The words of the president of the Almirante foundation, Massimo Magliaro, this time guest of «Che will be» on Rai3 by Serena Bortone, are back in discussion. In the studio we comment on the celebrations of April 25th that have just passed, with Magliaro pressed by the other guests in the studio for his statements to DiMartedì which earned him harsh controversy. In the last episode in Giovanni Floris’ studio on La7, Magliaro had replied to the actor Ascanio Celestini that he was a fascist, without fear of committing any crime.
This time the exchange takes place with Nicola Lagioia, who says: «It is the ideas that are contested, not the people. It is not a crime to call yourself a fascist, nor even to call yourself a Nazi. But can we say that these are shitty ideas?”. Magliaro replies: «Yes, but I am fiercely non-Nazi and anti-Nazi. Fascism is one thing, Nazism is another thing, they have absolutely nothing to do with it.” Lagioia tries to reply: «But we can also say that fascism is shitty ideas…». Magliaro does not stop and ventures into a distinction: «Fascism is Christian, Nazism is pagan. Political lack of culture has made them become equal.”
Presenter Serena Bortone intervenes in the debate by raising her voice: «So is the Matteotti crime Christian? Since I am Catholic, saying that fascism is Christian means that the Matteotti crime is too.” In the studio the voices overlap, Lagioia mentions the racial laws and at that point Bortone tries to cut it short: «I don’t get to the racial laws because it’s easy to criticize the racial laws. I say easy so to speak, because they are an absolute aberration.” Magliaro agrees, while Bortone insists: “You can’t tell me that the Matteotti crime is something Christian.” This time, however, Magliaro avoids further comments, but appears to clearly disagree.
