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I'm always surprised at who the "elite hackers" on HN regard as heroes: https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/roger-waters-criticized-nazi-uniform-anne-frank-be

• emilsedgh 3y ago
  Roger Waters has been wearing that uniform at least since 1980's [0]. He becomes a fascist to criticize fascism not to advocate. It's like trying to cancel Charlie Chaplin for becoming a Fascist. Back then he wasn't a critic of Israel and therefore nobody cared. I'm a Jew and I don't think he is anti semitic. That's absurd. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5K9z1AerQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5K9z1AerQw
  • philwelch 3y ago
    I’m not a big fan of Roger Waters for a few reasons, but I agree with you. The Wall is a weird, depressing, overwrought psychodrama, but despite those flaws, it still has some great tunes and does not endorse fascism.
• Joeboy 3y ago
  Trying to distil that into something coherent - the central argument would be that Waters' show, which employs fascist iconography in pursuit of an antifascist message, is a bit near the knuckle in Berlin due to the city's history? I mean, I guess I can see that but would point out it didn't seem to be an issue when he did a high profile, all-star rendition of the same piece in Berlin in 1990[0], and also he rejigged the show for recent Frankfurt gig, AIUI because he came to sympathize with the point in the paragraph above. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Ber...
  • hulitu 3y ago
    > it didn't seem to be an issue when he did a high profile, all-star rendition of the same piece in Berlin in 1990 He touched some "sensible souls" (journalists payed to have a different opinion).