# Kanye on Twitter: "COSBY INNOCENT!!!" Help me understand. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706 "2016-02-10T14:11:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/1 "2016-02-10T14:11:42Z")
When a kerfuffle on Twitter is something I hear about, well, there must be some kerfuffling going on. So, Kanye tweeted that? Is he intending to be sincere, or is there some Twitter spin play I can’t comprehend? I wonder how this will play out - many, many African American women and men have come down very clearly against Cosby. ? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/2 "2016-02-10T14:21:42Z")
I have not seen this, but it may be that he had not been mentioned in the press for more than fifteen minutes and he started fearing that people would forget he existed. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/3 "2016-02-10T14:37:06Z")
Well, as I asked in a comment on whatever Gawker site this was on; “Kanye, the real question is would you leave him alone with Kim in a hotel room for several hours?” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/4 "2016-02-10T14:57:40Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I have not seen this, but it may be that he had not been mentioned in the press for more than fifteen minutes and he started fearing that people would forget he existed. If I was a betting woman, I’d lay odds that this is it. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/5 "2016-02-10T15:30:26Z")
The alternative is that Kanye is simply too racist to look beyond the fact that a black man is being accused of a crime. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/6 "2016-02-10T15:37:17Z")
Perhaps Kanye didn’t feel the normal pull of the rest of the universe revolving around him and needed to correct that. (ETA: or, in other words, what **DrFidelius** said… :smack:) Mission accomplished. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/7 "2016-02-10T15:43:05Z")
I’m glad saved us from the need for an investigation and trial. Thanks Kanye! Don’t listen to the haters! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/8 "2016-02-10T15:54:45Z")
He will change his tune once Cosby wins some sort of musical award. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/9 "2016-02-10T16:13:23Z")
Attention whore, seeking attention. In lead up to release of new album. We live in an age when it seems to be all about, “are people talking about me”, regardless of _why_ they’re talking about you! And it works! Because now, we’re all talking about him! Winning! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/10 "2016-02-10T16:16:43Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Attention whore, seeking attention. > \ > And it works! Because now, we’re all talking about him! Winning! Yeah, sorry; not looking to feed the beast. Just trying to understand if there was a narrative about Cosby that I hadn’t heard about or some motive other than silly attention. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/11 "2016-02-10T16:18:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yeah, sorry; not looking to feed the beast. Just trying to understand if there was a narrative about Cosby that I hadn’t heard about or some motive other than \*\*silly attention. > \*\* > Carry on. It’s Kanye. What else could it be? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/12 "2016-02-10T16:21:30Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The alternative is that Kanye is simply too racist to look beyond the fact that a black man is being accused of a crime. While that would be a troubled world view, I don’t see how that is racism. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/13 "2016-02-10T16:31:24Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I have not seen this, but it may be that he had not been mentioned in the press for more than fifteen minutes and he started fearing that people would forget he existed. I’m game. I’ll take that risk. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/14 "2016-02-10T16:33:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s Kanye. What else could it be? Fair point. I guess I flashed back to the first time I recall Kanye opening his mouth, commenting on George W. Bush not liking Black People based on W’s response to Katrina. Over time, we have come to see that Kanye is only out for Kanye, but that statement was anchored on something actually going on. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/15 "2016-02-10T16:36:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s Kanye. What else could it be? My guess, based on everything he’s ever said, is that he could be genuinely stupid. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/16 "2016-02-10T16:48:47Z")
What I want to know is: Where does he stand on the whole flat earth issue??? And while we’re at it, does he think OJ was innocent, too? ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/17 "2016-02-10T17:24:35Z")
I didn’t care that he interrupted Taylor Swift, it was just an awards show. (And he let her finish.) I feel like comedians said stuff like “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” all the time. So in my mind, he hasn’t done anything that weird. Until this. This is misogynistic to all those women who have come forward by now, and to me unforgivable. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/18 "2016-02-10T17:27:20Z")
So is that two-word message all that he tweeted? (I haven’t heard anything about the kerfuffle personally.) Could he possibly have gotten fooled by a fake news item that made the Facebook rounds recently stating that all the charges against Cosby had been dropped? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/19 "2016-02-10T17:37:17Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > So is that two-word message all that he tweeted? (I haven’t heard anything about the kerfuffle personally.) Could he possibly have gotten fooled by a fake news item that made the Facebook rounds recently stating that all the charges against Cosby had been dropped? Here’s what I found on CNN: [QUOTE=CNN] The rapper caused an uproar on Twitter Tuesday, when he tweeted: “BILL COSBY INNOCENT !!!” West gave no explanation as to how he got to such a conclusion or any context as to why he made such a controversial comment. In fact, he moved on and posted about another hot topic – NBA star Lebron James’ new NIKE sneakers. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706/20 "2016-02-10T17:50:32Z")
And apparently Bill Clinton stole his “is”…maybe Bill was short an “is” when he used the “is is” arguement. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-on-twitter-cosby-innocent-help-me-understand/745706.md?page=2)