Total clash, again on April 25, in Chesarà, the program hosted by Serena Bortone on Rai3 at the center of the controversy over the failure to intervene by the writer Antonio Scurati. The writer Nicola Lagioia and Massimo Magliaro, president of the Almirante foundation, are on opposite sides of the barricade. Anti-fascism and alleged ideological patents, the theme is always the same. The author states that “it is the ideas that are contested, not the people. It is not a crime to call yourself a fascist, nor even a Nazi. But can we say that they are bullshit ideas?”. Magliaro: “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’s objective, however, is precisely to underline the equation that Magliaro disputes. so much so that he adds: “But we can also say that fascism is s*** ideas.” At that point, the historic head of the press office of the Italian Social Movement replies: “Fascism is Christian, Nazism is pagan. Political ignorance has made them become equal.”
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The “religious” argument infuriates the presenter: “So the Matteotti crime is Christian? Since I’m Catholic, saying that fascism is Christian means that the Matteotti crime is Christian too”, attacks Bortone, “I don’t get to the racial laws because it is easy to criticize the racial laws. I say easy so to speak, because they are an absolute aberration.” Magliaro states that he agrees, and Bortone comments: “You can’t tell me that the Matteotti crime is something Christian.” The guest does not reply.
