Neither Left nor Right Will Condemn Kanye West’s Anti-Semitism So Long as He Appears to Be on Their Side
Support the right candidate, and rants about “the Jewish underground media mafia” will be forgiven.
October 19, 2022
Neither Left nor Right Will Condemn Kanye West’s Anti-Semitism So Long as He Appears to Be on Their Side
Support the right candidate, and rants about “the Jewish underground media mafia” will be forgiven.
Yesterday, the rapper Kanye West appeared on Chris Cuomo’s television program to discuss his series of anti-Semitic outbursts over the past week; he used the opportunity to make clear his conviction that he is a victim of “the Jewish underground media mafia,” and said much else in that vein. Since West has repeatedly voiced his support for Donald Trump—who praised West in an interview yesterday—certain segments of the American right rushed to defend him amid the latest controversy. Stephen Daisley comments:
October 19, 2022
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