Monday, July 31, 2023
Elder of Ziyon
By Daled Amos
Well, maybe those are not the exact words that Elon Musk, head of Twitter -- now known as X -- used, but that seems to be the gist of what he said to West -- now known as Ye.
In December, Musk suspended West's Twitter account after the rapper tweeted a swastika interlinked with a Star of David. The head of Twitter called it "incitement to violence."
But that wasn't all that West did. JNS has a fuller list of West's antisemitic comments:
o October, CNN reported that several people connected to West said he was “fascinated by Adolf Hitler,” and wanted to name his 2018 album “Hitler.”o October, on Tucker Carlson's show then on Fox News, West claimed Trump’s Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner brokered the Abraham Accords solely in the interest of “making money.”
o Soon afterward, he tweeted, “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” adding, “The funny thing is I actually can’t be antisemitic because black people are actually Jew [sic] also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
o In an interview with Chris Cuomo, West claimed there was a “Jewish underground media mafia” and his “death con 3″ remarks were prompted by “Jewish record labels” that not only “take control” of publishing but of the culture itself. “It’s like modern-day slavery,” he said.
o In November, West took Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump. Fuentes has a history of denying the Holocaust, praising Hitler and making racist remarks about black Americans.
o Weeks later, in an interview on “InfoWars” with Alex Jones, he said that “Hitler has a lot of redeeming qualities” and that he loves Nazis. He also repeatedly brought out a small net and “Yoo-hoo” chocolate milk to mock Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
So why did Musk do an about-face and allow West back on Twitter? After all, those who supported Musk's original decision to suspend West for his antisemitic incitement are as disappointed and angry as those who originally defended West's inciteful remarks on the basis of "free speech." Now neither side is likely to count Musk as being in their corner.
CNN quoted a report from The Wall Street Journal, that there will still be limits on the Twitter account. Going forward, West will be unable to monetize his account -- no ads will be allowed to appear next to his tweets. According to CNN, "it’s not clear whether West submitted an appeal, or if something else prompted his account’s reactivation." Yet according to Haaretz, quoting from that same Wall Street Journal article:
X reinstated Ye's account after receiving reassurances that he wouldn't use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Even so, what about an apology? Kanye West has already demonstrated that his apologies lack regret and are worthless.
Back in October, when he was on Piers Morgan Uncensored, West did say:I will say I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the ‘death con’ [comments]. I feel like I caused hurt and confusion. And I’m sorry for the families of the people that had nothing to do with the trauma that I had been through, and that I used my platform where you say hurt people hurt people. I was hurt.But this was after Morgan asked:
And West replied:
Absolutely not.West continued:
Yeah, obviously, that’s why I said it. Yes, I fought fire with fire. I’m not here to get hosed down. It’s a different type of freedom fighter.
By way of comparison, in 2009, Kanye West embarrassed Taylor Swift on the stage of the MTV Video Music Awards. Then, 4 years after having apologized, West claimed that he regretted the apology and only made it because he felt pressured.
So again, why would Musk allow West back on Twitter?
CNN may be hinting at a possible reason in the headline to their article:
Elon Musk reactivates Kanye West’s Twitter account following X rebrand [emphasis added]
Has Musk discovered that allowing hate speech can be a good business decision? Consider: according to CNN
Twitter’s Violent Speech Policy prohibits inciting and glorifying violence, wishing harm on other people, and threatening others. But it makes some exceptions, including for “figures of speech, satire, or artistic expression when the context is expressing a viewpoint rather than instigating actionable violence or harm.”
We've already seen how unreliable Universities are when it comes to preserving free speech.
What can we really expect if the flip side -- hate speech -- becomes good business?
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