Racist rapist: defaced Indro Montanelli's statue in Milan

In recent days, a request had been made for its removal, which was denied, and as a result in the last few hours someone thought to act alone: the statue of Indro Montanelli in Milan, at the center of controversy in recent days, was daubed on Saturday evening with red paint and the words “racist rapist.” The discussion concerns the madamate marriage that Indro Montanelli contracted during the 1936 war in Ethiopia with a local girl, only 12 years old: the journalist, founder of Il Giornale, never expressed repentance for abusing his position as a European male to have an affair with a little girl (obviously forced to give herself to Montanelli).

This is not the first time the monument has been daubed: already last year it was covered with pink paint on March 8. Saturday night’s gesture was not claimed (however, the Sentinelli di Milano movement, which had called for the removal of the statue, disassociated itself, since the group’s will was to carry on a public and open discussion about the monument), but bipartisan condemnation came from politicians. “We just don’t get it,” commented Lombardy Region President Attilio Fontana. “Hatred, malice and rancor are increasingly dominant over civil and democratic confrontation. There is cause for serious concern.”

Milan City Councilor for Culture Filippo Del Corno does not mince words and points out that “the act of vandalism is always intrinsically and culturally squadristic. Performed anonymously, surreptitiously, outraging public spaces and property, bringing violence. It is not difficult: democratic is one who manifests his or her thoughts with courage and respect, with a high forehead; the vandal is properly, and technically, a squadrist.”

Racist rapist: defaced Indro Montanelli's statue in Milan

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