Spyke
lemmy.world

Logged in to see if this was fake

Yep, it's real.

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programming.dev

He didnt actually mean he liked Hitler, he was just making a joke. I am not going to explain the joke because that would ruin it

(Excuses are getting harder and harder to find)

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He meant grammar nazi, he didnt say that he was an actual nazi

When he said he loved Hitler, he wasnt referring to Adolf Hitler, there are thousands of people with that name

(Is this excuse better?)

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big_slapreply
lemmy.world

LMAO okay, he got me laughing with the funny guy tweet

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lemmy.world

Dudes mad he doesn't have a likable personality. "But I've got money!" What a laugh. Personal insecurity makes man declare himself a Nazi. Tale as old as time.

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glimsereply
lemmy.world

My hot take is that he is - and has always been - a shit rapper held up by his good production.

He's never had anything interesting to say and he's never been good at delivering it.

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It's no coincidence that (imo) his best song is POWER which his just him being megalomaniac as fuck for 5 minutes

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lemmy.ca

This is what mental illness looks like. I hope he gets the help he needs and not the enablers that might end his life :/

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klemptorreply
startrek.website

He may be mentally ill, but during these episodes he always goes to this Nazi shit. I think the mental illness just unmasks what he really feels.

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I mean at least he seems to realize in the full thread saying this shit is problematic, as opposed to just blurting it out completely unqualified per usual. Not making excuses, at the end of the day fuck Kanye, but this seems a very fine hair more sane than usual.

Maybe I am just reading into it weird, granted it's Ye so weird is the only way it can be read shrug

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

Mental illness doesn't make people nazis, just like mental illness doesn't make people mass shooters, that's simply not how it works.

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Mental illness can make you susceptible to stuff like this

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gzerod200reply
lemmy.world

You… you aren’t trying to imply Tourette Syndrome, right? Because that’s not how Tourette’s works, like, at all. I would know, because I have it.

In reality, we have a set of “tics”, which are just small noises or motions we make uncontrollably. Of course, for some people it’s more severe, but the worst I’ve ever heard about is that some people may yell out swear words as one of their tics. But In no circumstance would it ever cause someone to type out and post “I’m a nazi” or “I love hitler”.

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sopuli.xyz

My late son had Tourette syndrome as well. Normally he had his physical and small verbal tics, but he also would get the bad word tics, I think it is called Coprolalia. But he literally never tweeted the stuff.

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I’m so sorry for your loss, I can’t imagine going through something like that.

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there's someone at my HS has Tourettes and occasionally I'll hear a really high pitched "fuck" along with some other noises

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Okay, so could you clarify exactly what you meant in the first paragraph?

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Having tourettes doesn't make you post about being a Nazi....Jesus Christ that's dumb.

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lemmy.world

Sure, he’s mentally ill, but that also doesn’t excuse being a nazi. It may explain it, but he still deserves to be punched in the mouth for it.

It’s also disingenuous and harmful to just use mental illness to attempt to dismiss it. People with mental illness already have a hard enough time living their lives without being compared to literal nazis.

Mental illness doesn’t magically make you a Nazi. Plenty of manic people just think they can fly, or make really nice art. But instead, this dude uses his platform to boost nazis.

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Also, even if his mania turned him into a horrible person, it would be understandable that the first one was sudden and therefore not preventable, but this is like the second or third time he does this. So... what about his responsibility while stable to medicate and find ways to remain as stable as possible?

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I mean, the dude is undeniably mentally ill, and he likely refuses to treat it because the meds make him feel “numb” and he makes music when he’s manic. But mania is on the same classification as schizophrenia, and comes with many of the same issues.

But yeah, in Kanye’s case he’s just a fucking Nazi who happens to have rampant untreated mental illness. The mental illness doesn’t excuse the Nazi bullshit.

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He's never going to get the help he needs. The only thing keeping him alive is his wealth. If he was a normal guy he'd be in prison or dead already.

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ddittyreply
lemm.ee

I think when Ye met with Trump in the oval office he unlocked his phone and his pin was 0000

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sopuli.xyz

What now?
Well now you're an idiot, bitch.

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Nah, just answering his question

This idiot, as mentally disabled and a black, would have get gassed and burned in my country, while his favourite leader was active here

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kbin.earth

How is "My wife's a bad bitch" further right that "I'm a Nazi" ?

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There is just a failure mode with fame where in order to hold on it seems the plan is to just be as unignorable as possible.

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midwest.social

This guy needs serioua help

Whether that help is medication and therapy or a long walk off a short pier I can't say.

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lemmy.world

I was about to say the same. Kanye is clearly going through emotional cascades that he doesn't know how to handle, especially after him and his wife divorced.

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lemmy.world

Yeah, and if he turns around there's room for a sort of reconciliation but also I've gone through trauma and have mental illness as have many of my friends, none of us became nazis

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lemmy.world

People going through emotional whirlwind and depression are more susceptible to brainwashing. Some vulnerable people fall for it, others don't.

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i cant believe ye would do this

thank you for telling me op now i wont give him the patriot award of the hour

edit op you get a patriot award thank you for your service

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reddthat.com

He spent the last 12 hours constantly posting this stuff on Twitter

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Maevereply
kbin.earth

That's a manic episode. Unfortunately, I've known people of various hues who held Nazi ideology. Then there are supremacists of all nationalities and hues.

I think we are all just people with our own sets of challenges. Marginalization/shunning doesn't prevent this. Opportunities to care for oneself do.

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

Marginalization/shunning doesn’t prevent this.

It is literally the only thing that works against Nazis/fascists besides violence. This is just the "paradox of tolerance" being taken too far. These people do not deserve to have their hateful ideology legitimized. It needs to be made known that there is no place in modern society for them, so long as they choose to support or espouse that ideology.

I am all for acceptance. Which is exactly why I understand that these people are not compatible with a society that is accepting.

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Maevereply
kbin.earth

I mean mental illness. I'm not sure if his contributes to that, unless he has schizophrenia or mpd.

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Sure, the mental illness should be treated. But it doesn't excuse or explain the Nazi shit.

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Oh dear Kanye, you have no clue that While Elon is currently part of the US govt, you're a worthless Anti-Citizen

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lemmy.world

Why are people excusing this as "mental illness"? What if he's just an asshole Nazi, no mental illness necessary

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Explaining, not excusing. I'm pretty sure being an asshole nazi is in the DSM.

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It is "yes, and".

Dude has unhinged and awful political and social views, seemingly unmoored by any governing principles, and he also clearly has manic features and likely could benefit from some treatment.

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Who is he talking to? What money? Every time he pops up, I have no idea wtf he is even on about. At the end of the day, I guess the only pertinent information is that he is a nazi. A very strange and confused nazi, but I suppose they all are.

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I really hope he gets help for whatever mental issues he's going through (I do not mean this is a malicious way fr)

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Oh no, does nick Fuentes also love Hitler? Ye has been openly a nazi for years. It's sad but yeah

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Could be snippets of lyrics from his new album? just like he did with The Life of Pablo.

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