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Kanye West Locked Out Of Twitter For Making Antisemitic Comments

Kanye's bizarre week continues.

October 10, 2022 at 12:39 am

Kanye West’s latest rant on social media has caused Twitter to take action against the rapper. West sparked controversy on Saturday when he went to Twitter to post a hateful message against Jewish people, BuzzFeed News reports.

“I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” West tweeted. “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Antisemitic because Black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”

After the tweet remained on the platform for a few hours, Twitter blocked the post and replaced it with an automated message, saying “This tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”

A Twitter spokesperson then spoke to BuzzFeed News on Sunday, saying “The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies.”

A day earlier, West bashed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for also placing restrictions against him on Instagram.

Look at this Mark

How you gone kick me off instagram

You used to be my nigga pic.twitter.com/YQzjw01jur

— ye (@kanyewest) October 8, 2022

West faced consequences on Instagram after he posted screenshots of text messages he sent to Sean “Diddy” Combs. West, who was outraged after Diddy called him out for wearing an “All Lives Matter” shirt earlier in the week, expressed antisemitic views when he exchanged texts with the rapper.

“This ain’t a game. Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me,” West wrote. “I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business.”

Kanye West just posted this text message exchange with Diddy pic.twitter.com/vvwsZYo5vO

— Paradigm.news (@readparadigm) October 7, 2022

The American Jewish Committee issued a statement against West, saying his words have consequences.

“The control theme seeks to falsely portray Jews as secret puppet masters ruling over others,” the committee wrote on Twitter. “Ye needs to learn that words matter.”

Kanye West’s week has consisted of:

– Incoherent rants laden with racist and antisemitic undertones made on the country’s top cable news program.

– Anti-Jewish posts shared with his 18 million followers on Instagram.

These posts are dangerous and here's why:

— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) October 7, 2022

The committee also said West made other hateful comments when he appeared on Fox News this week.

“He accused Jared Kushner, who is Jewish, of orchestrating the Abraham Accords ‘to make money,'” the committee said. “The greed theme has led to a long list of Jewish stereotypes, such as being money-oriented or controlling the world’s finances.”