# Roger Waters is a tankie

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234
**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")
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#### Post date: [July 20, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-waters-is-a-tankie/969234/338 "2025-07-20T13:26:53Z")

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I was going to post something similar. I agree that giving **verbal** support to a group, no matter how vile, is part of free speech.

Hell, even The Economist thinks Europe has a free speech problem:

> **[Europe’s free-speech problem](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/05/15/europes-free-speech-problem)**
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> J.D. Vance was right

(Gift links are one-time use there, but I think they allow a couple of freebies a month; apologies if you can’t read it)

There’s a reason a black lawyer from the ACLU defended a bunch of Nazis.

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