Kanye West Doesn't Care About Taylor Swift

Was just reading about both the Kanye West and Serena Williams situations and I'm just shaking my head, felt like weighing in. It's more of a monologue but feel free to comment...

Really, I don't even want to discuss right-or-wrong. Quite simply, and inarguably, Kanye West was wrong for what he did. It was immature and unprofessional; distasteful and unbecoming conduct of someone in his position. However, so was his ever-so-acclaimed statement that "George Bush doesn't care about Black people."

My issue is, why are people so shocked and appalled now? It seems legions of people are (at least publicly) turning away from him and his music over it, even though this is the way he's been his entire career. He is who he is, and those are things that Kanye does, as we should have come to expect by now. Not saying it's something to accept, but it's expected.

The other part of the ordeal is that people are actually rejecting his public apology, saying it's unreliable and backhanded. After reading it, I disagree. Kanye understands he was wrong for what he did and is apologizing for it, but he's not apologizing for being who is his or for what he said. He meant what he said but apologizes for doing it in the wrong place and at the wrong time.

Bottom line: let Kanye be Kanye. If you rock with him, rock with him; if you don't, don't. But I just find it crazy that people are letting this be the defining moment where they force Kanye to walk the plank.

I guess I'll also comment on Serena while I'm at it. Clearly, she lost her temper. But the official know how emotionally invested atheletes of her caliber playing at this level can get, and the least the official could have done was admonish her with a verbal warning, try to calm her, something. No person wants a tournament to end in a default decision. I just think Serena letting her emotion get the best of her was unfortunate and unprofessional, but at the same time, the official should have understood the situation and not have essentially completely disqualified her. A clear example of the old addage that "two wrongs don't make a right."

N. Talekt


Links:
- Article on the Kanye West Situation
- Serena Williams Loses It