Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’
Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’
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.
Ah, yes, nothing like forbidding people from calling out fascism to prove your government isn't fascist.
TIL about Italy's shunning of their past in contrast to the "collective guilt" felt by Germans after WWII
Now, what I would do if I were Brian Molko is I would absolutely go to trial. Turn it in a show. Either I get convicted, in which case, Meloni looks even more like a fascist, or I get exonerated, in which case, it's the courts that are accepting that she's a fascist.
5000E is not an issue, he can fundraise that in an afternoon.
GO BRIAN
Fascist gonna crybully
Meloni, 46, 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 (£858 to £4,290) anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
Wow. Ok then...I guess technically he did violate that law and so it shouldn't matter how fucked up that law is with respect to an investigation being done about it, but can we still talk about how fucked up that law is in an EU country? Yeah I know Italy's a little bit different and such, but goddamn.
W would have loved to have had something like this when the Dixie Chicks got out of line over Iraq (though his response quoted there seems oddly...reasonable? ehh, fuck W): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Chicks_controversy
Somebody once remarked that it's funny how everyone acts like Italians all walk around being Mario Brothers but the Italians just roll with it.
It's because some Italians were the people who invented Fascism as a formal political movement, and you know damn well how that ended up, so if going "It's-a me, Giancarlo!" every once in a while gets the world to forget, they'll take it.
But then this happens, and you have to start talking about spaghetti as much as possible.
That move just makes Brian seem more reasonable.
but he's right, so what?
Brian Molko continues to be based
Gotta love the dipshits in the replies pushing the whole "the left calls anyone who disagrees with them a fascist!!1!" while conveniently leaving out any and all context as to what they're disagreeing about. ~Cherri
More countries really need an irony clause in their constitutions. When the irony gets to this level clearly there are insufficient checks and balances in place.
If I had the money of a lead singer of international band I would consider a €5k fine a "campaign donation" to the other side and go call them fascist and get it in the papers.
For “contempt of the institutions.”
Yeah, but do they investigate for defamation or exposing "state secrets"?
Does Lemmy have a politicalcompassmemes? Because this thread belongs in it.
Must be hard living in China.
Oh wait, this is Italy? But I heard they were a dEmOcRaCy?
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meloni is a pro ukraine cucked liar and a fraud. musolini would disown that bitch