Kanye West (L) jumps on stage after Taylor Swift (C) wins ‘Best Female Video’ at the … [+]
In 2016, Kanye “Ye” West was beginning to voice his support for former President Donald Trump, and Taylor Swift was widely suspected of being a secret Trump supporter, largely due to her popularity among the alt-right.
Now, Kanye has fallen so far down the alt-right rabbit hole that he’s managed to make Alex Jones look normal by comparison; during an appearance on Jones’ Information warsWest defended Hitler and denied the Holocaust, while Taylor Swift’s biggest scandal of 2022 was an inflated carbon footprint.
From controversy to controversy, West’s fans have largely defended the rapper, saying he’s misunderstood, misrepresented, or just makes really, really good music. “He did Graduationwas once a popular rebuttal to West’s criticism, eventually becoming a tongue-in-cheek meme, symbolizing West’s fandom’s desperate attempt to ignore his words.
But West’s Information wars the interview marked the point of no return, inspiring many West fans to turn their places of worship into Ye, with one fan subreddit shutting down for good, and the biggest, r/Kanye (with 700,000 subscribers) embracing in joking Taylor Swift, in reference to the feud between the two singers.
West stole the microphone during Swift’s 2009 acceptance speech for Best Video by a Female Artist in support of Beyonce, and later included Swift in a sexually aggressive song, which Swift objected to. While the two finally patched things up, fans seemed to relish and prolong the drama. Now former West fans are finding sympathy for Swift.
On r/Kanye, one commenter wrote “Absolutely hated [Swift] in 2016/17 just because I sided with Ye in their beef. I kinda regret it now that I like some of his music and it’s very clear that Kanye is a horrible person.
Another commenter wrote:[Kanye’s] music changed my life and it changed the lives of many others in this sub, but it’s time to admit he’s lost his mind. it hurts, but he did it.
The r/Kanye subreddit has also seen several posts that dive into the details of the Holocaust, highlighting some of the most tragic stories and disturbing details, in an effort to push back against the hateful anti-Semitism that West amplifies.
Other posts and commenters mention that the only Kanye West fans left are his “new” fans, referring to cesspool neo-Nazis like 4Chan who suddenly took an interest in the rapper.
Meanwhile, moderators at r/WestSubEver (another great hangout with over 119,000 members) decided to shut down the sub completely. The mods wrote a statement on the last post of the subreddit:
“When this submarine and previous submarines were created, they were intended to follow and support Ye on his various adventures. At the moment, there are no businesses left for Ye that aren’t openly hateful towards various groups of people. We’re sorry it had to come to this, but the community deserves better.
Even the moderators of the r/Yeezys sub, which was dedicated to West’s distinctive footwear, announced that they would take steps to “further disassociate” themselves from West’s public image and beliefs.
A Western-themed Discord server with more than 68,000 members will be rebranded and rebranded, an official announced Thursday. A weekly roundup of West-related news was suspended earlier this week.
“I think it’s pretty clear that we’re not big fans – basically, as it is right now, old kanye is one thing and this awful new stupid is another,” the manager said. waiter.
While there still seem to be scattered remnants of West’s fandom, largely individuals posting to Twitter and TikTok, the fandom’s biggest hangouts have unequivocally dismissed West.
While judgment may be long overdue, the Kanye West fandom is finally dead and the “Swifties” have been vindicated.
