Arnold Schwarzenegger is the biggest action star and muscle man of Hollywood. So when he speaks everyone listens. This time the Hollywood celeb has spoken out about the rising tide of hatred and antisemitism in the USA. His impassioned speech comes after popular celebs like Kanye West have made continuous disparaging remarks about Jewish people, further sowing hatred against a community that has been historically treated horrendously.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Comments On The Rise Of Antisemitic Hate Groups
Arnold Schwarzenegger has addressed the rise of various hate groups and hate crimes in the USA in a video distributed by ATTN. In the 12-minute long video, the Terminator star talked about the Auschwitz tour he took that changed his life. He then mentioned his father, Gustav Schwarzenegger, and other ex-German soldiers who were broken due to what they did. The actor said:
“They fell for a horrible, loser ideology, They were lied to and misled into a path that ended in misery … they bought into the idea that the only way to make their lives better was to make other lives worse …. It breaks you … it is the path of the weak … there has never been a successful movement based on hate.”
The Total Recall star said that it’s important that people choose to grow and become better people so that they don’t end up broken. Schwarzenegger said:
“It’s easier to hate than it is to learn, it’s easier when somebody challenges you to get hurt feelings and to go find some echo chamber that will tell you you’re right and they’re wrong. No matter how far you’ve gone, you still have a chance to choose a life of strength … You have to fight the war against yourself … The other path is easier – you don’t have to change anything, everything in your life that you aren’t happy about can be somebody else’s fault … You will end up broken. I don’t want you to go through all that.”
This isn’t the first time the actor has spoken up about antisemitism. Back in March 2022, the Aftermath actor addressed the Russian populace and the war going on with Ukraine in another ATTN-produced video. He said:
“I know that your government has told you this is a war to denazify Ukraine. Denazify Ukraine? This is not true. Ukraine is a country with a Jewish president. A Jewish president, I might add, whose father’s three brothers were all murdered by the Nazis.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s words of support have helped dispel the barrage of attacks that stars like Kanye West had launched on the Jewish community.
Kanye West’s Hateful Remarks About Jewish People
Kanye West has long been making disparaging remarks about the Jewish community. Back in October 2022, the singer tweeted, “death con 3 on Jewish people.” It was allegedly a misspelling of the word ‘defcon.’ West went on to say that his tweet wasn’t antisemitic because “black people are actually Jew also.” Twitter suspended his account as a result of this. But that’s not all. During an interview with Chris Cuomo, the rapper talked about the “Jewish underground media mafia” and clarified his “death con 3” remark.
West said that the phrase referred to the condition when “Black musicians signed to Jewish record labels and those Jewish record labels take ownership.” He termed it a type of modern-day slavery. The Anti-Defamation League said that West’s words perpetuated antisemitic myths regarding Jewish control over the entertainment industry. However, on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show, he apologized for any harm his comments might have caused. But the star clarified that he didn’t regret his antisemitic comments.
This didn’t stop West’s troublesome remarks against Jewish people. As such, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s video will surely uplift a community that was under attack from one of the most famous rappers.
Source: ATTN
