Are Kanye's Instagram Posts On Kim Kardashian Funny Or Violent?

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's public fallout continues to be the talk of town, though months have passed since the couple split. Moving on from her marriage, Kardashian has linked hands with new beau Pete Davidson, a reality that appears to be indigestible to her former partner. Either for cheap thrills or with honest anguish, the Heartless singer has been making his resentment for Kardashian's new romantic choices known on social media.

In a series of controversial now-deleted Instagram posts over the past few days, West has taken multiple sarcasm-laden digs at 'Skete' and made his own purported chats with Kardashian fodder for entertainment. One such post showed an alleged screengrab of a message that Kardashian sent him, which read, "U are creating a dangerous and scary environment and someone will hurt Pete and this will all be your fault."

Attaching a picture of a man holding another in a chokehold, alongside the chat, West wrote on Instagram, "Upon my wife's request please nobody do anything physical to Skete I'm going to handle the situation myself." He allegedly tagged Kardashian on the man being assaulted in the picture.

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West's eccentricities offer a notorious point of humour in pop culture circles. The man had the nerve to try running for the President of the United States, after all. His sensational claims about his kids being taken away from him after he and Kardashian parted ways are also giving his fans the entertainment they are seeking.

Kanye Instagram posts on Kim blow up on the internet, underlining the dangers of stars normalising violent tendencies in relationships.

But can people who have survived toxic relationships that involved either abuse or ">stalking say the same about West's apparently 'funny' posts? Does such dialogue not normalise and justify violent behaviours?

The singer enjoys a global fan base, a fraction of which translates into his Instagram following of over 13 million followers. What message do his posts, made in jest or bitterness, deliver to these large numbers of people? Social media gives users the privilege of deleting posts but has minimal checks on their circulation.

Screenshots of West's inherently threatening posts have gone viral on the internet, despite the Donda star removing them from his end. So can one really escape the accountability in the event of digital footprints existing? And should they even?

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Fan devotion is no joke. To that end, they can radically guide conversations on something as crucial as individual safety. The internet saw something similar play out recently when English football star Mason Greenwood was accused by a woman of physical assault and rape, with alleged proof to show.

While the sportsman faced action, including an arrest and suspension from his Manchester United club, Greenwood's significant following swooped in, guns blazing, to defend him. A large part of the reactions attempted to invalidate the woman's very serious claims, putting on show a brazen display of toxic masculine tendencies that make light of women's safety. Read an opinion here.

Male public figures hold immense sway and influence over fans who worship them, to the extent that they can be assured of unequivocal support even in the event of possible criminal acts. Against that context, is it really fair or safe to hold up a star's obsessive antics as amusement?

Views expressed are the author's own.