Reddit Users Are Turning Ye’s Page Into a Holocaust Memorial
After Ye made antisemitic remarks, including declaring his love for Adolf Hitler, Reddit users have repurposed r/Kanye — a tribute to the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — into a record of the Holocaust.
On Thursday, Ye openly espoused antisemitism and false conspiracy theories about Jewish people in an interview on the far-right talk show InfoWars. His comments prompted widespread condemnation. President Joe Biden noted in a tweet that “Hitler was a demonic figure.”
Shortly after the interview, a Reddit user posted a plea to turn the r/Kanye subreddit into a “Holocaust remembrance sub.” The user, who said they grew up with the rapper's music and was a fan, wrote, “I can't imagine keeping this place going as is.” The r/Kanye subreddit has 711,000 members, ranking it among the top 1% biggest groups on the platform.
Since then, over 150 people have responded and the comment has almost 5,000 upvotes.
Some have posted tributes to people who were imprisoned and killed in concentration camps. Another user shared an interview with a woman who survived Auschwitz. Several Redditors have posted photos of Anne Frank, Krystyna Chiger and other children who tried to flee the Nazis.
This is officially a holocaust awareness sub. from Kanye
Emily Tamkin, a journalist and the author of the book Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities, said the phenomenon was heartening. “[These] are people people who love the music or love him, and who decided that was less important than condemning antisemitism and historical revisionism,” she said.
Elsewhere on the subreddit, a moderator said that they've banned users and taken down “dozens and dozens” of posts and comments. “We'll continue cracking down on clear and
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