The Biden administration is weighing in on the controversy over Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, saying his recent performances in Germany were antisemitic, an assessment shared by many in Israel and the pro-Israel community. The State Department said Tuesday that Waters has “a long track record of using antisemitic tropes" and a concert he gave late last month in Germany “contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust.”

“I am sick & disgusted by Roger Waters’ obsession to belittle and trivialize the Shoah & the sarcastic way in which he delights in trampling on the victims, systematically murdered by the Nazis,” [EU antisemitism envoy] von Schnurbein wrote. “In Germany. Enough is enough.”

yes this is still about him honoring a victim of the Israel's genocide alongside Anne Frank

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  • culpritus [any]
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    1 year ago

    He seems to have become more of a target since he pushed against the Ukr narrative as well.

    Images on social media showed Waters firing an imitation machine gun while dressed in a long black coat with a red armband. Police confirmed that the costume could constitute a glorification, justification or approval of Nazi rule and therefore a disturbance of the public peace.

    Waters rejected those accusations in a statement on Facebook and Instagram, saying “the elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.”

    :freeze-peach: is under attack in :germany-cool:

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    He asserts that the portrayal of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a recurring element in his shows since Pink Floyd’s The Wall in 1980.

    Waters draws upon his personal history, mentioning that his parents fought against the Nazis during World War II, with his father paying the ultimate price.

    He emphasizes his lifelong commitment to speaking out against authoritarianism and oppression.

    While Germany strictly prohibits the display of Nazi symbols, exceptions can be made for artistic or educational purposes.

    So very ridiculous to pearl clutch over this stuff. Is Zionist Fragility a term yet?

    • Waldoz53 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      anti-zionist, pushes against ukraine, also doesnt think china is the most evil country in human history