# Roger Waters is a tankie **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234 "2022-08-07T05:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/381 "2025-07-25T01:29:51Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > It also may explain the descent of Eric Clapton. Eh, I suspect Clapton has always been a blue-collar conservative and nativist. For all of his occasional embrace of the 1960’s rock excesses/peace &love it was his very, very gross drunken 1976 [anti-immigrant tirade](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton#%22Keep_Britain_White%22) at a Birmingham concert supporting the far-right [Enoch Powell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Powell) that triggered the ‘Rock Against Racism’ movement in the UK. He has always steadfastly maintained he is not racist in part because he reveres Black American blues artists and dated Black women. But unlike Bowie (also involved in this particular fooferaw, but for him it comes off more like an arty fascist edgelord phase that he soon turned his back on) it has always come off to me a bit like the everyday racist that will still claim his Black fishing buddy is “one of the good ones.” Though he did apparently apologize in 2018 for having been a ‘semi-racist’ wanker. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/382 "2025-07-25T02:02:48Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > What’s the SDMB coming to when nobody has linked to what the word actually means and where it comes from. You mean apart from [post #14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/14) where **Smapti** linked to the same Wikipedia article. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/383 "2025-07-25T02:57:57Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > He has always steadfastly maintained he is not racist It is always a lie, no matter who says it. A person who is largely not racist/otherist does not tell people, they just let people observe it. It is just like how a truly smart person never declares that, because they do not have to. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/384 "2025-07-25T03:34:21Z")
Heard this one? “Clapton can’t be racist, he flew to Billy Preston while Billy was dying and held and kissed him!” Aww. Once I heard an Englishman on NPR say “Collectively, Englishmen are the worst bastards in the world. Individually, an Englishman is the best friend you’ll ever have.” I mentioned this to an English friend and he confirmed that it is the truth. We see this irreducible dichotomy playing out between the Clapton who kissed Billy and the Clapton who ranted “Keep Britain white!” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/385 "2025-07-25T03:39:56Z")
It’s more than the racist stuff. > **[Opinion | The depressing final act of Eric Clapton](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/eric-clapton-s-covid-vaccine-conspiracies-mark-sad-final-act-ncna1281619)** > > Bigotry and ignorance, in the age of the internet, have a way of catching up with you. And Clapton’s racism and conspiracy theories can no longer be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/386 "2026-08-10T04:55:19Z")
UPDATE: Turns out he’s a 9/11 Truther too. > **[Post-Left Watch (@postleftwatch.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/postleftwatch.bsky.social/post/3msp4gomx7k2p)** > > Roger Waters is pushing 9/11 conspiracies again. > > Roger Waters: "Who did it? Was it the U.S. government? Was it the Israelis? Was it the Saudis? Who did it? > > We know it wasn't done by the airplane." ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/387 "2026-08-10T05:11:23Z")
Ok, now I think Roger Waters was the mastermind behind it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/388 "2026-08-10T13:50:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out he’s a 9/11 Truther too. [![](https://media.tenor.com/gJv9qVPvLg4AAAAM/pikachu-shocked.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/gJv9qVPvLg4AAAAM/pikachu-shocked.gif) I don’t believe it! Wait, yes, I do. That checks out. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/389 "2026-08-10T13:57:16Z")
It was the US, and the Israelis, and the Saudis, and the Reverse Vampires! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/390 "2026-08-10T14:51:22Z")
Do reverse vampires give you their blood? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/391 "2026-08-10T18:34:14Z")
What a timely conspiracy theory! ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/392 "2026-08-10T21:53:25Z")
No, they crave the sun. And are buses, apparently. > **[Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Bus of the Undead ( short )](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsdFkimw5M8%2F)** > > Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/393 "2026-08-10T22:03:10Z")
All that fuckin’ money, and he won’t even buy a clue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234.md?page=19)