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[–] dditty@lemm.ee 100 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Ye is a f***ing clown. A misogynistic, racist, Nazi, homophobic, ableist, sexual abuser who fell off almost 10 years ago now. I am so ashamed I used to love his music.

[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ye is a f***ing clown

no hes a nazi

clowns are good please dont be offensive

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

clowns are good

Stephen King has entered the chat...

[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

no thats just a bad apple its not all clowns

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

whoa buddy all clowns are bastards what did they do to you

[–] glitchead@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Do we really want to know though?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

clowns are good

The vast majority of children who have ever been close up to a clown disagree with you.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't worry, you can swear on the internet. At least here, you can't do that on TikTok or Youtube

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[–] eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 month ago

I still remember downloading The College Dropout when it released and loving it so much I had to share it with my friends. His whole album run up to Yeezus was great. But yeah the dude's been mentally ill for awhile now. Haven't listened to anything from him for a long, long time now.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Art is one of those difficult subjects. As long as you're not financially supporting them anymore (including with streaming) there's no harm in having a relationship with a track that came from someone who had a downfall. I still listen to the Thriller album sometimes, and though it is always freighted with the context of what came later, I am able to separate the art from the artist enough to still enjoy the thing in itself.

[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I still listen to the Thriller album sometimes, and though it is always freighted with the context of what came later

I'm very much aware of the controversy around MJ, but in the end he was cleared on all the charges. There's obviously a ton of things which are problematic, to say the least, but in my personal opinion he was a victim of the system too. There's absolutely things to condem him for, but I don't think he was a bad person in the end. Just someone who really needed some help which wasn't there. Britney Spears would be a better comparison than Kanye.

And there's quite a big gap between being a problematic human being who created (ambiguously) some of the best art around and someone who straight up wants to make a statement of being a bigger natzi than Elon.

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[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tell that to people that claim to be allies with trans people, yet can't help but trip over themselves to hand Joanne money for any and all HP merch.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pablo sucked too, I will die on this hill.

[–] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Pablo had some good tracks but it was the beginning of his drop off in quality for sure

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

You left out mass child abuser. But I wouldn't recommend you reading about Donda Academy if you have a weak stomach.

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[–] tsiad_mordecai_miktros@lemmy.world 65 points 1 month ago (6 children)

doesnt kanye know that being a nazi is bad for business? is he stupid?

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"Nooo! He's just bipolar!" Some may say, but he's actually really stupid.

iaHt hes not just stupid hes a really bad business man

nazis have historically known to be bad at business

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

Well, the two are not exclusive as well.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apparently he got a second diagnosis and he's not bipolar but on the spectrum, according to himself.

Probably figured that was a better cover for being a nazi, after Elon's Sieg Heil

[–] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 month ago

Getting pretty tired of shithead Nazis claiming they’re autistic. Autism doesn’t make you a Nazi

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is in no way a defence of his actions, but he definitely has mental health issues.

[–] tree_frog@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Likely internalized bigotry too. Considering when we hear about his mental health falling off it's always in this context of him claiming to be a Nazi.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I heard that when he would start to talk to Kim he would start singing halfway through the convo. That reminds my of my one friend whose suffering from schizophrenia.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

being a nazi is bad for business

I'm sorry, but have you seen the world lately? What on earth has led you to believe this? Nazism is in its highest demand ever, so much so that even some Jews are onboard and are giving Trump literal golden gifts to celebrate ethnic cleansing. The richest man in history just proudly threw up a nazi salute for the world to see as he became the defacto POTUS.

The soul-crushing truth is that being a nazi is the best business decision one can make right now. I hate it, and I wish something could be done about it.

iabt my mistake i was using outdated sources

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Is it bad for business these days? Tesla still worth a shit tone of money and he fucking saluted on national television.

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[–] Dungrad@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is... This is what worries you about this?

i can criticize two things at once hes a really bad guy and a really bad business guy too

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

For far too many people, the decision whether to cooperate with Nazis depends on profits to be had.

It was true of IBM in the 1940s, and it's true today.

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[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Ikr? Whose still tweeting...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

More insane than Trump wanting to put a Riviera in Gaza?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Psychopath children desperately wanting your attention

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Kayne is actually severely mentally ill, though.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can’t excuse it, otherwise you could discount all Nazis as mentally ill

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I mean like he legitimately needs antipsychotics. Being a Nazi doesn't require mental illness.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not being able to tell fact from fiction doesn’t make someone a Nazi though

[–] tree_frog@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

No, but when you add internalized bigotry into the equation, I can see how a black man with mental health struggles ends up claiming to be a Nazi.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drug abuse + social media, match made in hell.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm guessing he was a bigot long before he tried a single drug and certainly long before social media.

Because those things do not cause bigotry.

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because those things do not cause bigotry.

While that could be true, they sure cause metastasizing bigotry.

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

He’s absolutely fried his brain on nitrous

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Kanye West has no business talking about his swag.

GET YOUR OWN THIRD RALE

I know spelling is hard sometimes, but JFC.

[–] rimu@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

wow his ears are on crooked

its efficient and aerodynamic

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

I don't even

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