Cecilia Parodi , the writer who seriously insulted Senator for Life Liliana Segre , a Holocaust survivor, has been sentenced . The preliminary hearing judge in Milan, Luca Milani , handed down a sentence of one and a half years in prison , already reduced by a third due to the fast-track trial. The charge concerns not only defamation, but also propaganda of hatred on racial, ethnic, and religious grounds , following a video posted on Instagram on July 19, 2024 .In the video, Parodi attacked the senator with violent and offensive words: "When a person suffers from severe senile dementia, it's blasphemy to pay them a life pension." She then doubled down, saying that "when people listen to a heartless lunatic, they should be treated" and that "her existence and authority are blasphemies." But the most serious part of the video came immediately after, with a statement that shocked public opinion: "I hate all Jews, I hate all Israelis, and if one day I were to see you all hanging by your feet, Piazzale Loreto isn't enough, we need Tiananmen Square to hang you all, I swear I'll be in the front row spitting on you."
Parodi claims that she only regrets the "I hate all Jews" part, and the rest was simply political expression.
But this seems doubtful. In a cartoon she drew she blames the "Zionist lobby" for taking away her income after this incident - her antisemitism has nothing to do with it - and she even blames some on the pro-Palestinian side for condemning her antisemitic statement.
Parodi doesn't have too much self-awareness.
Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are identical. And exhibit #1 is Cecilia Parodi.
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