Kanye West has again been banned from Twitter. Is this the right way to combat anti-Semitism? See perspectives and analysis across the spectrum from TheAtlantic, BBCWorld, and brad_polumbo:
Kanye West has again been suspended from Twitter, this time for tweeting an image that combined the Star of David with a Nazi swastika. This comes after West appeared on Alex Jones’ show, InfoWars, where he expressed his admiration for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler while
“the Holocaust is not what happened.” West’s statements and his suspension from Twitter are again raising questions of how to properly handle hate-speech and bigotry in the digital age.Some writers are questioning the effectiveness of deplatforming on account of beliefs. Brad Polumbo wrote that"we can't make antisemitism, hate, and conspiracies disappear by ignoring them or attempting to silence their proponents.
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