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“” I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me!
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—Meloni giving her fascist inauguration speech.[1] |
Giorgia Meloni (15 January 1977–) is the prime minister of Italy, having been elected since October 2022 and becoming the first woman to hold such a position in Italy. Despite presenting herself as a moderate, she has a background as a fascist political activist. She is the first far-right Italian leader and prime minister since Mussolini (and it just gets worse from here).[2]
Early fascist career[edit]
Meloni hails from Rome, and spent most of her life as an activist in the Youth Front, a neo-fascist political party of Mussolini youth.[3] In 1992 (when she was just 15), she joined the Youth Front and later became the leader of the Student Action, another neo-fascist group.
In her young adult years when she was an activist in the Youth Front, Meloni praised Mussolini as a great leader and an example of Italian pride and strength.[4]
Apologia from American conservatives[edit]
Unsurprisingly, American rightists have praised and defended Meloni as a moderate right-wing leader, claiming that she is not a fascist.[5] Meloni has also compared herself with the American Republican Party as being equally "moderate" as herself.[6] This is despite the fact that there is footage of her praising Mussolini and refusing to distance herself from fascism.[7][8]
In 2024, Meloni attended CPAC in the capital of Washington DC and gave a bizarre low-energy speech to the audience. She did the typical Trump boot-licking, spewing anti-leftist talking points, and indirectly supported fascism.[9]
Anti-LGBT fearmongering[edit]
Meloni is very homophobic and transphobic. She claims that gay marriage is antithetical to "traditional values", and has also accused Disney of spreading LGBT propaganda (much like Ron DeSantis).[10] She has enacted laws limiting same-sex couples from marrying and adopting children, which limits their parental rights and prevents them from living in society.[11]
Xenophobia and nationalism[edit]
Meloni has allowed anti-immigrant rhetoric to spread in the Italian public sphere, and has given validity to racist far-right groups.[12] Some of the targeted groups were Jews, Muslims, Romani, and African and Asian migrants.[13] Meloni has also called for a crack down on Italy's African community, beginning with anti-immigration laws and fearmongering about "African infiltrators".[14]
Meloni signed laws preventing immigration and creating detention centers to send immigrants and refugees to in order to prevent what they perceive as "an invasion".[15]
Fascist relations[edit]
In 2024, Meloni refused to call out fascist protestors who were marching on Rome commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Acca Larentia massacre in which three teenage neo-fascist activists were killed by suspected communist activists.[16]
Stopped clock[edit]
Despite being a fascist, Meloni is defensive of women's rights and, unlike her fans, considers herself a feminist. However, her "feminist" politics have been questioned after she banned abortion in Italy, but she still denies the antifeminist allegations nonetheless.[17]
Meloni has disavowed Putin and condemned the war in Ukraine, even going as far as to send aid into Ukraine.[18] She also called out Berlusconi when he blamed Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.[19]
She also called out the Iranian regime’s brutality from cracking down on protestors[20][21] (ironically despite her former support of the Islamic regime in Iran during her days as a fascist activist).[22]
See also[edit]
- Benito Mussolini - Her idol and dream daddy.
- Matteo Salvini - An ally of hers in Italian politics.
- Silvio Berlusconi - Her ideological predecessor.
- Viktor Orban - A fellow fascist who attended CPAC three years earlier, albeit in Florida.
- Donald Trump - Her American counterpart, the two have a close
sexualfriendly relationship. - Narendra Modi - Her Indian counterpart, they had a cringy ship amongst the global far-right after meeting in the G7.
References[edit]
- ↑ I am Giorgia, I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian! Europe waits Meloni! YouTube
- ↑ Italy: Why Meloni Keeps Her Mussolini Heritage Locked Up The Globalist
- ↑ Why Giorgia Meloni Won’t Distance Herself from Italy’s Fascist Past Foreign Policy
- ↑ Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: From teen activist who praised Mussolini to brink of power The Times of Israel
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/sam-sorbo-italy-adolf-hitler-fascist-fascism-socialism-newsmax-tv-giorgia-meloni-1746566
- ↑ Why Republicans are elated by ‘triumph’ of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni Al Jazeera
- ↑ Why Giorgia Meloni Won’t Distance Herself from Italy’s Fascist Past Foreign Policy
- ↑ Call Giorgia Meloni what she really is—a fascist Socialist Worker
- ↑ Meloni assures Trump will remain committed to Europe Euractiv
- ↑ ‘It’s a medieval vision’: fears for LGBTQ+ rights in Meloni’s Italy The Guardian
- ↑ Italian far-right government limits parental rights of same-sex couples PBS
- ↑ Giorgia Meloni is a danger to Italy and the rest of Europe The Guardian
- ↑ Italy’s New Leaders Insist They Aren’t Fascists. Their Treatment of Roma People Says Otherwise. New Republic
- ↑ Giorgia Meloni: Migrants' fears over Italy's new far-right prime minister BBC
- ↑ Italy’s Senate Signs Off on Meloni’s Migrant Crackdown New York Times
- ↑ Video of crowd’s fascist salute in heart of Rome rattles Italy – but not its prime minister CNN
- ↑ Italy’s Giorgia Meloni denies she is anti-women as credentials questioned The Guardian
- ↑ Italy's Meloni ready to risk unpopularity over support for Ukraine Reuters
- ↑ Meloni slams Berlusconi over Putin remarks Politico
- ↑ Iran's crackdown on protesters unacceptable and intolerable, Italy PM says Reuters
- ↑ Italian PM Says Repression Of Protesters In Iran ‘Unbearable’ Iran International
- ↑ Italy far-right leader once hailed Iran, Hezbollah as defenders of Syrian Christians The Times of Israel