AIBU to think cancelling Kanye West’s Italy concert was justified? (antisemitism)

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A Kanye West concert in Italy has been cancelled as a result of “public order and safety issues”.

He was scheduled to perform at the Pulse of Gaia Festival at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia on July 18, but Salvatore Angieri, the city’s prefect, stopped the concerts after “concerns” from the local Jewish community about previous anti-Semitic remarks by West.

A translation of a statement issued by the government of Reggio Emilia "took into account the cancellation of previous concerts by the American rapper in other countries and the real risk of counter-demonstrations.”

In April, West’s show in Marseille, France, was postponed after he had been denied a UK visa earlier that month, which led to the cancellation of his headline appearances at London’s Wireless Festival, following backlash due to anti-Semitic remarks.

West released a song called Heil Hitler in 2025, and previously advertised a swastika T-shirt for sale on his website. He has also been criticised for posting tweets of an anti-Semitic nature and describing slavery as “a choice”.

Is it embarrassing to admit what you meant with your earlier comment?

I will say that I think that if he was a white woman with severe mental heath issues the world would be more forgiving.

This has to be a joke

Not everyone can afford to travel to the US for a concert.

It's not embarrassing for me, very easy to figure out what you meant.

If you mean the Israeli lobby, just say it so we can all see you talking about Israeli lobby groups on a thread about someone who sees "good things in Hitler" talked about "controlled by Jews" and going "death con 3 on Jewish people," sold swastika t-shirts and released a track called Heil Hitler.

You think the only reason they aren't letting a Nazi sympathiser perform is because Israel pressured them not to?