It’Unity Day in Rome… and on the “flower” part of the mockery of Salvini (and his fans)
The leader of the League takes issue with the poster of the PD party in the capital to attack the abuse of asterisks by Schlein & co. But doesn't it look like a flower anymore?
ROME – They have now entered the dictionary of those who make rights their own belief, but there are also those who don’t like asterisks too much in common language… or at least not theirs ” abuse”. Among these, Matteo Salvini stands out, vice president of the Council and leader of the Lega. At least, this can be deduced from his social comment today, on the poster of the Festa dell’Unità, sorry dell’Unità, of Rome, which posts from his profile United? Embarrassing“, writes Salvini, complete with “smile-laughter-with-tears.
THEY ARE UNLEASHING ANTI-ASTERISK FOLLOWERS: “THE ARE ALSO ON THE ROAD SIGNS IN BOLOGNA”
The comments of his followers follow in the hundreds, reaching almost a thousand, and they are all of the same tenor, they take it out on the Democratic Party, but also in an offensive way. “And call it a celebration of mental health care?”, or even “Let’s reopen the mental hospitals, we need them”, or. “Why do we, good people, have to witness this antics?”. Then there’s Annamaria’s outburst, who practically lives surrounded by asterisks: “They broke it! Here in the lower Bologna area the councilors are wild, they put asterisks everywhere, even on road signs! But is it possible that there’s nothing else important??? these are the battles that their great-grandfathers would have wanted???”.
ASTERISK OR FLOWER?
In short, the use of “asterisks” in Italian words, instead of that last letter which denotes the male or female sex, is now the subject of degree theses on the evolution of linguistics, communication and politics. The poster of Elly Schlein’s party party, which plays on the “flower”-“asterisk” metaphor, could well be an interesting object of semiotic analysis… But what is right it’s right, you may not like flowers and asterisks, de gustibus… but it’s better not to offend anyone, especially those who suffer from serious pathologies.