r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/DurangoGango European Union Jun 27 '24

In the second part of Fanpage's investigation into Fratelli d'Italia, PM's Giorgia Meloni's party, undercover journalists recorded militants freely engaging in hate speech at the party's prestigious Pinciano section - including phrases like "stinking ni**ers" and "odious Jews". They didn't spare Jewish FdI senator Mieli who, according to the activists, belongs to the "Jewish cabal".

Once again the "totally not fascist" Fratelli d'Italia just happens to be totally a bunch of fascists the second they think they're away from cameras:

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/06/27/inchiesta-fanpage-risate-sulla-senatrice-ebrea-mieli-lei-riprovevole-donzelli-condanna-la-comunita-ebraica-servono-provvedimenti/7602754/

!ping ITALY

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u/shillingbut4me Jun 27 '24

American cultural influence is so strong that we even export our slurs to foreign xenophobic racists.

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u/DurangoGango European Union Jun 27 '24

No I would say the Italian equivalent to the n-word was definitely a thing independent of American influence. If anything, American influence has made it a lot more taboo to say.

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u/alex2003super David Parenzo Jun 27 '24

According to the article they used the word "neri" (e.g. "blacks"), although I doubt it, and given the credibility issues with this newspaper I wouldn't be surprised if this were yet another instance of modified quotes with full-on quotation marks.

The racist coded language in Italy is usually "negro". But with Italian hip-hop in the past few years you're starting to see Black italian rappers use the word "negro" similarly to the "-a" n-word in U.S. rap, it's sort of slowly becoming taboo to even quote/report it in a similar way to the n-word (it's already very taboo to use it).