Brian Molko criticised Giorgia Meloni during a concert at the Sonic Park festival

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.

    • DrFuggles@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Nope. There’s a bunch of thoughts and speech acts that don’t contribute anything. There’s a reason the swastika and other Nazi codes/insignia are outlawed in Germany. “We just need to exterminate the Jews for a better life for everyone else” is similarly outlawed under an incitement to genocide clause.

      There are very good reasons to put barriers on absolutely free speech.

      • problematicPanther@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        What i meant was actually, fighting words are not protected under free speech in the USA. Not disagreeing, just making a funny.