Campaign Against Antisemitism
Russell Brand says that @KanyeWest’s new song has a “good hook”. Could the so-called hook be that the phrase “Heil Hitler” is repeated over and over? And the title of the song? Also “Heil Hitler”. Mr Brand’s attempt to defend Ye in the face of outrage over his repeated and unapologetic praise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party isn’t just pathetic — it’s dangerous. Whether he genuinely believes what he is saying or it’s just a desperate attempt to chase clicks through controversy, the outcome is the same: he trivialises one of history’s darkest chapters. Six million Jewish men, women and children were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust. To this day, the global Jewish population has still not recovered. Playing with Nazi slogans is not edgy or brave, and neither is Russell Brand.