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Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is a prolific anti-Semite.
He's pro-Palestine and there's a villain in his stage performance that is a Nazi. I don't think Waters is an anti-semite though.
If he is pro-Palestine then he cannot be anti-semitic by definition
Besides all that, Waters is a dick really. Downplaying the role of the rest of the band in making Dark Side Of The Moon is a shit move.
Also a Putinist.
Anti-Semite or anti Jew?
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noun: antisemite a person who is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
Semite: Descendant of Shem, son of Noah. This includes Jews and Arabs.
Anti-Semite: a person who is hostile to or prejudiced against Jews and Arabs.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/Semite
"Antisemitismus" was adopted by Jew-haters in Germany specifically as more "racialist" way of saying Judenhass (Jew-hate), because they saw racism as more scientific than religious bigotry. It's still the same old Jew-hate. Notably, neither the Nazis nor other antisemites particularly care about Arabs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism#Origin_and_usage
It hasnโt been used that way in hundred of years.