Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Is an Anti-Semite

There are no words to describe the disgust and contempt I feel for washed-up rocker Roger Waters, of Pink Floyd fame, after his latest stunt at a concert in Berlin in which he appeared on stage in an SS-type uniform and compared Anne Frank to Palestinian journalist who died in a cross-fire between Palestinian terrorists and the Israeli military.

For years now, Waters has used his celebrity to mount the anti-Israel soapbox. Beyond any legitimate criticism of Israel politically, Waters has said things that have led to accusations of anti-Semitism against him. He denies it, but I have to agree with those accusations. His defamation of the memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, particularly Anne Frank, is an obscenity, especially on German soil. I also object to his misappropriation of the memory of Sophie Scholl, the Munich University student who was executed by the Nazis during World War II for distributing anti-war pamphlets (The White Rose group).  

From an American legal point of view, what Waters did in Berlin would be considered freedom of expression. I get that. But in Europe, including Germany, they don’t enjoy the First Amendment rights we have in America. In Germany, Nazi regalia is outlawed. Noeo-Nazi groups get around that by designing symbols similar to swastikas and lightning bolts, but not the real thing. This is exactly what Waters tries to do here. Now he is under investigation by German authorities. To the extent what he did may cross the line under German law, I would support the investigation. 

This guy is an anti-Semite.