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Amishman

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25. Backlash against refugees has Italy swinging hard right

Reply to ansible (Original post)

Sun Feb 10, 2019, 02:28 PM

Feb 2019

So they are drawn to Trumpian anti-refugee nationalism.

Desperate people don't think out their decisions and ignore the warnings, we saw it with the 2016 vote and turnout in the rust belt. Italy is doing the same thing

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Italians build giant statue of Trump in parade float [View all] ansible Feb 2019 OP

Bad actors have their tentacles everywhere, like a cancer. Claritie Pixie Feb 2019 #1

That is horrifying PatSeg Feb 2019 #2

Bannon has been careening about 2naSalit Feb 2019 #3

Isn't Italy into fascism right now .... CatMor Feb 2019 #4

Yes. Italy is now under the control of fascists. yardwork Feb 2019 #5

as the greatest generation dies off onethatcares Feb 2019 #13

So very true ..... CatMor Feb 2019 #15

and we know bdamomma Feb 2019 #20

A true golden calf. JDC Feb 2019 #6

Do you see the left ( sinestra) hand? That is Spanish btw mahina Feb 2019 #7

No, it's a direct reference to an internet meme about Trump being "God Emperor" ansible Feb 2019 #9

It is the Carnival of Viareggio in Tuscany dalton99a Feb 2019 #14

Looks like some kind of a Day of the Dead celebration... Wounded Bear Feb 2019 #8

Crap. I'm going on vacation in Italy in a few months. OliverQ Feb 2019 #10

They probably see stumpy as the reincarnation of their beloved Benito M. Sinistrous Feb 2019 #11

It is satire. In 2017: dalton99a Feb 2019 #12

They just put a combover of a statue of Ol' Benito LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #16

My husband says JustAnotherGen Feb 2019 #17

Good to know! renate Feb 2019 #27

"Silvio Berlus-comb-overi". bullwinkle428 Feb 2019 #18

They didn't like the orange maggot when I was in Italy in March 2018 kimbutgar Feb 2019 #19

Yes I bet bdamomma Feb 2019 #21

Twitter warrior Generic Other Feb 2019 #22

The Emperor of the Holey Moran Empire malaise Feb 2019 #23

The beginning of every Games Workshop / Black Library novel, the owners of this IP Calista241 Feb 2019 #24

Backlash against refugees has Italy swinging hard right Amishman Feb 2019 #25

Mob connection. democratisphere Feb 2019 #26

It's satire EleanorR Feb 2019 #28

That's not my reading of it. I used to read Black Library novels and the Emperor Calista241 Feb 2019 #30

Viareggio Carnivale- EleanorR Feb 2019 #31

Agree. Notice the twitter birds. They are totally making fun of him. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2019 #32

It's an old Mussolini statue that has been tweaked. Sneederbunk Feb 2019 #29

Here's the float the artist made last year-definitely not pro-trump EleanorR Feb 2019 #33

You might want to add malaise Feb 2019 #34