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In reply to the discussion: Former Pink Floyd frontman sparks fury by comparing Israelis to Nazis [View all]go west young man
(4,856 posts)Your post is ironic in the sense that now you have played the anti-Semitic card, I too am considered no different that Roger Waters. Which of course is fine by me because like a lot of people in this thread you have no understanding of the man, for if you did you would know he is a person who works to help people in need and despises injustice. Listen to the songs. Read the lyrics.
The people in America who defend Israel in the media industry are not Israeli's, they are however Jewish. That is what Waters is pointing out. That doesn't make him an anti-semite. He doesn't attack their religion although I'm pretty sure he finds most religion silly. Instead he points out that they are ones pushing the Israeli agenda in the US. The only way he can address them is as Jewish. And when he does people scream anti-semitism.
Personally I think that old canard has worn out it's usefulness. It has been exploited way too many times and now the world is seeing Israel in an unfavorable light. It's chicken little syndrome.
Personally I think homosexuals are a lot more persecuted than anyone else these days. Governments the world over fail to give them equal rights. That is a much more serious problem than an issue that was major in the 1940's.