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

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

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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That’s a fair point, I would agree in general, but those who are often asked to prove what they say are usually people in positions of power or with a huge base, like in this case a singer, not some poor working class. I can’t understand how why you people think that going to court for asserting guilt is fascist..

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