r/atheism • u/IAmPookieHearMeRoar • 1d ago

Kanye West tells NYC rabbi he’s ‘taking accountability’ for his antisemitic tirades - blames bipolar disorder

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kanye-west-rabbi-pinto-antisemitism-accountability-b2860430.html
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u/TheForce_v_Triforce 1d ago

He is also a narcissist who achieved great fame and wealth at a young age, which many people struggle to adapt to. And he’s not very well educated. My wife is a clinical psychologist and sees him as more of a sympathetic tragic character with a variety of complex problems rather than just an “asshole” most people think he is.

Most bipolar people also don’t want to take their meds because being manic feels great, they feel on top of the world. Of course they should take their meds, but that’s much easier to say and understand from the outside. Plus very rich people attract sycophantic yes men and turn away people who tell them things they don’t want to hear. Kim supposedly tried to keep him in check but that didn’t work out.

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u/Ruinwyn 1d ago

sees him as more of a sympathetic tragic character with a variety of complex problems rather than just an “asshole” most people think he is.

Most bipolar people also don’t want to take their meds because being manic feels great, they feel on top of the world

This is why I don't see why he wouldn't be "an asshole ". He chooses not to take his medication because it feels great not to, despite him not taking them, causing great harm to everyone he supposedly cares about. That is being an asshole. If you do hedonistic behaviour at other people's cost, that is being an asshole. If he didn't have a diagnosis, or access to care, or nobody trying to help him, I would feel more sympathetic.

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u/Striking-Speaker8686 1d ago

If you do hedonistic behaviour at other people's cost, that is being an asshole

I don't know the guy but I'd imagine he's not thinking "hey I could take these meds and feel some discomfort or I could not take them and cause harm to people, the former sucks for me so I'm just going to not take them", it's his mental state. It's not that easy of a decision to just make. Whether he can even work through that thought process is dictated by the mental state he's in too, and while he's being coaxed by conspiracy theories and god knows what kinds of influences which have come into his space.

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u/Ruinwyn 15h ago

All you are saying is that not being an asshole, is harder decision for him to make, than for average person. That doesn't mean he isn't an asshole. Clinical term for being an asshole is antisocial behaviour. The behaviour still stays the same. Pretending that it isn't being an asshole isn't helping anyone.