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Censoring "prick" as "p****" makes it sound a lot worse than it actually is. I can think of other five-letter words starting with P..
The word is PUSSY right? Like PRICK they can be used on the internet.
That's what I expected but in the video he actually calls him a prick. I left it censored in the headline just to be true to the original on the source.
Yeah, prick isn't what I was expecting it to be either, though I'd accept either of the two obvious options as accurate. 😀
Oh it was prick? I thought it was pussy lol
Penis?
Waters is a fucking prick for siding with Russia over their genocide of Ukraine.
I hadn't hear this so I looked it up. You aren't kidding.
The veteran Pink Floyd rocker, Roger Waters, has addressed the UN security council at Russia’s invitation, and called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. But he was denounced by the Ukrainian ambassador as “just another brick in the wall” of Moscow’s propaganda.
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The Russian delegation’s invitation followed an interview Waters had given to the Berliner Zeitung in which he had been highly complimentary towards Vladimir Putin, who he said, according to a translation on his own website, “governs carefully, making decisions on the grounds of a consensus in the Russian Federation government”.
What the fuck. Putin governs carefully and makes decisions based on consensus? I guess you're right. It's pricks all around.
the thing with Waters is that he's an oldschool conspiracy nut - so for every reasonable point he makes about 50-100 bullshit points that negate one good point he makes every now and then. He could've said stopped at ceasefire without elaborating and it would've been naive but benign - but he decided to elaborate and it was downhill.
At least he's not making documentaries whitewashing the dictators like Oliver Stone.
But he was denounced by the Ukrainian ambassador as “just another brick in the wall”
Savage.
Roger Waters
Oh boy, this is going to invite some hot takes in the comments.
Why's that?
A controversial figure. Very out spoken against Israel, but has sided with Russia in a few occasions. While he did call Russia's invasion of Ukraine illegal, he stated that the West were provocateurs. Also there's the whole Waters versus Gilmour battle over the years.
he’s said far more than “the west were provocateurs”. https://piefed.social/comment/12993281 he is a kremlin supporter and i’d say a tankie
I knew it was over for Sheeran when I read his excuses post on social media and he included a paragraph that started with “I am not complicit.”
If you have to come out publicly to argue you’re not complicit you’re probably complicit.
He’s a Putinist and an anti-vaxer.
has been a staunch Palestinian supporter. can't win them all.
Love his music.
Fuck Putin. Free Palestine.
*Insert confused Jackie Chan face
Waters thinks all war, and imperialism, is bad.
Waters thinks that when the war started in Ukraine, Biden should've called Putin and told him to cut it out, because the US is a major world power. Waters thinks (or at least claimed at a concert) that Zelensky should be sitting down and making a deal with Putin for peace, because war is bad so ending it should always be the goal regardless of what you lose or give up... He didn't say that last part, that's me being uncharitable.
I mean, just listen to The Wall and realize he's had almost 50 years to calcify on "War is Bad."
Though, he does correctly point out that every modern US president is a war criminal.
Thanks. I edited in the Putin information when I learned of it about an hour ago. Might not have propagated to your instance yet though.
literally "the worst person you know makes a fair point"
I agree. Ed Sheeran is a penis
Waters is a prick, fuck that guy.
Pot vs kettle here.
Also - Waters is still alive?
From appearance... maybe?
S l a m s
If I went to school for journalism, and my editor told me I needed to use the word slams in my headlines, I'd start looking into careers in woodworking.
A complete POS called Sheeran a name and is right. You are really at low point when that asshole Waters calls you out and is right.
We have a Roger Waters style far-right politician in Romania. Her name is Diana Sosoaca. She's pro-palestine and a close friend to Russia. Appears on Russian TV regularly. She's terrible and a true anti-semite. She is pro-palestine literally because she is anti-semitic. She's also in legal trouble for promoting fascism.
Oh, I remember this weirdo. Behaves like someone who's desperate for attention and drama, no matter the cost.
You're not pro-Palestine if you're antisemitic. Palestine has always been multiethnic and multicultural until Zionists started enacting their plans of ethnic cleansing.
"A week before the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Waters told an RT interviewer that rumours of Russia launching an invasion were "bullshit" and Russophobic propaganda."
For some reason when people become very successful in one field, they act like experts in everything.
Just the sentence "Rock legend slams Ed Sheeran" I immediately thought "let me guess, is it Roger Waters?"
Yup. Roger Waters. He's an extreme tankie that thinks Russia was in the right in invading Ukraine.
Of course that whack job would feel the need to weigh in.
I wish Roger Waters was more like Ed Sheeran and tried to stay out of political discussions they don't know much about. Many musicians live completely different lifestyle than the rest of us and may not be the best moral arbitrators or be the best at doing analysis of geopolitics.
But since we're on the dumbest timeline, maybe Macklemore needs to weigh in on what he thinks of Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
What does Beyonce think about Brexit? Does Taylor Swift have a position on Taiwan independence? These are important things to know when you're listening to fucking music I guess.
I don't agree with Roger Waters' "the West is always in the wrong" worldview, but his music has always been heavily political and opinionated, and is better for it.
Not every band has something to say about society and the world at large, but Pink Floyd and Roger Waters certainly do.
These are important things to know when you're listening to fucking music I guess.
Commercial musicians make music based on what the listeners want to hear. Genuine artists make music based on what they want listeners to hear.
One is marketing, the other is expression.
I find it ridiculous when either side tells artists that they need to stay out of politics or stay in their lane.
"Waters SLAMMING Sheeran" is some right wing hate watch porn