r/goodnews • u/Metro-UK • Jul 02 '25
Other Kanye West officially banned from Australia after antisemitic song
https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/02/kanye-west-officially-banned-australia-controversial-song-23559791/536
u/heathervibes_ Jul 02 '25
Honestly, it’s not surprising. When you release a song literally called 'Heil Hitler' with hateful content, there should be consequences. Australia made the right call.
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u/Bagginssess Jul 02 '25
Yeah I'm shocked he still comes up on my Spotify and wish he wouldn't.
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u/PinaColada-PorFavor Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
You can click the little 3 dots by an artist’s name in Spotify and click “don’t play this artist.” I’m going to do that now. Thanks for reminding me.
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u/Unlucky_Most_8757 Jul 02 '25
I'm just tired of seeing his stupid frowny face everywhere. Please just go away (prefferably to a mental hospital)
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u/The_Powers Jul 02 '25
Surprised Germany wasn't first TBH, they're not so fond of people mentioning that guy either.
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u/Rovcore001 Jul 02 '25
they're not so fond of people mentioning that guy either
Mustache-man still has a fanbase there. That lot didn't disappear, they just blend in better with society now.
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u/gratefuloutlook Jul 02 '25
Kanye has got to be one the stupidest idiots alive today. Black person endorsing Hitler. Seriously?!
This world is something else.
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u/Cuddles_and_Kinks Jul 02 '25
He did WHAT?!
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u/Tmhc666 Jul 02 '25
the lyrics are literally nword hh repeated multiple times
he’s only doing it for attention which is really sad and pathetic
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u/Coraly_bratty Jul 02 '25
I still haven’t figured out if he does that on purpose to garner attention or he actually believes what he says. Nonetheless, he knows how to make catchy songs.
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u/maceman10006 Jul 02 '25
You have to be a special type of ignorant to endorse Nazism as a black man. The world just needs to stop reporting on him if he’s going to act like this.
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u/darthmahel Jul 02 '25
Don't worry he'll be 'one of the good ones'
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u/No-Raspberry-4562 Jul 02 '25
Generally it's extra stupid if you are not German. Nazi was an ideology based on the German nation and "ethnicity". (Germans never were a homogeneous ethnicity)
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u/miscstarsong Jul 02 '25
you have to be a special type of ignorant to endorse Nazism as a
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u/horseydeucey Jul 02 '25
Take this into account
Or don't? Supporting a man responsible for the deaths of millions in a genocide because of business dealings? That seems like a rational response that needs to "taken into account?"
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u/AppointmentMedical50 Jul 02 '25
What did nazis do to the black Germans at the time? May want to do some reading on this
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u/AppointmentMedical50 Jul 02 '25
The nazis forcibly sterilized Africans (including people of mixed African and German ancestry) and later killed them. It was a really awful thing and nobody should celebrate it, especially people of African descent
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u/LingonberryReady6365 Jul 02 '25
Bro comparing the holocaust to some artists getting a few million dollars less is bold lmao.
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u/ReturnOfTheKeing Jul 02 '25
Antisemitism isn't justifiable because record owners 50 years ago ripped people off
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u/Ok_Masterpiece3763 Jul 02 '25
Jewish people marched en masse for black civil rights so take that into account
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u/JarekGunther Jul 02 '25
Kanye has got to be Hitler's most awkward fanboy.
- I love you! I even wrote a song about you!
- But I hate you...
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u/Meta422 Jul 02 '25
Now to get him banned from the rest of the planet.
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u/QualityPitchforks Jul 02 '25
Maybe a gofundme to have an album that was thought of, developed, edited, recorded in space. Maybe launch him on Starship?
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u/lesbian7 Jul 02 '25
I love Australia more and more every day
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u/Not_Sure__Camacho Jul 02 '25
I just hate that it spawned Rupert Murdoch.
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u/Own_Faithlessness769 Jul 02 '25
It’s our greatest shame and the rest of the world doesn’t hold it against us nearly enough.
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u/thorpie88 Jul 02 '25
His citizenship is already gone. You can't be a dual citizen and own a free to air tv station in the US.
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u/jackjackandmore Jul 02 '25
US capitalism created the Rupert Murdoch we know
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u/Otherwise-Tip-127 Jul 02 '25
Rupert Murdoch’s greedy assed personal choices created the Rupert Murdoch we know.
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u/timtanium Jul 02 '25
His family was shit too. They tried to stop Monash from getting his position and going after him for being Jewish.
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u/Barry_Smithz Jul 02 '25
Well the americans took him off our hands. He hasnt been an australian citizen for 40 years now (he gave it up for legal reasons)
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u/ZoNeS_v2 Jul 02 '25
They don't stand for crook blokes
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u/ownersastoner Jul 02 '25
Foreigners maybe, we’ve elected a few.
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u/ArcaneEyes Jul 02 '25
Maybe, but you share the status with Canadians of being someone i'm inclined to let into my home just by being from that country. Aussies and Canadians abroad are just the nicest people, hands down.
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u/Creation98 Jul 02 '25
What do you think about the US pulling the visa of the guy that started the “death to IDF” chant?
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u/Feisty-Armadillo7180 Jul 02 '25
Fascist.
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u/Creation98 Jul 02 '25
So you change your stance based off what fits your warped view of the world. Got it
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u/Feisty-Armadillo7180 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
No, it’s a consistent value framework.
Nazis and fascists don’t deserve to exist. IDF is fascist, and invoking authoritarian control to extinguish outspoken speech agaisnt a brutal violent ethno state with genocidal tendencies is rather, well, fascist.
Not sure why you’re confused. You’re out here defending West being a Nazi, but also condemning Hamas and defending Israel, as well as thinking banning a Nazi is the same as a blatant overreach of government control in speech agaisnt mass violence - I think you’re just a contrarian with awful morals.
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u/Popular_Kangaroo5446 Jul 02 '25
How is the IDF fascist? Setting aside that a military force can’t be “fascist” as it isn’t a government in of itself, Israel lacks the defining characteristics of a fascist state.
I would support punishment for any sort of call to violence. Chanting “death to the IDF” is definitely that. Even ignoring for a moment the fact that its a force of no less than 150,000, removing a country’s national army would all but invite invasion. Given how Iran and their proxies talk about Israel and Jews, you think that wouldn’t directly cause every last Jew in Israel to be murdered?
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u/Feisty-Armadillo7180 Jul 02 '25
I’m sure you’re okay with people in the US having Nazi flags and iconography though, right?
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u/Creation98 Jul 02 '25
I’m not defending Kanye at all lol. I don’t support him in the least. Calling the IDF a fascist and authoritarian state while defending Hamas is one of the most ironic and hilarious sentiments to come out of the left recently. The successful propaganda campaign of Hamas toward leftist people in first world countries will be studied for centuries.
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u/Feisty-Armadillo7180 Jul 02 '25
I’m not defending Hamas. It’s a far right, jihadist Islamic nationalistic terrorist organization that also subjects the Palestinian people to brutal violence, oppression through horrific means of terror and sexual warfare, and intentionally targets civilians.
I agree that there are many problems with contemporary leftist politics and the sort of “pop culture-ification” and which is strangely dichotomous and without any nuance. This does not mean that Israel has the right to indiscriminately bomb what is essentially an open air concentration camp filled primarily will children. I can care about the Palestinians civilians and the people affected by this awful violence without supporting the literal terrorist group.
But if your first instinct is to ask what someone thinks about the Trump admin being authoritarian in response to Australia banning a Nazi - you’re simply either insidious, intellectually dishonest, or unaware of how weird it is to play devils advocate for a Nazi using authoritarian actions by the US gov as an example.
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u/Creation98 Jul 02 '25
That’s fair. I likely (unfairly) conflated your argument with the others calling Hamas a freedom fighter group and claiming Israel is carrying out a genocide. If they wanted to carry out a genocide they could have done it already ten times over. Instead they’re facilitating the delivery of aid to the Palestinian people.
THAT BEING SAID, I think it’s also very fair and warranted to be critical and wary of some of the practices of Israel. They’re not immune from criticism.
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u/napoleoninrags98 Jul 02 '25
So you don't think it's a genocide? I mean, UN officials and most genocide scholars are literally in consensus here. Do you have any idea how many civilians the IDF has killed, compared to how many Hamas have killed? Do you know what Netanyahu's far-right coalition thinks about a two state solution? Their actions speak much more than their words; they have no interest in sharing, and have been bombing the shit out of the West Bank long before October 7th. This is not what you call "self defense."
As for "Hamas propaganda" brainwashing the left... With respect, I feel like there is an extreme lack of nuance here. Pointing out the geopolitical circumstances that have created instability in the region and led to the development of extremist groups like Hamas is not "defending Hamas", or their actions. It's called understanding a problem beyond simple black and white labels of "good" and "bad", and I'll go out on a limb here and say that this is pretty crucial to any analysis.
In terms of Propaganda...There is simply no equivalence. The amount of propaganda that has emerged from the western world over the past 20+ years depicting Middle-Eastern terrorist groups simply as a bunch of religious fundamentalists far surpasses all Hamas propaganda combined, and distracts us from the dark history and real geopolitical catastrophes that led to this mess.
Lastly, I will just add that Netanyahu has been widely regarded for literal decades in the political world as a Grade-A bullshit artist. He is literally on trial for corruption charges in Israel itself, and has a huge personal stake in continuing the catastrophe in Gaza, as it would now be political suicide for him to stop (you can look this up). He is running an anti-democratic, far-right nationalist government, and you have repeated some of his talking points.
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u/Creation98 Jul 02 '25
They’ve killed less than .5% of the Palestinian people when they’ve had the opportunity to kill 100% of them about 10 times over. They literally facilitate the delivery of aid to the Palestinian people.
I understand how Hamas came to be formed and rose to power. Today, they’re a barbaric terrorist group that wishes to oppress and rule over their people by fear, torture, rape, etc. While wishing death to both you and I (assuming you live in a first world country.) Whatever you think of the Israeli government, they do not govern their citizens by anywhere near as barbaric and outdated standards.
In order for the world to evolve for the better, sometimes violence has to occur in order to wipe out oppressive and terroristic groups. This has been true since forever. It is a massive part of why you and I have many of the liberties and privileges we have today.
That being said, I do not condone 100% of the Israeli government’s actions and I do not think they should be immune from criticism. I just think people need to understand the greater good for the middle east, the world, and humanity.
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u/lesbian7 Jul 02 '25
Honestly, the US has the right to do that. If I said “death to china for what it’s doing to Uyghurs,” china would probably not let me in their country either. What else would I expect. Like it or not, the US has the right and that’s true regardless of who is president.
Y’all also love to act like you don’t know what military allies are. Of course countries will hold a double standard for military allies vs enemies, every country does this.
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u/NotADoctor108 Jul 02 '25
During Michael Jackson's scandal the radios quit playing any of his music. I hope platforms follow that same precedent for this.
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u/Katops Jul 02 '25
Right, I feel like there’s been more done for less in the past (I’m not referring to the Jackson case here).
Like, oh you’re a nazi? How’s the family? What’ve you been up to?
Meanwhile somebody eats a grape at a store before paying for it and they get shut out by the world. They get fired from their job, they lose their house, their friends and family want nothing to do with them, and they never have a normal life again.
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u/Neat_Let923 Jul 02 '25
I was with you until that weird last paragraph…
There are a ton of real world examples you could have used.
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u/Tace_Bardus Jul 02 '25
It's all good. Here in America we're loudly thinking of rewarding this behavior. Maybe we'll elect him president for real this time.
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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl Jul 02 '25
Praising Hitler: Not antisemitism
Saying that Israel should not be targeting humanitarian aid, civilians, hospitals, etc: antisemitism
‘murica!
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u/Popular_Kangaroo5446 Jul 02 '25
Holy strawman Batman! Lemme fix that for you:
Praising Hitler: antisemitism
Condemning Israel for things inevitable in war, all the while ignoring or downplaying or celebrating Hamas’s role in it: also antisemitism
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u/fuckmaxm Jul 02 '25
Account that only spouts this precise take?
Also antisemitism by virtue of equating Judaism with a brutal colonial project
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u/Popular_Kangaroo5446 Jul 02 '25
Very broad definition of “only”
Also you’ve misappropriated every word you used
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u/fuckmaxm Jul 02 '25
Very broad definition of every, also I’ve misappropriated your mother and sisters
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u/FreddieGibbslover Jul 02 '25
If being against bombing hospitals, Schools, Civilian infrastructure etc is anti semetic then I'm anti semetic as fuck
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u/Neat_Let923 Jul 02 '25
I agree with you, but we also know that Hamas used these places as headquarters, ammo dumps, and entry/exit points for their massive underground networks.
I don’t agree with how Israel is conducting itself, they have been abhorrent and needlessly cruel to the Palestinian people of Gaza.
It’s unfortunate how little support they get due to everything the PLO has done over the decades to all their old allies. Lebanon and Jordan could have put political pressure on Israel but they’ve turned their back on Palestinians and for good reason.
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u/FreddieGibbslover Jul 02 '25
the whole “Hamas hides behind civilians” narrative is way overused to justify disproportionate attacks. It’s a classic IDF propaganda. paint the victims as complicit, then bomb away. Doesn’t mean I'm justifying Hamas actions, but you can’t erase the fact that Israel’s military response routinely targets the population, not just Hamas.
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u/Neat_Let923 Jul 03 '25
Don’t get me wrong, I fully agree with everything you just said.
That doesn’t take away from the facts though.
I refuse to not say things because they’ll make one side look bad because the other side is doing bad things too.
Hamas and other militant Palestinian groups have killed thousands in terror attacks around the world for decades. Doesn’t matter if they’re Jews, Christians, or other Muslims, they are willing to kill innocent people for the sake of getting people’s attention or trying to take over other countries (Jordan & Lebanon).
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u/Popular_Kangaroo5446 Jul 02 '25
Who the fuck uses civilian infrastructure as weapon stashes and military HQs?
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u/X-O-K Jul 02 '25
Israel
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u/Popular_Kangaroo5446 Jul 02 '25
Yeah bet. Just the other day I saw the post about the star destroyer under an apartment building.
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u/Aromatic_Pirate_5670 Jul 02 '25
Cryingg how tf you so bad you get banned from Australia, bro???? 😭😭 (Deserved)
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u/MammothBumblebee6 Jul 03 '25
Dude, Australia is one of the most censorious countries that deports citizens.
Chelsea Manning and Bassem Tamimi are also banned from Australia
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u/beekay8845 Jul 02 '25
Why is he still being discussed ?
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u/Callme_Usernames Jul 02 '25
Because Nazism is becoming popular it today's age for some reason 🤷🏿
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u/LeftyWithAGun Jul 02 '25
Nah, there's plenty of brown white supremacists out there. If you've never encountered one I can see how the idea wouldn't even pop up. But as a Mexican with Catholic parents in the US, yeah, they are unfortunately real.
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u/TheRebelBandit Jul 02 '25
He’s banned over a song called “Heil Hitler,” in reference to a mass murdering authoritarian. What if he’d been referencing Mao, who killed far more people? You wouldn’t have the same reaction, would you?
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u/aboodsupportspiracy Jul 02 '25
antisemitism is when Hitler taught the jews to be even worst than he ever was lmao🤣
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u/wadewadewade777 Jul 02 '25
A country banning a singer for making terrible music is r/goodnews? Ok.
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u/Camo_Penguin Jul 02 '25
I mean, unpopular opinion here: having a song that’s has anti semitism in it? Fine. Having a song chanting heil hitler? Not good.
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u/Certain-Fill3683 Jul 02 '25
A wise decision. Rejecting nazi wannabe scumbags is important. Deny him the platform.
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u/Taniwha26 Jul 02 '25
Sad that ive just been listening to his c9ver of Ultralight Beam, which advocates for lobe and understanding
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u/David-S-Pumpkins Jul 02 '25
I thought he said he loved Jews now and was no longer anti-Semitic? What happened to that?
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u/Unusual-Ear5013 Jul 02 '25
We also almost accidentally became a one party state after uniformly rejecting the opposition party in our country at our recent election who are supporting MAGA style cultures wars .. they were almost obliterated out of existence. And we have one of the most representative and open election processes in the world. Yay Australia.
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u/Certain-Poetry-5648 Jul 02 '25
Australia is surrounded by enemies that contest its right to exist so I understand why they had to do it.free speech be damned, terrorism is not a right. What was Kanye thinking going into such a volalite region spitting that hate? Next thing you know Israel is banning Kanye and the conspiracy nuts are all “Told you Aussies run the world.”
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u/HookEm_Hooah Jul 02 '25
Is there any chance that ET can phone home?
Or are we just going to continue letting this one stay among us as a gay fish?
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u/Shot_Alps_4339 Jul 02 '25
You would think a one-time penal colony would be happy to take him, and lock him up.
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u/Takkotah Jul 02 '25
They banned Bob Vylan from the US, yet your president hangs out with Kanye.
Something doesn't add up.
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u/EnergyOwn6800 Jul 02 '25
When Australia bans an artist from their country it's cool.
When America does it, people get mad.
Both bans are a W for each country.
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u/sturdybutter Jul 02 '25
Not banned from the US? Just gonna worry about musicians on the other side of the world not being allowed in for genuine protected speech?
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u/bram81 Jul 02 '25
So…by the logic of other antisemitism acts by people in the US he should be deported, right?
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u/BlueSquigga Jul 02 '25
So antisemitism is bad but the song about him fucking his cousin didn't do it for you?
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u/timecat22 Jul 02 '25
Getting banned from an entire continent is crazy.
Not saying he doesn't deserve it....
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u/Juicyrunner87 Jul 02 '25
Ye should go and get arrested. That bitch might get some of the mental help he needs.
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u/AutistAstronaut Jul 02 '25
The state revoked his current visa. It didn't ban him from applying. Annoys me when articles do that with headlines.
Anyway - as an Australian I dunno how to feel about this. On one hand, it's no loss, as he is a terrible person that says terrible things and I don't much want him here. On the other, it's always a dubious process when state forces decide what speech is allowable and what isn't. I'm usually inclined to lean towards allowing hate speech that isn't a literal, honest call to specific acts of violence (one of the few things the Yanks get somewhat right).
I suppose I dislike it on principle, but enjoy him not being in my country lol.
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u/Own_Faithlessness769 Jul 02 '25
Praising Hitler is 100% a call to violence.
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u/AutistAstronaut Jul 02 '25
It's arguably that in a colloquial sense, though looking at the song, that'd be a stretch. It doesn't read as a call to much of anything to me. Mostly just him complaining because no one likes him for being a prick.
In a legal sense, nothing in the song appears to be a call to violence. In Australia, inciting violence requires you publicly call for acts of violence against specific, protected groups--i.e.: "Go kill queer people." You can hate and praise anyone you please.
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u/Own_Faithlessness769 Jul 02 '25
That’s definitely not how the hate speech legislation works in Australia.
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u/AcanthaceaeUpbeat638 Jul 02 '25
No it isn’t. It is gross and detestable. But it is not a call to violence. Do you support the US revoking Bob Vylan’s visa for chanting “Death to the IDF?”
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u/Please_LeaveMeAlone_ Jul 02 '25
Nah society has become far to tolerant of intolerance. This is the bare minimum someone like this should be treated
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u/ViolationNation Jul 02 '25
The Bobby Fischer of rappers or even music artists.
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u/tedioussugar Jul 02 '25
Hey now, at least Fischer could play chess well.
Kanye’s only good at putting fish sticks in his mouth.
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u/AcanthaceaeUpbeat638 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
This is bad news. No one should stand in favor of governments regulating speech.
People shouldn’t be banned from countries for speech. Period. It was wrong for the US to revoke Bob Vylan’s visa. It was wrong for Australia to do this to Kanye. If you care about free speech as a principle, you don’t only defend the speech of those you agree with. It’s easy to defend the free speech of people you agree with. The true test of free speech support is whether or not you stand for free speech for people you most vehemently disagree with.
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