After April 25th, even the May 1st celebration is transformed into an opportunity to insult Giorgia Meloni in a vulgar manner, placing her alongside (as always) the discussion regarding the fascism. And the offense arrived directly on the stage of the concert which was held yesterday in Foggia and, as the protagonist, involved the rapper Gennarone with an unequivocal phrase that did not go absolutely unnoticed among the public at Parco San Felice: “Italy is experiencing the shadow of fascism thanks to that mouthpiece Giorgia Meloni“, shouted the singer from Foggia.
The rapper’s partial apology
Gennarone’s phrase was part of a broader discussion that introduced his performance. Here the artist had expressed the need to shed tears: “The first for all the peoples at war in every corner of the world, the second for the workers, especially for those who lose their lives in the workplace, especially the young people who died during school-work alternation courses“. Then the offending phrase: “The third tear for our Italy which is experiencing the shadow of fascism thanks to that mouth-watering by Giorgia Meloni and the fourth for our city of Foggia gripped by an underworld that suffocates it“.
A few hours later they arrived apologies (halfway) by Gennarone: “I apologize if I offended anyone’s feelings – he said – but my words were more aimed at fascism. They were one artistic provocation“. However, the singer does not back down on his criticism of fascism: “What is happening in Italy seems abnormal to me, especially from a Prime Minister who does not openly declare herself anti-fascist and passes laws that gag the press and reduce freedom regarding abortion. This is a very delicate historical period and if we artists don’t talk about it, each through our own form, who should“.
FdI criticism on the insults to Meloni
In any case, there had already been immediate vehement protests from Brothers of Italy in defense of the prime minister: “What happened is disconcerting – wrote the regional councilors Francesco Ventola, Luigi Caroli, Giannicola De Leonardis, Antonio Gabellone, Renato Perrini and Michele Picaro –. L’ignoble vulgarity of the sentence uttered against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a person who went on stage to perform is a real act of violence against which we expect the organizers, the mayor and the municipal councilors present at the event to distance themselves“. Interview by the local newspaper the attackthe mayor Episcopo (centre-left) actually promptly condemned what happened: “Absolute censorship – he has declared -. My censorship is total and is at every latitude. And I would like there to be the same treatment for everyone“.
The FdI councilors then added that the sexist insults “and the usual story of the evocation of the specter of fascism are the clear demonstration of the climate of tension that certain minority and violent fringes want to instill in a country which, it is worth remembering, be democratic“. Local representatives confirm that the center-right “he is committed to governing Italy and is doing it in the best possible way with continuous recognition of the quality of the work carried out so far at a national and international level. But, evidently, for some, respect for the will of the voters, democracy, respect for the institutions are practicable in alternating phases.
Certainly never when the center-right is in government“, they conclude.
