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Line 25: − − − In June 2023, Roger Waters responds to former Pink Floyd lyricist Polly Samson’s charge that he is "antisemitic to [his] rotten core" in a tweet from February. He tells his laughing fans: "All I have to say about Polly Samson is: imagine waking up to that every morning." This is after declaring that he loves all of his "brothers and sisters…irrespective of their ethnicity, or religion or nationality…well with one possible exception."...</ − <ref>Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism ([https://twitter.com/antisemitism/status/1666570534295830529 June 7, 2023]):<blockquote><small>Now @RogerWaters responds to former Pink Floyd lyricist @PollySamson’s charge that he is "antisemitic to [his] rotten core" in a tweet from February. He tells his laughing fans: "All I have to say about Polly Samson is: imagine waking up to that every morning." This is after declaring that he loves all of his "brothers and sisters…irrespective of their ethnicity, or religion or nationality…well with one possible exception."...</small></blockquote></ref> Line 39:
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German police opened an investigation on Roger Waters wearing Nazi uniform.<ref>Greg Norman, Lindsay Kornick,
German police opened an investigation on Roger Waters wearing Nazi uniform.<ref>Greg Norman, Lindsay Kornick,
[https://www.foxnews.com/world/berlin-police-investigating-roger-waters-wearing-ss-officer-uniform.amp Berlin police investigating Roger Waters for wearing SS officer uniform], ''Fox News'', May 26, 2024.</ref>
[https://www.foxnews.com/world/berlin-police-investigating-roger-waters-wearing-ss-officer-uniform.amp Berlin police investigating Roger Waters for wearing SS officer uniform], ''Fox News'', May 26, 2024.</ref>
==Political views & hatred ==
==Political views & hatred ==
In 2023, the city of [[Frankfurt]] called Roger Waters "one of world's 'best-known antisemites.'<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-city-cancels-roger-waters-performance-due-to-his-antisemitism/ German city cancels Roger Waters performance due to his antisemitism], ''TOI'', Feb 25, 2023.</ref> Even liberal pro-palestinian Arabist [[Haaretz]] define him as an anti-Semite.<ref>Haaretz, Feb 8, 2023</ref>
In 2023, the city of [[Frankfurt]] called Roger Waters "one of world's 'best-known antisemites.'<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-city-cancels-roger-waters-performance-due-to-his-antisemitism/ German city cancels Roger Waters performance due to his antisemitism], ''TOI'', Feb 25, 2023.</ref> Even liberal pro-palestinian Arabist [[Haaretz]] define him as an anti-Semite.<ref>Haaretz, Feb 8, 2023</ref>
Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees: "Roger Waters Is ‘[[Antisemitic]] to Rotten Core.'"<ref>Chris Willman, [https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ Roger Waters Is ‘Antisemitic to Rotten Core,’ Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees], ''Variety'', February 7, 2023 </ref> As well as "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac."<ref>[https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2023/02/08/confirmed-roger-waters-is-an-anti-semite/ Confirmed! Roger Waters IS An Anti-Semite], JBN, Feb 8, 2023</ref>
Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees: "Roger Waters Is ‘[[Antisemitic]] to Rotten Core.'"<ref>Chris Willman, [https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ Roger Waters Is ‘Antisemitic to Rotten Core,’ Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees], ''Variety'', February 7, 2023 </ref> As well as "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac."<ref>[https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2023/02/08/confirmed-roger-waters-is-an-anti-semite/ Confirmed! Roger Waters IS An Anti-Semite], JBN, Feb 8, 2023</ref>
In June 2023, Roger Waters responded to former Pink Floyd lyricist Polly Samson’s charge that he is "antisemitic to [his] rotten core" in a tweet from February. He tells his laughing fans: "All I have to say about Polly Samson is: imagine waking up to that every morning." This is after declaring that he loves all of his "brothers and sisters…irrespective of their ethnicity, or religion or nationality…well with one possible exception."...<ref>Campaign Against Antisemitism @antisemitism ([https://twitter.com/antisemitism/status/1666570534295830529 June 7, 2023]):<blockquote><small>Now @RogerWaters responds to former Pink Floyd lyricist @PollySamson’s charge that he is "antisemitic to [his] rotten core" in a tweet from February. He tells his laughing fans: "All I have to say about Polly Samson is: imagine waking up to that every morning." This is after declaring that he loves all of his "brothers and sisters…irrespective of their ethnicity, or religion or nationality…well with one possible exception."...</small></blockquote></ref>
Waters has been fervently anti-[[Trump]] since 2017.<ref>[https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/roger-waters-anti-trump-display-prompts-some-concert-goers-to-walk-out-in-new-orleans/article_def160ba-e307-5f6a-82d9-faeaca0b916a.html Roger Waters' anti-Trump display prompts some concert-goers to walk out in New Orleans: reports], ''NOLA'', Jul 10, 2017</ref>
Waters has been fervently anti-[[Trump]] since 2017.<ref>[https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/roger-waters-anti-trump-display-prompts-some-concert-goers-to-walk-out-in-new-orleans/article_def160ba-e307-5f6a-82d9-faeaca0b916a.html Roger Waters' anti-Trump display prompts some concert-goers to walk out in New Orleans: reports], ''NOLA'', Jul 10, 2017</ref>