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    Pink Floyd Nazi Ich Bin Ein Berliner

    Berlin police investigate Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters over Nazi-style costume worn during concert

    Waters said that the part of his May 17 show being criticized was meant to be “a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.”









    Roger Waters, a founder of the band Pink Floyd, is under investigation by Berlin police after he wore a Nazi-style costume during a recent concert in the German capital.

    In a video posted on social media, the 79-year-old musician is seen on stage dressed in a long black trench coat with bright red armbands as he fired a fake machine gun into the crowd. The person who shared the video accused Waters of "imitating a Nazi."

    Waters said in a Facebook statement that the part of his show being criticized was meant to be "a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms."

    "Attempts to portray those elements as something else are disingenuous and politically motivated," he wrote.

    Waters is being investigated on suspicion of "incitement of the people," police in Berlin said. His costume at last week's show in Berlin was "deemed capable of violating the dignity of the victims, as well as approving, glorifying or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime in a way that disrupts public peace," a police spokesperson said.

    Waters has worn the costume at other shows, including one in Madrid, and similar costumes were featured in the 1982 movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall." He said the "depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue has been a feature" at his shows since "The Wall."


    https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...e-co-rcna86552




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    I read somewhere that he was exonerated on the contention that he was merely mimicking The Wall
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    Love that song.

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    I think The Wall was NOT one of Pink Floyd’s better albums.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I think The Wall was NOT one of Pink Floyd’s better albums.
    I agree, actually. There was enough good songs on there to make a good single album, which is what people like to say about the Beatles White Album. And I could not disagree with that any more, because the White Album is perfect as it is.

    I know Germany is very sensitive about their Nazi past, but Fascism and those kind of uniforms have long been a theme with Roger Waters, I think it's a little ridiculous they were investigating him. Besides, people should be able to dress however they want, especially entertainers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    I read somewhere that he was exonerated on the contention that he was merely mimicking The Wall


    I am a fan of Pink Floyd the music and not so much the far lefty politics. They would consider an American Free Market Capitalism and Limited Government person to be a Fascist!

    But to claim this Cosplay in concert was trying to incite something in the German Youth is absurd of course.
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    Perhaps Germany is specifically sensitive to the use of Nazi images.


    I'm a Pink Floyd fan but as a youth, but I would skip the song "The Wall" or change the station.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I think The Wall was NOT one of Pink Floyd’s better albums.
    As a concept album there was some good material but overall not so much.



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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    Perhaps Germany is specifically sensitive to the use of Nazi images.


    Of course they are, but trying to bury history that makes some uncomfortable is what lefties do.

    Like the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) for starters and that Nazi Germany was about the same kind of top down social conformity and Government/Business economic partnership as approved by a one party system we see the modern left promoting today right here in America.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    Like the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) for starters and that Nazi Germany was about the same kind of top down social conformity and Government/Business economic partnership as approved by a one party system we see the modern left promoting today right here in America.
    Yeah, I really don't get the Fascist label Dems try to slap on the right. About the only way I see it because Republicans don't want to allow abortions at all. It might also fit the book banning thing, but that is a lie, not wanting sexually explicit books in elementary schools is not book banning. If any party fits the Fascist label, it's the Dems.
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