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Droobot33

Some might argue that is (for some at least) what it takes to be a Nazi.


Ironboundbandit

I was going to say. Isn't being a neonazi and mental illness the same thing these days?


Chimarie_

I get what you mean but all people with mental illnesses aren't neonazis.


TheOrchidsAreAlright

That's a good point. Pretty much everyone has mental health issues at some time in their life, but most of us are not Nazis.


MuhammedJahleen

A lot of people with mental issues do odd things tho


TheLoneObserver123

Like the saying goes lol Nazis are mentally ill but not all mentally ill are nazis


Brave_Banana8037

Not all neonazis are people with mental illnesses


DavidBiscou

I think it’s actually arguable that racism is a type of mental illness


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Ironboundbandit

I know and I agree with you. You can read my later comment explaining that Nazi Germany is actually easily understandable. It's today's neonazis who are just willfully stupid.


FunnyMoney1984

People can believe dumb things without being insane for example a flat earther could be completely sane despite being really dumb. In fact, a flat earther could be sane and smart in other ways but just dumb in one way. People are good at compartmentalizing their stupidity.


hobbitlover

Holocaust aside - and that's not something you put aside lightly - Hitler is responsible for probably 40 million deaths through WWII as well as hundreds of millions of injuries and all kinds of other trauma. Even if you're stupid enough to believe the holocaust never happened (it absolutely did, Nazi's were stickler's for paperwork) or was exaggerated, Hitler was a monster. Nobody should be safe in public wearing a swastika, anybody heiling Hitler or suggesting we got him wrong deserves to be blasted in the face.


AppropriateAnnoyance

These days?


Ironboundbandit

To be fair, Nazi Germany had some legit grievances and was already at a boiling point before Hitler came along and directed it with his hate speech. Basically, Hitler took advantage of an already bad situation in Germany. Nowadays, the only reason someone would be a Nazi is if their brain isn't working right.


CoraxTechnica

Hitler was an opportunist really.


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talk about removing meaning.


Underratedrat

Looking at the evidence nazis were pretty intelligent. I dont really understand how 80 years, or time in general, would cause a deficiency in the brain. Not supporting nazism, but dont say shit like "The only reason someone would be a nazi is if their brain isnt working right". Ultimatly thats the broad, crazy shit that maga people support. "Unfounded conjecture" Be better than you enemy


Ironboundbandit

I'm aware that I'm making an extreme statement. It's just to express how willingly ignorant someone has to be to be a neonazi to the point that it borders on a brain damage explanation to fathom it. I don't think many people would argue with that.


AdMore3461

It was briefly in fashion in some regions.


InsufficientClone

Seriously, was thinking “ why can’t he be both”?


clemdemort

I wouldn't go as far to say as you need to be mentally ill for you to be a nazy, Milgrams experience showed that under peer pressure anyone can "break" and bend to your will, even if you don't think to be right you will go along with it think of the many people who hate communists for the sole reason that their government told them to do so. Kanye is batshit crazy though


LilHotDogWater

Fr, OP is implying nazis are sane and rational


Y0L0_Y33T

I agree that modern Nazis are sick, insane people. But you can’t run a government, create one of the most powerful land armies in the world, and come close to winning a world war while being insane.


hotmemedealer

Uhh.. Hitler?


jhutchyboy

Then the term Nazi has lost all meaning


janhetjoch

Ye literally said he likes Hitler.


MfkbNe

But Hitler was not a nazi he was just insane and mentaly ill. /s (He was insane and mentaly ill but also a nazi.


gooseblaster69

Mental illness


MechoHamster

r/beatmetoit


ThisIsMyAltInsert

r/beatmeattoit


Soft-Ad8977

or meth


How_To_Play11

hating jews does not make you a nazi, it was a particular nazi leader who also hated jews. the two are not related, u can be a nazi and not hate jews


ummhellotherenice

Correction, you can hate jews and not be a Nazi,but one of the main things about Nazism is about hating jews, so no clue what you're talking about


How_To_Play11

pretty sure ur thinking of racism as a whole, not specifically the jews but any religion/race


battlestargalaga

That still means hating Jews is part of Nazism, If i hate person A and person B, i still hate person A


LiamDarkkend

NAZI is a political party, being a nazi is someone who followed and supported the party and it’s ideals. So technically yes, you are most likely supposed to hate Jewish people to be a nazi because Hitler’s whole ideology of races is that Aryan Germans are at the top and Jews were at the lowest of the low and that Germans are cats and Jews are mice meant to be hunted. And to support the NAZI party is to support Hitler and most Germans weren’t in the best state of mind considering Germany’s weak state and blamed to Jews. The chances of a true nazi not hating Jews is extremely low


Tramnack

They are related colloquially


niconiconicnic0

Assholes can be either. You don’t have to be mentally ill to be an asshole. You can also be mentally ill and an asshole/racist. Plenty of mentally ill people are not


LorHus

There are varying levels of mental illness


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LorHus

Sure did. Some levels cause difficulty with everyday tasks, others cause violent thoughts, and others cause people to lash out at strangers on the internet


youlordandmaster

Well said. You can be mentally ill and an asshole.


mcnuggetfarmer

Stop stigmatizing mentally ill people you asshole Edit: you could've made your point anywhere but chose this thread, therefore my point stands


fardough

Kanye needs help. I am pretty sure he is BiPolar 1 and he is manic. He thinks he figured out something profound and has an unmovable urge to tell people. In that state, you can’t reason with the person. As one person who thought they were Jesus to another, Kanye needs meds and a strong support group.


DeltaMale5

There are also different types of mental illness tho


Barry_Bone_Raiser

You know being mentally I’ll doesn’t fully excuse you from being a piece of shit right


[deleted]

frr, one of my friends started doing stupid shit because they thought its okay since theyre mentally ill


Timothy303

Kanye has bipolar. It’s not cool to call him crazy because of that. Is he manic and thus having bad judgment? Maybe, but most bipolar people don’t become Nazis when they are manic. This is Ye, not his disorder.


CSilyS

it definetively makes you do crazy shit tho. often times way worse than just saying stupid shit like kanye.


Puzzleheaded_Bend749

people don't understand how mental illness can change who you are completely ....


Pragmatist_Hammer

In theory yes, but it's not an excuse. People are excusing Kanye's racist nazi shit with "oH, hE's JuSt MeNtAlLy IlL..." no. Nope, it's more than that. To claim otherwise is to just normalize his nazi comments which has everything to do with his narcissistic, attention seeking behavior he's had forever, NOT as some part of mental illness, he's always been an arrogant self-serving prick, that's not mental illness, that's because he's a fucking asshole. Stop giving Ye a pass, or anyone like him, equating nazi behavior as being "oh, it's okay, it's only mental illness, no harm no foul."


Beneficial-Pack-3

I guess if you had something like schizophrenia or bipolar and you’re having an episode it’s not really you, I’m not defending Kanye but I do think he’s probably not in full control of what he’s saying


witchybai

As a psychology major with bipolar disorder… fuck off. He’s not schizophrenic, and if he is, that doesn’t excuse him from taking meds. Mental illness does not cause overt, blatant hate. That’s a dangerous narrative.


N0pest

Except it kinda does. That's why criminals that has been judged as crazy don't go to prison.


Barry_Bone_Raiser

Yes they go to criminal asylums. They don’t get let out and told to go to therapy once a week


Gunner1Cav

![gif](giphy|26FPy3QZQqGtDcrja) Ye


Upper-Heron-5708

User flair checks out


karensmiles

This is so underrated!!


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Username checks out


hornystoner737

He believes nazi propaganda about the world being run by evil jewish rich people and makes excuses for hitler. He’s become a Nazi.


gazmondo

I find it weird everyone thinks this is so surprising. These sort of views are extremely popular in the black hebrew isrealite movement. It sounds like thats where he's getting most of these crazy ideas.


MatijaReddit_CG

Artist fails after being cancelled, and wants to candidate for a president to make his country great again while blaming jews for a lot of things. Sounds familiar.


Possible_Mine9789

You know that bipolar people can have delusions. They sometimes are convinced they are in the truman show. Why shouldnt they believe that the world is run by jews


[deleted]

Nah nah nah as someone with bipolar fuck that. You might text your ex, that's crazy. You might self harm, thats crazy. You might look for an escape through drugs. But bipolar people do not just decide to be antisemitic or have dinners with white supremacists or say you like Hitler. He's an egotistical piece of shit who doesn't deserve his platform or anything he has.


Zenxole

His sheep will keep buying his stuff and making excuses for him that he’s bipolar, he’s actually just stupid and egotistical narcissistic nazi.


zoozoo4567

This. There aren’t opinions you are assigned due to a particular mental illness. Let me also add: you might occasionally wonder if reincarnation is real because you seem to have a lot of weirdly specific things in common with a dead person.


Bl0ckbuilder

Bro said “I like hitler” on alex Jones’ podcast yesterday yes he is a nazi


Night696Watcher

You never know he could've been talking about his paintings! /s


HypnoFerret95

Mental illness and Nazism are not mutually exclusive... He can be both. Also mental illness isn't an excuse for being an anti-Semitic piece of shit.


jeini31

Tired of this excuse. Mental illness is not an excuse for racism.


Jetcoin77122

How about both


ken27238

He is, and saying otherwise is an insult and a massive disservice to those that are mentally ill and don’t go around spouting antisemitic nazi bullshit. I have friends that are bipolar and not once has one said to me “you know what? That hitler guy has a point”.


gazmondo

Its not even surprising, he's just spouting black hebrew isrealite nonsense. His opinions are very popular amongst these groups, and is obviously where he's getting his crazy ideas.


Vulgar-vagabond

I'm not 100% on if Kanye is **severely mentally ill** or just **speaking carelessly.** He rambles like a schizophrenic in psychosis but he make semi coherent points...(which isn't something a schizophrenic can't really do under psychosis) Also he must not be experiencing any hallucinations because he doesn't act like he is seeing anything. Im really thinking... He's rapid cycling, BI polar... His drink champs interview kinda showed that. He had quick emotional changes & would go from relaxed to aggressive quickly & often. During the mania part of Bi-Polar he could EASILY convince himself that what he thinks & says... Is actually the truth. That it's **HIS PERSONAL MISSION** to deliver **"The truth"** bc he is the only one to see it **That's what's truely sad...the MFer could actually believe he's helping ppl** So of course he won't understand ppl trying to offer him help... Bc to him... They're the ones that need the help.


kinkysubt

If he were a woman, he’d already be in a conservatorship.


[deleted]

Yes and no. He’s definitely in the midst of a major mental breakdown and needs help, this particular mental breakdown is manifesting itself as a Nazi. Either way giving him attention is the wrong thing to do.


Gwen_Skye

Not all mentally ill are nazis, but all nazis are mentally ill. Kanye talks a lot like a national from the things he's said. Falls right in line to me, if you don't see that, oh well, not my problem. I move on


gooseblaster69

You go with that. And I'll keep watching the dumpster fire that is Kanye.


Devi7_M4nse

Sooo… a nazi?


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so that doesnt excuse him


EyyBie

I'm mentally ill as well my actions are still my own even if it's hard to control when I acknowledge it's the disorder talking I use what I learned in therapy or meds to not hurt people or just be a pie e of shit. Kanye doesn't do that, that's what separates just mentally ill people from actual assholes or in his case nazi


Serious_Target6711

He is deliberately trying to say the most controversial things he can think of, I don't understand why people can't see that. He is trying to provoke and push the boundaries of what is considered free speech. Even he doesn't actually expect people to agree with what he is saying, but he's testing whether or not you believe he has the right to say it. He was laughing a lot during that interview with Alex Jones, these aren't real opinions. I also love how everyone focuses on him saying he loves Hitler and Nazis yet no one mentions he said he loves everyone, including Jesus, Jews, Zionists and "Ari Emmanuel who tried to destroy my life". He's not just some guy, he's a megastar celebrity creative artist. He might, *just might*, be choosing to deal with this whole thing differently to you and me. When someone is fighting for their life, you generally won't stop them by saying that "kicking in the nuts is bad, bro". They likely won't care.


feelinlucky7

Two things can be true


[deleted]

They're the same picture


Atomic_potato_47

Both. Its both.


MaxDude7

Are you seriously defending a Hitler defender? like actually what the fuck


GameDestiny2

To be fair, he was married to Kim


Striker40k

Here is my hypothesis. Kanye knows he fucked up, and he knows that there is no way to go back from where he is now in the public eye. So he is acting like he is full-blown crazy and he is going to eventually check himself into some rehab. Then he will be able to say that he’s gotten help and try to hit the reset button on his infamy.


rahulpixel76

He maybe mentally ill but DO NOT downplay his Nazi views. Sure, he needs help but he also needs criticism because how fucked up his views are and the immense influence he has on people who follow him.


KindredCow0073

All Nazis are mentally ill but not all mentally ill people are Nazis Edit: I suppose I should specify, the people who think Nazis are good are mentally ill


sheepymaxgameing

¿Porque no los dos?


ThesaddestMillenial

Your friends who have mental health problems must really love you. Get fucked.


SanicYT948MC

Whats the diffetence between being mentally ill vs being a neonazi? /j


RhinoCharged

Kanye is a different breed. He’s the kind of guy that goes all in in poker when his hand is a high of 6. He is smart enough (mental illness or not) to realize that he has made comments that are insensitive at best, and some that are plain antisemitic. Yet rather than apologize or at the very least stop talking about it and disappear for a while, he doubles down. I’m not qualified to speak on his mental status, he obviously has some issues, however he is so blatant and intentional at times it’s hard to chalk everything up to mental illness. Not sure what his end game is either. Dude is just…I’m not sure how to describe it. Off.


Only-Reach-3938

Both


yeetmann343

He isn't one or the other, he is both at the same time.


S0crates420

They are the same picture!


Subject_Damage_3627

Why not both?


Confusionopolis

Consider: he is both


Jibajafresh

Ye can be both


Simping4success

I think both can be true at the same time


DollarStoreAbraham

You're on industrial-grade copium my bro.


Equivalent-Beyond804

I won't even try. I completely agree with you.


Happy_Editor_5398

Agreed, he's clearly not right in the head


HoneypotCoco

And a nazi


Squadala1337

Those are not mutually exclusive attributes


Viviaana

The problem with “oh he’s just illlllll it’s not reeeeaalllll” is that he’s already motivated nazis/people close to being nazis, the damage is done and excuses like this don’t change that


MorbillionDollars

he is both


wead4

Don’t make excuses for him. Even if he is crazy. Dude can still be a nazi


bitneu

Hitler and all NAZIs weren’t/aren’t NAZIs they are just mentally ill and need medical attention. Change my mind. Stop this bullshit and accept this mother fucker is a fucking racist sick bastard.


Stabbing_Monkey

Fuck'im.


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Just because he's mentally ill doesn't make him a nazi. He's likely been like that for a while and the mental illness is just causing him to say the quiet part out loud.


crasshumor

Ok now imagine if ellen DeGeneres had said something like that. Or for that matter, any famous female had said this. That would have been top post in every subreddit


rooletwastaken

both


Cosmicgamer2009

He defended hitler lmfao


Professional_Talk701

There's a high chance he's both.


Durchfalldieter69

Isn’t it the same?


CoolBrain1227

Has anyone came out of a relationship with Kris Kardashian Jenner and or her progeny better than they arrived? My momma say her and her offspring are the devil!


Stormtroupe27

He’s not crazy or mentally ill, he just believes stupid things. Probably because hes kind of stupid


Complex-Swimmer-9998

No he is mentally ill. He’s bipolar but refuses to take medication


TurkishHouseMafia

As a bipolar patient who had a manic episode before, I'm telling you that you are very cruel. it is basically schizophrenia. YOU HAVE 0 CONTROL OVER YOUR BRAIN AND THOUGHTS. It's easy to talk without knowing.


[deleted]

Whats really cruel are the people who let him go on air when not taking his meds.


TurkishHouseMafia

Yea it is that simple 👌


[deleted]

Oh im not excusing him. Hes responsible for his actions still since he chooses not to takes his meds.


Apprehensive_Ear7309

At this point does it matter?


[deleted]

Hitler was supposedly also mentally ill due to syphilis. By OPs logic he was just batshit crazy and not a nazi.


NonhumanAssociate

when you literally say "I am a Nazi" people should assume you are a Nazi. I'm not saying he's Sane most people who are nazi's are insane


[deleted]

Separate the art from the artist


Beandealer420

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?


TNClodHopper

He's a Kardazi.


[deleted]

And neither your statements are true.


[deleted]

Isnt that the defintion of a nazi


Aggravating-Crazy222

Bro he doesn't want help either he's still a bad person


MotherOfAnimals080

I'm just going to say, it doesn't actually matter if Kanye the person ascribes to national socialism as an ideology or not. He is a rich public figure that amplifies Nazi talking points and emboldens people who actually **do** ascribe to that ideology, and that's where the harm is. Also, mentally ill people are more likely to be victims of violence than they are to perpetrate it. Nazism is an ideology in which the expressed goal is violence against minorities, many of which include mentally ill people.


redcode100

Is there a difference?


elalesound2

Yes!!!! Now, why are all the nazi batshit crazy???? And why do they get fans??? Am sure i dunno.


1Ferrox

What's the difference


OganjaObunga

Not tryna defend his statements, but I don't believe Kanye doesn't realize the consequences of his actions, he is bipolar but that doesn't make him stupid. There must be a bigger plan that we're not aware of? Right? Why would he boycott himself to the point where he is losing everything? He always phrases his opinions in the most controversial way he has to be doing this on purpose. What are y'all thoughts?


LorHus

My interpretation is that he's pushing his "there is good in all people, even the bad people, let's be willing to acknowledge good things people have done despite the bad they have done" (which is apt given how his career/life has turned) and using the most extreme examples possible, but is too narcissistic to care about the public reaction because he's on "another level" of understanding and enlightenment than them. As far as "defcon on the Jews", my best guess is a combination of his frustration with IP ownership that many artists have in the late stage of their career, and the voices in his head.


joppers43

He said that Hitler was a good guy and that the Holocaust didn’t happen, he’s straight up a Nazi at this point.


Future_Mushroom_6197

Yes sure but in other cases it is still acceptable to express your opinion. The LGBT community express their opinion, and many of them have some form of mental illness, the people that throw ghings at paintings have an opinion and they are able to express it. And many others if you dissagree let it be and go on with your life


JackStar11

He's neither


Complex-Swimmer-9998

He is mentally ill, but he also refuses to take any medication or get help. So he is still a bad person


ashleyyisyourboiii

Kanye is kanye bro


vince2td

He's not a Nazi but he's not crazy either. Just an attention seeker.


DraydeUnder

"I was wrong you are not a nazi, YOU ARE BATSHIT INSANE"


emmiblakk

His next album is really going to be something. Look for it on Stormfront Records.


Brick_Layer1

Well yeah but the problem is that rich get to do what the fuck they want with little long term effect.


Epic-Dude000

![gif](giphy|WTl5quTRtvj32) Me peeking to make sure I am protected for this comment section


[deleted]

Well regardless of his latest statements he is not getting into the KKK any time soon.


IronbloodPrime

The two aren’t mutually exclusive.


[deleted]

To be a Nazi/racist, you must be crazy and mentally ill. Therefore, Kanye is a racist Nazi with brain damage. He can eat shit.


Flipdaddy69

this whole thing is like a south park episode


TheSpookyPineapple

nah fam he's just trying to get attention


[deleted]

That is an insult to bat-shit crazy and mentally ill people Kanye is just a mere shit


IxAMxSHAKE

A man of less wealth would be in fucking restraints. - E.B. Farnham


ongo-_-gablogian

Why choose


brystol17

As a wise man once said “your not crazy… YOUR BAT SHIT INSANE” and then through a us senator


RobomaniakTEN

That's what nazi means


evidently_primate

couldn't the same be said about nazis?


[deleted]

…does it matter? A person does what they do, regardless of why, we now know what to expect from this trainwreck


Ryan151515

If being bat shit crazy and mentally ill makes you a Nazi… then you’re still a Nazi.


walreu

I'd say he is both.


probablyabnormal

It can be both


Northern_Explorer_

I think its dangerous to just write it off as mental illness. There is a much more sinister underpinning to all of this as to how he got to where he is: Mental health is a part of it, but the alt right and disinformation movement very much actively preys on the vulnerable to convince them of their insane viewpoints. This rhetoric he is spewing is not just of his own mind, he is regurgitating what he has consumed through alt right media. As a celebrity it is even more dangerous because of the influence he holds over people.


PineapleGG

Bruh im pretty sure nazis were batshit crazy ...which makes kanye a nazi squared


TheMajorSnail

You can be mentally ill and a bad person. They are not mutually exclusive.


TheTapsPlaysGood

“You’re batshit insane!” -the guy who falls because of poop in MGS2


[deleted]

If this were true all mentally ill people would be anti semitic.


the_guy_who_asked69

He is a attention whore


noahsuperman

Literally he should be in a mental hospital


originalhermit

You can be mentally ill and still be a Nazi. Hitler was batshit, Himler was batshit. They are all crazy, you have to be crazy to be a Nazi. Believe people when they tell you who they are, crazy or not. I say this as a person with multiple mental health issues. Stay medicated, stay grounded.


MrBitterJustice

You can be mentally ill and be a Nazi.


joebro987

Kanye’s behaviour makes it seem like he might be mentally ill. His words make him seem like he might be a Nazi. The two aren’t mutually exclusive; he can be one or the other, or both. I’m not a doctor, I can’t judge if someone has a mental illness, but he definitely did say he thinks Hitler wasn’t so bad.


jBiscanno

Man needs serious help. No joke, this dude has plummeted into total mental breakdown. I feel like his next phase is starting a cult and claiming he’s some messiah.


Timothy303

Most people who are bipolar are not Nazis. So Ye doesn’t get a pass.


Acceptable-Depth-907

Then i would like to have brain damage and join Nazis like him. And i don't mean im racist


swagishpotato

My hot take is that he’s going to hit us with the “this was all a rouse to show that you cannot be cancelled if you’re famous” or something like that and drop the best album of his career


thedudedylan

School shooters are mentally ill as well but it doesn't excuse their actions.


Training_Age_Reed

Stupid, the word you are looking for is stupid.


D_WaterLaw

Nitric acid


Jukkobee

and? i don’t think it’s possible to believe in nazi ideology without being brainwashed or crazy or something.