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Kanye West’s massive Reddit page overtaken by Taylor Swift love & Holocaust awareness… You love to see it. In case you’re not following, washed up rapper Kanye West (who now goes by Ye) went on Alex Jones’ far-right conspiracy show and spewed even more antisemitic rhetoric, praising Hitler and the Nazis. In response, r/Kanye, which has more than 700,000 subscribers, appears to be turning on him as it gets flooded with viral Taylor Swift appreciation and factual information about the Holocaust. Kanye sucks and his antisemitic rhetoric is not only abhorrent but extremely dangerous. No one in good conscience should still be a fan of his at this point. It’s nice to see the Reddit community go fully nuclear in response to his actions. West was also re-suspended from Twitter Friday after posting more antisemitic shit — a rare smart move from new social media mogul Elon Musk. 👏
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