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I don't know why this has to keep being repeated. It's not hard.
Free speech does not mean you are entitled to have a private entity like a website host your content or speech.
He is welcome to sing this on the streets. He is welcome to publish this himself, be it hosted by a website he creates or in a physical medium.
He is not entitled to it being placed on retail shelves. He is not entitled to have it hosted on YouTube or Spotify.
This isn't hard. The government of the United States has made absolutely no moves to silence this song. He can sing it and personally distribute it as much as he wants. But no one can be forced to distribute it for him
But why educate others wrong? You may not sing heil Hitler on the streets. It is a hate crime
That depends on your country. In Germany singing this song on the street would be illegal.
In the USA where Kanye lives and produced this song it is perfectly legal to sing in the streets.
Yes because it is a nazi state. There is no confusion here
This would have been legal forever, kind of a stretch to say it was a Nazi state while defeating the Nazis.
Now I won't disagreee with you, but they're irrelevant to the free speech stuff
The states are now extremely nazi, foremost in the world. The mecca of nazism
No one is claiming private entities have to host it lol, did you even read my entire comment? I literally wrote private companies can delist what they want
So you're ranting about what exactly? Kanye has faced no repercussions from the government. The only thing that's happened was backlash from fans and private entities not hosting his songs.
Still trying to find the "attack on free speech" you ranted about
Not "ranting" about anything. In Australia the government cracks down on music. Don't be like us.
Dude, this song is practically an ode to the current US government. He'll probably play the orange turd's birthday parade. This isn't a warning that's necessary here.