Subj : Cancel Culture
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Oct 27 2022 18:41:00

> At an October 3 fashion show in Paris, Kanye (or "Ye") West had models
> wearing "White Lives Matter," a known white supremacist slogan, walk down the
> runway.

I agree that some think it is, just as they think saying "all lives matter"
is.

> When Sean "Diddy" Combs said that he "did not rock" with the WLM movement,
> West responded, "Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that
> told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence." This statement
> got West kicked off of Instagram.

I have read that quote over and over.  Either you left something out, or it
was nonsense to begin with.  :)

> West then posted on Twitter (where he hadn't posted for two years): "I'm a bit
> sleepy tonight but when I wake up I'm going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE"
> (original emphasis). This got him kicked off of Twitter.

Is Puff Daddy Jewish?  Otherwise, I am missing the connection that West is
making.

> After being kicked off of Instagram and Twitter, West made moves to buy
> Parler.

I think someone else may have recently bought, or tried to buy, them also.
It could have been "Ye" as I didn't realize that was West until this story
hit the news.

> Was West a victim of Cancel Culture, or were all of those companies breaking
> ties with him a natural consequence of his anti-Semitic speech?

It sounds like he made threats ("going death con 3"), which can be
construed as beyond freedom of speech, so I believe it was more than either of
those but probably mostly the latter.


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