Twitter Slams Kanye West After Alleged Anti-Semitic Posts: 'Mental Illness Is Not An Excuse'

Kanye West's accounts on Instagram and Twitter have been restricted following posts that have largely been criticized as anti-Semitic, and social media users have mixed opinions about it.

On Sunday, a spokeswoman for Twitter told AFP that the rapper's account was locked for violating its policies. The statement did not indicate which specific posts by West, 45, led to the decision to restrict his account, but the action came not long after the Yeezy founder posted on Saturday night a tweet in which he threatened to go "death [sic] con 3" on Jewish people.

A day earlier, West's Instagram account was similarly restricted by the platform's parent company, Meta, after he posted screenshots of an alleged conversation with rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs in which West suggested Combs was being controlled by Jews.

West's posts sparked another discussion on social media about the rapper's mental health. With some fans continuing to defend West, a number of social media users have pointed out that mental illness does not excuse the behavior of the "Donda" artist, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

"Kanye West has 3 million followers. He just said he is coming to get the Jews. 6 million Jews were murdered in gas chambers within a human lifetime," Steve Schmidt tweeted. "People are saying ignore Kanye because he is sick and a clown. They say he isn't serious. Those people are deluded."

"is Kanye West mentally ill? Yes. Does mental illness generally lead people to threaten violence against women and Jews? No," another person wrote. "I'm sorry for what he's going through, but it's not an excuse for his behavior — and to pretend otherwise is an insult to anyone with mental illness."

"As someone who suffers from mental health problems, I hate when people behave like Ye is and fans use mental illness as an excuse. If I can control myself, he can too," a third person said.

"Me, someone who has a (diagnosed) mental disability that has led to other (undiagnosed) mental illnesses, cannot sympathize with the way Kanye acts in any sense of the word. There's no excuse, especially since he refused to get help and then villainized telling someone to get help," a fourth person added.

Some fans remain supportive of West, while others hope he gets the help he needs.

"I love Kanye West," one wrote. Another added, "I'll vote for you, Kanye. Your intelligent and beautiful soul got me. I believe that you can change the world. You've changed mine."

"I'm hoping after this most recent bout of personal awfulness (and disgusting anti-Semitism) by Kanye West, that rather than boring us with yet another 'apology' he realizes he should just either go get the help he desperately needs or just go f--k himself," songwriter and recording artist Richard Marx commented.

"For the love of God, someone get Kanye West help. That man is deteriorating before our very eyes," another wrote.

West's Instagram account was also suspended for 24 hours in March for violating its policies on hate speech, harassment and bullying.

The suspension came after the rapper's attacks on his ex Kim Kardashian, her then-boyfriend Pete Davidson, D.L. Hughley and a racial slur-filled rant aimed at "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah.

West recently appeared on Fox News and addressed those who questioned his mental health amid his string of controversies.

"They keep on using the, 'Oh, he's crazy, he's crazy' thing. And it hurts my feelings when people say that," West admitted on the show, Entertainment Tonight reported. "It hurts my feelings that people can ask, 'Hey, are you okay?'"