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2023-05-25 Europe
Roger Waters dresses up as SS officer, compares Anne Frank to Abu Akleh
[JPost] This POS
"Good morning to every one but Roger Waters," tweeted the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Roger Waters dressed up as an SS officer and compared Anne Frank to Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during a concert at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin last week.



At the beginning of the show, an announcement was displayed on a screen reading "on a matter of public interest: a court in Frankfurt has ruled that I am not an antisemite," sparking applause from the crowd. "Just to be clear, I condemn antisemitism unreservedly," continued the announcement.
That’s nice. How does the gentleman define the thing he so thoroughly condemns? Because he clearly does not define it as hating Jews.
Waters, the former bassist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd, has repeatedly come under fire for anti-Zionist and antisemitic statements and actions, with his former bandmates rejecting his actions. Waters also has expressed support for Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Shortly after the show began, a graphic displayed on a crucifix-shaped screen hanging above the stage showed speech bubbles reading "They must think we're f*%$ing stupid!" and "Who do you mean by they?"
Posted by Frank G 2023-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 Roger, loved your music (although the story themes seem to indicate serious mommy issues).
But at this point you're just being stupid.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-05-25 09:25||   2023-05-25 09:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Ugly man. Ugly fans.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-25 09:59||   2023-05-25 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 ...Waters' next album is tenatively titled, 'Dark Side Of The Loon'.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-05-25 10:39||   2023-05-25 10:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Looking at his music, the song 'When the Tigers Broke Free' in particular. He seems to have issues with his father dying during WW2. Since the holocaust is often given as a reason WW2 was a good war and necessary I've always thought that was the root of his anti-semitism.

That and most lefties generally lean towards loving the underdog despite facts. They loved Israel initially, then Israel kept winning against incredible odds and the Arabs cut the Pals free. After that the liberals started to love the Pals no matter what horrific crap they pulled.
Posted by Ruprecht 2023-05-25 11:14||   2023-05-25 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 The Classy, Serious People.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-25 17:43||   2023-05-25 17:43|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 Yep - that is the long n short of it. His dad was killed near Anzio. The Who did a rock opera concerning a certain someone whose dad was killed at Anzio.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-05-25 19:28||   2023-05-25 19:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Most certainly has a supple wrist.
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-05-25 19:32||   2023-05-25 19:32|| Front Page Top

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