Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’

3 years ago by cyu to c/worldnews

Brian Molko criticised Giorgia Meloni during a concert at the Sonic Park festival

Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

133arc585 89 points 3 years ago

Common but disturbing behavior: investigating whether calling out fascism is a problem, but not invesgating whether fascism is a problem.

Punishing people for saying what they see.

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ptsdstillinmymind 13 points 3 years ago

World Governments unfortunately in a nutshell.

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mp3 57 points 3 years ago

Is it defamation when it's true?

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Bipta 23 points 3 years ago

Truth isn't truth

That's the far right motto.

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Bishma 38 points 3 years ago

Just a few steps from "My secret police will now 'explain' to you just how not fascist I am."

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masquenox 15 points 3 years ago

Just a hunch, but it might have something to do with the fact that Meloni is a fascist.

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indigojasper 11 points 3 years ago

in Italian even. incredibly based.

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GiuseppeAndTheYeti 11 points 3 years ago

Good on Italy. Everyone, not just school children, should be protected from... name-calling 🤦

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ritswd 19 points 3 years ago

You gotta understand them, it would be tedious to run a fascist racist government if you had to compose with such frivolous things as freedom of speech.

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lemmyshmemmy -15 points 3 years ago

Pretty much. Shame in the Italian government for this:

Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 (£858 to £4,290) anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.

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dan1101 10 points 3 years ago

Meloni needs a good dunking.

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fixmbr 10 points 3 years ago

Meloni needs a 180° rotation, as do all fascists.

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Carighan 1 point 3 years ago

You mean she need to be turned inside out? That's pretty gross, tbh.

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Maerman 8 points 3 years ago

There is no war.

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biofaust 7 points 3 years ago

Nor the PM nor this fascist government are our Republic. They should respond with personal offense, not institutional.

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Kolanaki 3 points 3 years ago

If your friend who's dressed in leather is a Nazi,

They shouldn't pass the test, and you should probably sever.

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PortableHotpocket -30 points 3 years ago

Who isn't fascist/racist in the eyes of the left? You can be a moderate libertarian with a couple of populist beliefs and they'll throw those labels at you.

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BestBouclettes 21 points 3 years ago

Her party is literally far right, nationalist, anti immigration and post facist. What else do you need ? Them wearing an armband ?

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OccamsTeapot 20 points 3 years ago

This argument is always quite bad but congratulations on a particularly stupid example. You know who really should be seen as fascists? Actual fascists

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leftascenter 14 points 3 years ago

Read her biography. She is very literally a neo-fascist.

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jalda 11 points 3 years ago

Yeah, you can't even say that Mussolini has been the best politician in Italy in the last 50 years without being called a fascist. And the little detail that her party is the successor of a neo-fascist party created by Mussolini's followers.

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agent_flounder 12 points 3 years ago

Man what kind of world is it when you can't idolize Hitler and Mussolini and want to oppress/exterminate groups of people without being called fascist?

A sane world.

That's the kind of world.that would be.

Related: Can we block users on Lemmy?

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sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 3 years ago

Yes you can.

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masquenox 7 points 3 years ago

Oh look... a lost fascist.

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