• talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    It’s the usual theatrical play of the Italian far right; the recipe is the same as everywhere else: victimism and fearmongering mixed together with revanchism.

    The US-style flabby macho fascists (FMF, let’s make this a thing) would probably not have said they were moved to the point of crying like Salvini did… he must have heard that sensitive men are more popular than machos in Italy (Salvini is generally very deliberate in his acting).

    That said, don’t get me wrong: one must be concerned about the growing political violence in the US (and elsewhere), take it very seriously, and treat it with extreme care.

    Specifically, exploiting political assassinations for partisan propaganda campaigns can only exacerbate the political climate, and likely lead to more violence (which of course is welcome if one plans to exploit the new violence as well).