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Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’

www.theguardian.com 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

Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’

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.

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  • Literal actual fascists behaving like fascists, surprise surprise.

    • Yeah this was my thought reading this, too.

      Who woulda thunk that when you give the fascists power, they don't stop being fascists! #surprisedpikachu

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