Kanye West has been sued and dropped by his talent agency after he posted a stream of antisemitic abuse, put T-shirts with a swastika on sale in his online shop, and was alleged to have described himself as Hitler to a Jewish employee.

Last week West, also known as Ye, wrote a barrage of antisemitic posts on X including, “I’m a Nazi … I love Hitler”.

The swastika T-shirt was placed for sale on the website of his fashion brand Yeezy, with the product line “HH-01”, assumed to be code for “Heil Hitler”.

Shopify, the company that provided the online platform for Yeezy, has now taken the store offline, stating: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms.”

    • @inb4_FoundTheVegan
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      175 days ago

      Mental illness doesn’t make you a Nazi. Saying Ye is acting like this because he’s off his meds is saying that those with diagnosed with bipolar or narcissism are just one step away from being a bigot. That’s not true and it only furthers the stigma of those with mental health issues.

      Ye is the one choosing to be racist, that choice is on him alone.

      • @[email protected]
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        45 days ago

        Saying Ye is acting like this because he’s off his meds is saying that those with diagnosed with bipolar or narcissism are just one step away from being a bigot.

        Nah, it’s just saying that a specific attention-seeking bigot with a personality disorder, which is marginally controlled with meds, is more likely to go on insane attention-seeking tears of bigotry when he goes off those meds.

      • @[email protected]
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        25 days ago

        Exactly. I have autism and an anxiety disorder, and I don’t go around seig heiling and doing Nazi shit, and it isn’t JUST because the Nazis would have me killed.

      • @[email protected]
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        -35 days ago

        It’s entirely possible that being off his meds is why he’s acting like this…but it’s not the reason he’s a bigot, just a reason he isn’t hiding it.

        I think it’s just as likely that he’s being loud about it because bigotry is back in fashion, though.

    • @Iheartcheese
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      65 days ago

      I’m bipolar and I’m fucking tired of hearing that excuse for him. Even if I’m off my meds I’m not a fucking Nazi

      • @[email protected]
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        05 days ago

        Not sure where I said or implied it was an excuse?

        He’s some kind of weird bigot for sure, but he’s also got a history of these random unhinged outbursts from time to time that are clearly a result of something more acute/immediate than being a nazi.