I think people want to live in a morally convenient universe. I think that we have completely destroyed the idea of a nuanced moral perspective. Another layer of complexity on this Kanye West situation is that there isn't just moral condemnation. And as you say, the answer here might be to tell him to step away from his Twitter account,. But there are people online who vocally support him.
UnHerd's Florence Read meets American author Freddie deBoer to discuss the curious case of Kanye West.
In the space of a few months Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has gone from world-famous rapper to appearing on Alex Jones’s InfoWars praising Hitler. It’s not clear if he will ever recover reputationally from the stigma of this episode.
What lessons can we take from the public's treatment of the rapper?
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