The U.S. State Department has criticized Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters over his recent concert in Berlin, where he wore a black trench coat with a swastika-like emblem as a statement against fascism, injustice, and bigotry.
The State Department denounced the concert as "deeply offensive to Jewish people" and accused Waters of having a record of using antisemitic tropes.
Waters has a long track record of using antisemitic tropes, according to the State Department.
The department stood by U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt's comment on the concert and said it "contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust." The performance was a critique of fascism and the depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue was a feature of Waters' shows since "The Wall," he said on Twitter.
Waters has a long track record of using antisemitic tropes, according to the State Department.
The department stood by U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt's comment on the concert and said it "contained imagery that is deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust." The performance was a critique of fascism and the depiction of an unhinged fascist demagogue was a feature of Waters' shows since "The Wall," he said on Twitter.