People slammed Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters as an anti-Semite long before the Oct. 7 attacks triggered a wave of Jewish hate across the globe.
Waters, the band’s co-founder and a still-active rocker at 80, has walked a razor-thin line over the years between criticizing Israel and attacking the people who call the nation home.
He may have crossed said line even for his staunchest defenders.
Waters recently spoke out against fellow rock icon Bono of U2 fame. The Irish superstar reacted swiftly to the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas which killed 1,200 people and kidnapped hundreds more.
Rape. Torture. Beheadings.
The news accounts proved so grisly Bono addressed them from, where else, a concert stage mere hours after the attacks.
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He paid particular attention to Hamas’ assault on a music festival dedicated to peace by tweaking the band’s ‘80s smash,…