jewish Coalition noted that they "vehemently condemn" the 45-year-old and called on political leaders to "reject these messengers of hate". "Given his praise of Hitler, it can't be overstated that Kanye West is a vile, repellent bigot who has targeted the Jewish community with threats and Nazi-style defamation," they stated.
"Conservatives who have mistakenly indulged Kanye West must make it clear that he is a pariah. Enough is enough. "And actor Josh Gad criticised Twitter owner Elon Musk for allowing West to
.Billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk continued his war of words with critics after being booed at length by the audience at a Dave Chappelle show Sunday night in San Francisco.
Five Jewish and anti-hate organisations in the US have asked online creators to resist the temptation to provide Kanye West with further opportunities to share his racist and antisemitic views, given that to date the rapper has met the backlash to his controversial statements by simply ramping up his dangerous rhetoric.While more mainstream media – and social media platforms – have started to cut off West since he started pushing a racist, antisemitic agenda, he still has various channels online to share his views, and an interview with the rapper can get those online channels a lot of attention.He recently appeared with far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his ‘Infowars’ show. Although even Jones seemed taken aback when West declared that: “I see good things about Hitler … Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler”.The new message urging online creators and influencers to not provide a platform for West has come from the Anti-Defamation League, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Jewish Committee, StopAntisemitism and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.In part they were responding to news that white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has become an ally of West of late, has been talking to popular Twitch gamer Adin Ross about arranging an interview with the rapper.Ross, who is Jewish, has reportedly said that he was planning to “stand up for the Jews” in any interview.
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.Ngozi Fulani, founder and chief executive of London-based domestic abuse charity Sistah Space, says she was left “stunned” after an aide—identified in as “Lady SH”—asked offensive questions including where she “really came from” at the event on Tuesday, November 29. The aide is understood to be Lady Susan, 83, the Prince of Wales’s godmother who was made lady of the household by King Charles III.Buckingham Palace said in a statement today that the aide, who it did not name, had stepped down from her “honorary role with immediate effect” and that she had expressed her “profound apologies for the hurt caused.” It added that the comments were “unacceptable and deeply regrettable” and that it took the incident “extremely seriously.”It comes as the n at the start of a three-day visit that will culminate in the glittering Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony on Friday. Lady Susan HusseyThe incident was this morning by Fulani, who wrote: “Mixed feelings about yesterday’s visit to Buckingham Palace.
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