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Behind the Aegis

(53,944 posts)
Thu May 10, 2018, 05:58 AM May 2018

Who 'runs the world'? Jews, according to Azealia Banks

Fresh from a performance in Israel, American rap star Azealia Banks on Wednesday unleashed a tweet tirade in which she accused Jews of having complete control over "African-American entertainment industries" and that they "run the world."

In two tweets that were deleted not long after they appeared, Banks picked up on a previous tweet stream in which she lambasted Israelis for being rude and racist.

Things took a darker turn, however, when she wrote that: "Now here us negroes are in 2018 paying for our sins by Jews having complete control over all African American entertainment industries in the US. From hip-hop to basketball and sports... the Jews run and own it all."

"That's what we get for listening to the romans," she added.

She then added to a story told the previous day about an encounter on her flight to Israel last week, during which she said she was offered money for sex by a rabbi she was seated next to.

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It's OK everyone, it's just anti-Semitism! No bigee!

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Who 'runs the world'? Jews, according to Azealia Banks (Original Post) Behind the Aegis May 2018 OP
It's getting worse throughout the world Danmel May 2018 #1
Actually the guy in the Kremlin is the one encouraging it. Initech May 2018 #13
Yes, it is. Behind the Aegis May 2018 #18
Wonder why she went on tour in Israel, if that's how she feels. Mc Mike May 2018 #2
Money oberliner May 2018 #15
She's a horrible horrible person. n/t seaglass May 2018 #3
Reads like something from Der Sturmer Marengo May 2018 #4
She sounds exactly like leftynyc May 2018 #5
Sounds like she is immersed in the same toxic brew as the DC councilman salin May 2018 #6
We can thank louis farrakhan for that leftynyc May 2018 #14
Jared Kushner does, singlehandedly. milestogo May 2018 #7
I'm hoping she will be irrelevant soon. Screw her for being Ilsa May 2018 #8
The stupid, it burns mythology May 2018 #9
Of course, she makes these comments AFTER her performance in Israel - bullwinkle428 May 2018 #10
The ignorance and hate unleashed by Trump Generic Other May 2018 #11
Nothing to do with Trump oberliner May 2018 #16
Really? Generic Other May 2018 #19
Really oberliner May 2018 #20
There seems to be a lot more of it lately Generic Other May 2018 #22
Yeah, I remember before Trump when Codeine May 2018 #21
Sounds like she's off her meds again MrScorpio May 2018 #12
A touch ironic from someone with Banks as their surname ! OnDoutside May 2018 #17

Danmel

(4,912 posts)
1. It's getting worse throughout the world
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:18 AM
May 2018

And our toxic president encourages and foments it.
I'm just glad that my father, who survived Auschwitz, didn't have to hear an American president decent Nazis.
At least he didn't die fearing for his children and grandchildren.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
13. Actually the guy in the Kremlin is the one encouraging it.
Thu May 10, 2018, 09:20 AM
May 2018

By spreading the propaganda through his troll army. Trump was someone who bought the bullshit that was being spewed. As is Fox News. And Putin is taking his toxic message globally and people are buying it. Scary shit.

Behind the Aegis

(53,944 posts)
18. Yes, it is.
Thu May 10, 2018, 03:11 PM
May 2018

In so many countries, anti-Semitism has risen. Other crimes may be down, but anti-Semitism ticks upward.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
2. Wonder why she went on tour in Israel, if that's how she feels.
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:33 AM
May 2018

A big F.U. to her paying fans there, it seems. Michael Jackson did the same thing, on one of his later albums.

I remember one of the rabidly antisemitic 'christian' pastors in the US went on a p.r. tour of Israel to try and minimize the latest nazi thing he'd said. He was an ally of AIPAC's repug pols. He said some appallingly anti-semitic things while over there, including asking why they 'don't just tattoo the Jews', while at a photo-op event with some law enforcement people.

Hey, I caught that 'roman' reference of hers, seems like she wants to go after roman catholics, too. Like Chappelle's klansman character.

She's in for a big surprise when she works her way down the klan's enemies list.

salin

(48,955 posts)
6. Sounds like she is immersed in the same toxic brew as the DC councilman
Thu May 10, 2018, 08:05 AM
May 2018

who ducked out of a special tour of the Holocaust museum that was supposed to be part of a pr/goodwill effort after he unleashed some similarly disgusting antisemitic conspiracy theories/hatred.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
14. We can thank louis farrakhan for that
Thu May 10, 2018, 09:27 AM
May 2018

nation of Islam crap that he has been spewing for decades. Any Democrat that has screwy louie's support will NEVER get my vote.

Ilsa

(61,692 posts)
8. I'm hoping she will be irrelevant soon. Screw her for being
Thu May 10, 2018, 08:25 AM
May 2018

ignorant and hateful. After claiming a rabbi propsitioned her for paid sex, why would anyone believe her?

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
9. The stupid, it burns
Thu May 10, 2018, 08:28 AM
May 2018

But I suppose on one level it's good that stupid people feel the urge to spew their nonsense so the rest of us can see them for who they really are, I'd much rather people stop being stupid.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
10. Of course, she makes these comments AFTER her performance in Israel -
Thu May 10, 2018, 08:37 AM
May 2018

don't want to do anything to upset that cash flow of hers, don'tcha know!

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
19. Really?
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:11 PM
May 2018

Trump created the atmosphere for a whole lot of people to feel free to be deplorable. They revel in it. They actually proudly flaunt their racism, bigotry and antisemitism. Trump made it acceptable to openly share their attitudes and actions. I have been watching videos about being arrested while black eating BBQ, buying candy, breathing, sleeping. Yeah Trump certainly does bear responsibility in the uptick in hate crimes throughout the country.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
20. Really
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:15 PM
May 2018

People have felt free to spew this kind of antisemitic crap without any help from Trump for a long long time.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
22. There seems to be a lot more of it lately
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:38 PM
May 2018

so I will continue to blame him for making it more socially acceptable than ever.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
21. Yeah, I remember before Trump when
Thu May 10, 2018, 07:32 PM
May 2018

we lived in a halcyon and idyllic paradise free from loud-mouthed idiots bitching about Jews. This isn’t new, and it’s not even new to hip-hop.

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