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Lockdown Rebellion: Over 50,000 Restaurants in Italy Defy Lockdown Orders and Reopen
RedState ^ | January 18, 2021 | Brandon Morse

Posted on 01/18/2021 3:11:29 PM PST by CheshireTheCat

The spirit of rebelliousness against tyranny isn’t just alive in America. In Italy, over 50,000 restaurants opened up in defiance of Italy’s draconian lockdown measures with patrons revolting against police who come to shut these restaurants down.

According to “Off-Guardian,” Italian restaurant owners coordinated an online day of defiance called “#IoOpro” or “I am opening.” The day, which occurred on the 15th of January, was the largest country-wide act of civil disobedience since the lockdowns began.

Politicians were even in on the rebellion with Italian opposition MP Vittorio Sgarbi saying to restauranteurs in an interview to “open up, and don’t worry, in the end, we will make them eat their fines.”

On the day #IoOpro occurred, police arrived at restaurants to shut them down but found themselves confronted by patrons who demanded they leave and reminded them who pays their salaries. Others shouted “freedom” as they escorted police out of the building....

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; italy; lockdown; rebellion; restaurantrebellion; restaurants
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I'm having a hard time getting over the shock that Italy still has 50K restaurants that survived. Good for them.
1 posted on 01/18/2021 3:11:29 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

This is the way.

They can’t punish all of them!


2 posted on 01/18/2021 3:13:12 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: CheshireTheCat

Shouldn’t have stopped at just one day.

FREE-DOM!!!


3 posted on 01/18/2021 3:13:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Exactly! US restaurant owners are you listening?


4 posted on 01/18/2021 3:14:15 PM PST by joshua c (Jan 20th is Dump Day. Dump them all. Twitter, Facebook, Google, Amazon, cable tv etc)
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To: CheshireTheCat
IT HAS BEEN A WHOLE F'N YEAR
5 posted on 01/18/2021 3:20:40 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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To: CheshireTheCat

This is what all of America needs to do. Just say no...


6 posted on 01/18/2021 3:20:56 PM PST by glimmerman70
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Unfortunately, they can......

They will fine them out of existence.....


7 posted on 01/18/2021 3:21:24 PM PST by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: CheshireTheCat

+ X 50,000


8 posted on 01/18/2021 3:23:32 PM PST by PGalt
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To: CheshireTheCat

Flood the zone. That’s how you do it.


9 posted on 01/18/2021 3:35:18 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Forza Italia!!


10 posted on 01/18/2021 3:40:20 PM PST by elcid1970 ("Pres. Trump doesn't wear glasses. That's because he's got 2020.")
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To: joshua c

Red states are Already open. Blue states will open up now that Biden is President


11 posted on 01/18/2021 3:41:58 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: CheshireTheCat

Others shouted “freedom” as they escorted police out of the building....

I suspect they actually shouted “la libertà”.


12 posted on 01/18/2021 3:48:50 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: CheshireTheCat

When will American restaurants do the same?
I say inauguration day.


13 posted on 01/18/2021 3:49:29 PM PST by AnxiouslyWaiting
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To: CheshireTheCat

I live in Sicily. Italians have had it with this lockdown crap. Major rebellion is in the air. Bravo! Good luck with your Great Reset wet dream, Schwab, you freakin’ scumbag.


14 posted on 01/18/2021 3:49:59 PM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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I don’t know if it will be that soon. I think there is going to be a lot of chaos and confusion in the next few days, but I think we will see major reopenings by the end of the month.


15 posted on 01/18/2021 3:52:22 PM PST by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: CheshireTheCat

Of course we’ll reopen here....Biden is soon to take office.


16 posted on 01/18/2021 3:53:45 PM PST by caww (“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”’ - Edmund Burke)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Frogs are jumping out of the pot...


17 posted on 01/18/2021 4:01:39 PM PST by ponygirl (An Appeal to Heaven )
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This last closure in PA ended last week or the week before.

During the last closure the owner of the gym that I go to said "We will stay open".

No publicity, no fanfare, no cops.

Small town 1 hour south of Pittsburgh.

No mask nazis around.

Wear one if you want.

18 posted on 01/18/2021 4:23:08 PM PST by Eagles6
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I can smell the sauce, good for them!


19 posted on 01/18/2021 4:39:07 PM PST by Muhammy
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To: CheshireTheCat

Mass rebellion, that’s the way.

By the way, wonder how the guys in Sicily and Naples are feeling about their businesses being forced to close? Maybe they will show their appreciation.


20 posted on 01/18/2021 4:40:40 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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