Cancelled (8 Viewers)

[David Kronenbourg]

Roger Waters is being cancelled again for dressing up as a Nazi at his concerts

 

[ann post]

In proportion to earnings and having both had an established pre-war era career, both waters and mercedes benz do owe a sizeable portion of their income to war.

 

[rettucs]

Roger Waters is being cancelled again for dressing up as a Nazi at his concerts

ahahahahaha

 

[rettucs]

how are so many so stupid that they are piling on waters?

Its all because of Polly, isn't it?

 

[magicbastarder]

IIRC U2 showed swastikas at the zoo TV tour in berlin?

 

[ernesto]

IIRC U2 showed swastikas at the zoo TV tour in berlin?

They had a whole ‘sub-controversy’ bit that was the intro that was very military-like. Back when they were being ironic and not totally shite

 

[rettucs]

Waters didn't show Swastikas. It was the crossed hammers, synonymous with the Wall.

I was at one of the shows on this tour back in April. One of the encores had him coming out dressed like Bob Geldof from the movie. He had an old fashioned machine gun and was shooting into the crowd. This was during In The Flesh, which is basically how that exact scene plays out in the movie. I thought it was deadly. I think everyone thought it was deadly.

But the anti-Waters brigade, cos of his support for Palestine, have latched onto this in a big way.

 

[rettucs]

This is Roger

 

[rettucs]

This is Bob

 

[therealjohnny]

I'm assuming the person who is shouting loudest about this "controversy" is young and has only just discovered this part of the act which Waters has been doing for decades

 

[rettucs]

I'm assuming the person who is shouting loudest about this "controversy" is young and has only just discovered this part of the act which Waters has been doing for decades

its these people



the ones who conflate being pro-Palestinian with being anti-semitic.

Scanning through twitter and there's a lot of sensible comments and it seems most people see through this bollox. Basically, the far-right feeding Jewish people with misinformation, in order to fuel their cause. Kinda like whats happening with the racists here in Ireland.

Just for context, at the outset of the show, there is a text feed on the giant screen where several messages are relayed to the crowd. One of the messages addresses the accusations of anti-semitism, and he categorically denies it.

I like how he doesn't back down. He's nearly 80 years old. There's nothing anyone can do to him at this stage. He's un-cancellable, and he's using a platform that very few people have. Fair fucking fucks to him .

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Polly's Nazi husband

 

[Deadmanposting]

Didn't know Waters was a Nazi

Huh

 

[taubstumm]

Didn't know Waters was a Nazi

Huh

they’re trying to corbyn him but it doesn’t seem to be working

this all happened at the venue down the road from me and it’s an absolutely awful place to see a concert... they should be protesting about that instead

 

[Deadmanposting]

they’re trying to corbyn him but it doesn’t seem to be working

this all happened at the venue down the road from me and it’s an absolutely awful place to see a concert... they should be protesting about that instead

Wo in berlin ist das?

 

[taubstumm]

Wo in berlin ist das?

here

Mercedes-Benz Arena (Berlin) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

puts on concerts and ice hockey games. awful awful place.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

All the best bands have a flirtation with fascism.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

I just made that up.

 

[taubstumm]

and it really is the corbyn playbook, just the german variation on it. they did the same thing to the organisers of documenta in kassel last summer. german middle-class liberal types are such fucking clowns when it comes to this stuff.

 

[seanc]

COYI