Via Pics on Reddit as “Italian right wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni reacts to two girls kissing at the olympics”

Post was originally titled “Lesbian Kiss at the Olympics / Far Right Italian Prime Minister Reaction” but the pictures are unlikely to have been taken at the same event.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Welcome to today’s rendition of “this post I don’t like is propaganda!!1!”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_Fascist_Italy

    Propaganda in Fascist Italy was used by the National Fascist Party in the years leading up to and during Benito Mussolini’s leadership of the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 to 1943,

    Good thing this isn’t the 1920s, then.

    Also, can we talk about dropping Wiki links in a discussion like they mean anything? Especially when 1) people don’t point out what’s relevant about the article like we have the time or the willpower to read everything and 2) they probably haven’t read it themselves before linking.

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      4 months ago

      I just wanna know why the fuck they think it’s reasonable to compare giving exposure to fascists and giving exposure to the Olympics, as though both are the same thing?

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      It’s 2024. Every post with a politician making a silly face is straight up propaganda. Where do you think they spend millions in propaganda on? Haven’t you noticed how every single ad has someone making a stupid face? Exposure is the really first thing that gives these people votes and popularity, if they would be appearing on the media daily people wouldn’t even know who the hell they are.

      Were you aware that this scum went to see the olympics? You are now because you happen to see their propaganda. You now also know that they went to see the fighting games at the olympics. You should read the wikipedia link posted and not just take a peek at it.

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        4 months ago

        Sometimes a reaction is simply a reaction. You don’t have to create this huge conspiracy that people are out to inform you who she is. I already know who she was anyway. Lol Who cares if she went to the Olympics? How does that change my stance on the bullshit she does? She gains nothing from me knowing that. Regardless of this pic, she’s gonna show up on the news just like Biden, Trump, Putin, Zelenskyy, Xi, Maduro, AMLO, Kim, Trudeau, Erdogan, etc. They’re always on the news because they’re heads of state.

        take a peek at it.

        Lol. I actually read most of the article you provided. That’s how I know you didn’t read it yourself.