The Italian town that banned cricket

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5njmgmvq7o

by peutetre • 2 years ago

28 10 2 years ago

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Woshiwuja5• 2 years ago

Ah the classic italian right move: ban something totally useless to make your racist voters happy

xandrius2• 2 years ago

Classic? What have they banned countrywide regarding to minorities?

Also this is a town of 29k people.

Woshiwuja5• 2 years ago

Coming from the far right party (not only related to minorities): - Rave Party ban - CBD Hemp ban - Cultivated meat ban - Made in italy new useless rules which made italian brands remove the flag - Allowed fascist parade while beating up students protesting. - Driving License suspension if found positive to drugs despite not being altered. Do i have to keep going? This government is terrible, racist and fascist. the town might be 29k people but the party the major is in is inside the coalition governing the country.

alephnerd• 2 years ago

More specifically Northern Italy.

Monfalcone is in peak Lega Nord territory

pmyteh• 2 years ago

The history of cricket in Italy is surprisingly long and they have a modestly successful national side (albeit at Associate level). Different to many countries where it is largely played by immigrants from the subcontinent. [0]

Seems a weird choice of wedge issue, though the article makes it sound like the mayor is basically shotgunning anything the Bangladeshi shipyard workers and their families enjoy, which I suppose makes some miserable sense.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_cricket_team

Woshiwuja5• 2 years ago

She is from a far right party which main objective is dividing north and south italy. It was a hate party for the south, now its a hate party for immigrants so they can get more votes. It even changed name from "Lega Nord" to just "Lega" in a laughable attempt to erase their hateful past. You can still find videos of their leader singing a racist song towards neapolitans, asking the vesuvius to wash them with lava

mensetmanusman• 2 years ago

Dying EU cultures lashing out as their world changes around them.

The Italian town that banned cricket

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