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Jack Whiteis speaking his mind and lettingElon Muskknow his true feelings.
In anInstagrampost on Friday, the 47-year-old musician shared a lengthy message in which he condemned Musk, Twitter’s CEO, for allowing hate speech on the social media platform.
West’s account wassuspended last weekafter he tweeted a swastika, which Musk said “violated [Twitter’s] rule against incitement to violence.”
“Conspiracy liar Alex Jones doesn’t get ‘free speech’ either? I see. So you’re learning that these folks incite violence and hatred but trump…DOESN’T?” added White, who didn’t have a personal Twitter account but deactivated his Third Man Records page last month due to Musk’s decision to let Donald Trump back on the platform. “Or is it that liar Jones, and anti-Semite egomaniac Kanye can’t provide tax breaks for billionaires the way the former president could?”
He also shared a screenshot of a tweet from Musk saying he wouldn’t let disgraced InfoWars host Alex Jones back on the platform since he has “no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for… fame.”
He continued, “It’s nice to watch in real time as you learn that all things need to be regulated, whether that be guns, drugs, alcohol, assembly, or speech because of the danger of someone or something being hurt or destroyed. They’re sometimes called ‘laws.’ And perhaps you’re learning how harmful it can be when you let dangerous, hateful people say whatever they want on your stage.”
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White expressed his reasoning for leaving Twitter in November in alengthy post on Instagram. At the time, he wrote that giving the former president his account back was “absolutely disgusting” and an “a—hole move.”
“You did a lot of amazing things with Tesla, Elon, and you deserve a lot of compliments in that department,” he wrote. “But you’ve gone too far and are now using your power to promote horrible, violence inducing liars, who are taking the country and the world backwards and endangering the democracy that made you rich and successful in the first place.”
Meanwhile, the “Flashing Lights” rapper, 45, has beenembroiled in controversyfor more than a month due to hisantisemitic remarks.
West was previously banned from Twitter in October over a tweet that said he planned to go “death con [sic] 3 on Jewish people,” which cost the rapper and fashion designer lucrative deals with dozens of companies,including Adidas. Despite this, his account was reinstated last month.
source: people.com
