What Annoyed the Internet This Week?
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This week, Kanye West annoyed the Internet by having yet another Donald Trump Twitter rant.
It’s not just Kanye who misses the old Kanye, it’s the entire Internet. Just as everyone seemed to forget about his last Twitter rant a few weeks ago where he loudly professed his love for President Trump, Ye is right back at it again.
It all began when he gave a pro-Trump speech at the end of an SNL performance which was met with stunned silence and boos. He later tweeted a photo of himself from a private jet wearing his infamous Make America Great Again cap.
this represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love pic.twitter.com/a15WqI8zgu
— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018
The 13th amendment to the US constitution is what abolished slavery and other involuntary servitude (except as a punishment for a crime) in the United States. If this is a call for a reform of the jail system (prison labour is regarded a form of slavery to some), I’m sure we all can agree that there a million better ways Kanye could have expressed that notion. The prison labour system is a billion dollar industry, with inmates being paid only pennies an hour ‘to produce everything from mattresses, spectacles, road signs and body armour for other government agencies, earning $500m in sales in fiscal 2016’ according to the Economist. The high-profit nature of this industry makes it seem unlikely that Donald Trump would support Kanye in wanting to reform the system, though.
the 13th Amendment is slavery in disguise meaning it never ended We are the solution that heals
— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018
Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, took to Twitter to defend Kanye’s SNL appearance.
Is anyone even a little bit shocked that @kanyewest was bullied backstage for wanting to wear a #maga hat on SNL?
Despite the BS they preach, the left isn’t tolerant of any view that differs even slightly from their own.
You obey or you’re out.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 30, 2018
The Donald himself praised Kanye for wearing his MAGA hat and rebelling against a show which he believes is ‘just a political ad for the Dems’.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1046443996074127361
Of course, from the moment Kanye started ranting and raving about President Trump, he was met with thousands of backlash tweets.
Kanye West, who said slavery was a choice, just called for the abolition of the 13th amendment.
This is just terribly sad. The college dropout Kanye used to inspire young black men, myself included, and now he’s embracing a President that hates them. https://t.co/0VnpyLWy11
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) September 30, 2018
The celebrity response to Kanye’s rant has been powerful too. Lana Del Rey, who sang at his wedding, commented on his Instagram post, telling West he needs an ‘intervention’ and that his support of Trump is a ‘loss for the culture’.
gonna start signing off emails w “message sent w concern that will never be addressed” pic.twitter.com/UUJndRPmAk
— Naomi Zeichner (@nomizeichner) September 30, 2018
Chris Evans described this new Kanye-loves-Trump era as ‘absolutely terrifying’.
There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue. The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying. https://t.co/4jCFwB4T5U
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) September 30, 2018
When Kanye first took to Twitter to tell the world of his support for Trump, it was suggested it was just a stunt to promote his new album. This time though, the motivation seems to be a genuine belief that Trump is going to fix America.
Let’s just hope his 5-year-old daughter North takes matters into her own hands and flushes his phone down the toilet again.
Twitter- Kanye West’s latest Donald Trump rant annoyed us all this week #whatannoyedtheinternetthisweek