Of course we're all free to present our opinions and perspectives and such, but I kind of hate this take. Not saying it's intentional on your part, but this feels to me not too dissimilar from Kanye's stance, albeit packaged much less explosively. The suggestion being that all the People in Power are Jews or somehow subservient to them and only look out for their own, unbothered by racism and bigotry toward other groups.
Kanye has been routinely criticized for his moronic statements about slavery and other topics, and he has a complicated relationship with racial issues, sometimes criticizing and sometimes advocating for his own community. In general, criticism directed at one's own community is viewed as more acceptable. That's why in 2022 gay comedians can still mock gay culture, Black comedians can mock Black culture, Jewish comedians mock Jewish culture, Asian comedians can mock Asian culture, etc. without real fear of cancellation. But once you start targeting a (marginalized) community of which you're not a part, that's when people really come at you. If, I don't know, Kelly Clarkson or whomever had made the same anti-Black comments Kanye had made, she would obviously not have a career, a talk-show, brand partnerships, etc. And despite the protection his identity afforded him in those cases, many individuals still chose to stop supporting Kanye over his past comments. They have never been ignored, there was always media coverage and outrage. I mean, the entire current discussion started with him and his "White Lives Matter" t-shirts. But I do think the Jewish statements are different.
Threatening "death con 3", threatening at least one Jewish individual with a thinly veiled death threat because of his identity... his words are already inspiring Nazi or Nazi-adjacent hate groups, as we saw over the weekend. I think this is the first time actual violence has been threatened by him towards and group and we've all seen how many of his millions of followers cheered that on. And as awful as his sh!tty historical takes and the way he chooses to frame his criticism of the "Black Lives Matter" organization, I don't think it's fair to say it's indicative of a double standard that brands reacted more severely (after weeks of being pressured to do so) after actual violent threats toward Jews.
