Kanye West dares Elon Musk to ban him by handing Twitter account over to Nick Fuentes and Alex Jones

[brooklynite]

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West said on Thursday he plans to give Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and right-wing conspiracy monger Alex Jones the keys to his Twitter account, in protest against Elon Musk’s stance that he won’t let Jones back on the platform after a 2018 ban.

“I got a Twitter account and today I’m gonna have Nick and Alex tweet from my account,” Mr West, who now goes by Ye, said on Jones’s Infowars show, part of an antisemitic rant where he praised Hitler and attacked Jewish figures in Hollywood.

“I do find it a little bit hypocritical that Elon Musk said he was purchasing Twitter to create a free speech environment,” Mr Fuentes, West’s 2024 presidential campaign adviser, added.

“He says that free speech is the thing that’s going to save the West and our civilization, but yet he has taken exception to you Alex for some seemingly specific reason, maybe personal to him but certainly not principled.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/kanye-west-slams-elon-musk-and-gives-nick-fuentes-and-alex-jones-power-to-run-his-twitter-in-antisemitic-rant/ar-AA14N3jD

It’s nice to have friends.

[emulatorloo]

1. Well that explains this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217425134

Link to tweet

[Caliman73]

6. They are all idiots.

WTF does the First Amendment have to do with Twitter? Is Twitter the government? Is Twitter Congress?

Start your own social media site if you want to spew hateful shit! The government won't stop you.

[emulatorloo]

8. I doubt they have ever read the first amendment. They clearly don't understand it.

[jcgoldie]

2. bunch of rats in a wool sock fucking each other

[CatWoman]

3. i say let the crazy eat each other alive

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Is Musk religious? If so, what denomination does he align with?

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Ye is on a roll!

I wonder what twit-words of wisdom Ye will impart tomorrow?

[Kablooie]

13. Here are some lovely tidbits direct from Ye's mouth.

“Well, I see good things about Hitler also. I love everyone,” Ye said in response while wearing a fully hooded mask on the set of Jones’s show. “And Jewish people are not going to tell me you can love us, and you can love what we’re doing to you with the contracts, and and you can love what we’re pushing with the pornography” while also condemning Hitler, he added, saying “you can’t say out loud that this person ever did anything good, and I’m done with that.”

“Every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler,” Ye continued. “Also Hitler was born Christian.”

As the show headed to a commercial break, Jones told Ye he had a “Hitler fetish,” to which Ye responded, “I like Hitler.”

[Better Days Ahoy]

7. Excellent! My new targets on Twitter

Three for the effort of one.

[BlackSkimmer]

9. This country has become kindergarten.

In other news, Antonio Brown threw a shoe at his ex, and is in a standoff with the cops.

I’ve no doubt he’ll be tweeting soon.

[usonian]

10. Merrick-Webster must be updating the entry for clusterf***.

And I hope that this twitter disaster is only exceeded by house republicans going to war with each other.

[skylucy]

11. What a case of characters. If I saw them in a movie,

I would think it wasn't believable. Insanity.

[blogslug]

12. As the kids say

That's bait

Also, there's this:

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3758633-ye-to-no-longer-buy-parler/

Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, will no longer purchase the alternative social media platform Parler, the company announced Thursday. 

Parler Technologies said in a statement the company “mutually agreed” with Ye to terminate the intent of sale of Parler in a decision made in “mid-November.”

“Parler will continue to pursue future opportunities for growth and the evolution of the platform for our vibrant community,” Parler Technologies said in a statement...

[Trueblue1968]

14. EVIL EVIL MEN

[keithbvadu2]

15. They're all happy. They are getting attention.

[d_r]

17. dusgusting bunch of mfers arent they

[David__77]

16. Well I sort of appreciate the screws application approach.

I don’t agree with West- I do think Musk is inconsistent and untruthful.

[PufPuf23]

18. Now get these 4 cretins in New York where they can be placed on mental

health hold.

The four are an ongoing danger to us all.

[StormKing]

19. PAGING WILL SMITH, PAGING WILL SMITH

We need some... Applause Mr Smith. The one handed variety.