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Behind the Aegis

(54,860 posts)
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 01:56 PM Oct 2022

(Jewish Group) Is Kanye's antisemitic vitriol seeping into our schools and streets?

And in the third week of Kanye West’s antisemitic meltdown, Adidas, the sneaker company literally founded by Nazis, cut ties with him despite a projected loss of $250 million; The Gap pulled his products off store shelves; producers scrapped a documentary about his life; and Madame Tussauds stuffed its wax visage of the rapper into storage.

Oh, and the superintendent of my local school district put out a statement of condemnation.

If it seems a bit too late, coming a full 18 days after West — who legally changed his name to Ye — was banned from Twitter for declaring war on Jews, don’t worry, it was also way too little. The short email inexplicably did not name West/Ye, vaguely expressed concern that “many students have been talking about the situation,” and obfuscated the fact that a few days earlier, a Jewish mom had announced at a public meeting that two middle-school students had recently greeted her daughter at recess with a Nazi salute.

“As some of you may have heard, a well-known entertainer and entrepreneur has made several hateful, antisemitic statements this month,” the superintendent wrote. “We do not tolerate any form of antisemitic behavior — whether it’s expressed in verbal or online bullying, graffiti, jokes, or other kinds of activity.”

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This ties in well with the recently posted "Opinion: American Jews start to think the unthinkable" by mahatmakanejeeves in Editorials & Other Articles and a mirror copy with a link to the one I just provided by JudyM, here in the Jewish Group. to both!

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(Jewish Group) Is Kanye's antisemitic vitriol seeping into our schools and streets? (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 OP
I am continually shocked at the response to Ye AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2022 #1
I am less shocked by the people making excuses for it (his anti-Semitism) and him. Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 #2
Part of me feels like we are in a lose-lose situation. nycbos Oct 2022 #3

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,600 posts)
1. I am continually shocked at the response to Ye
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 02:00 PM
Oct 2022

I’ve seen lengthy discussions about “but it’s true, why is that an insult?” that just don’t get it. And discussions about a certain slur actually being a compliment about Jewish financial acumen…

Behind the Aegis

(54,860 posts)
2. I am less shocked by the people making excuses for it (his anti-Semitism) and him.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 02:13 PM
Oct 2022

There are some even whining about the reaction to his anti-Semitism.

nycbos

(6,354 posts)
3. Part of me feels like we are in a lose-lose situation.
Sun Oct 30, 2022, 02:30 PM
Oct 2022

I feel that if we engage a clown like Kayne we lose. But if we ignore him we also lose.

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