{"id":82532,"date":"2022-12-02T19:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cred.ai\/news\/?p=82532"},"modified":"2022-12-12T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T20:38:30","slug":"kanye-west-banned-from-twitter-following-swastika-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cred.ai\/news\/2022\/12\/02\/kanye-west-banned-from-twitter-following-swastika-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Banned from Twitter Following Swastika Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Twitter owner Elon Musk has banned Kanye West from the platform after the rapper posted an image of a swastika inside the Star of David on Thursday. West also shared screenshots of a personal text exchange with Musk, who wrote, &#8220;Sorry but you have gone too far. This is not love.\u201d West responded, &#8220;Who made you the judge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I tried my best. Despite that he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended,\u201d Musk tweeted late Thursday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">West appeared on the Alex Jones Show earlier Thursday, joined by neo-Nazi commentator Nick Fuentes. During his appearance, West lauded Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, and disagreed with Jones, a noted conspiracy theorist, when he referred to Nazis as \u201cevil.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis,\u201d West said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">West also made several false statements, claiming that Hitler invented microphones and highways.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThese comments mixed with his high profile and huge following have dangerous consequences,&#8221; UK Holocaust Educational Trust CEO Karen Pollock said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some of West&#8217;s former employees have recently come forward to share previous instances of the rapper&#8217;s anti-Semitism, which has led to the termination of several music partnerships and lucrative brand deals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">West is known to suffer from bipolar disorder; however there seems to be a consensus among medical professionals and the bipolar community that the rapper&#8217;s mental health issues neither account for nor excuse his violent bigotry, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-63826675\"><span class=\"s1\">BBC News.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">West\u2019s most recent ban from Twitter occurred a few hours after the conservative social media platform Parler announced that he would no longer be allowed to purchase the site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter owner Elon Musk has banned Kanye West from the platform after the rapper posted an image of a swastika inside the Star of David on Thursday. 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