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Support for Italy's Giorgia Meloni leads Nebraska punter to delete tweet, offer apology
Fox News ^ | September 28, 2022 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 09/29/2022 7:00:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

A Nebraska punter was forced to issue an apology on Tuesday after expressing favorable support for newly elected Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Brian Buschini, a sophomore from Montana, tweeted something about Meloni without "knowing the background" of the politician. He said a headline he read made it seem she was in support of family values.

"I want to take the time to apologize for a tweet I posted yesterday," his statement read. "I saw a headline from a speech the new Prime Minister of Italy made that seemed to support Christianity and family values. I unfortunately tweeted about this without knowing the background or history of this politician or the movement she is involved with. In no way do I support facism (sic) or racism in any form. I apologize for posting without understanding the reality of what I was posting about."

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Showing support for pro-God / pro-Family / pro-Country politicians gets you canceled or at the very least strong-armed into apologizing, while showing support for actual fascists - ie, those who aim to eliminate freedom of speech and association and the RKBA, and support a police state that goes after opponents of the Leftist fascists - gets you praised and rewarded. That’s where we are now.
1 posted on 09/29/2022 7:00:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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“God does not exist—religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.”

- Benito Mussolini.

There’s no reason to compare fascism to Meloni.
Mussolini was a communist until his mid-30s and remained a godless socialist until his death.


2 posted on 09/29/2022 7:05:59 AM PDT by struggle
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“God does not exist—religion in science is an absurdity, in practice an immorality and in men a disease.”

- Benito Mussolini.

There’s no reason to compare fascism to Meloni.
Mussolini was a communist until his mid-30s and remained a godless socialist until his death.


3 posted on 09/29/2022 7:05:59 AM PDT by struggle
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Would have been funny if the article was from the Babylon Bee.


4 posted on 09/29/2022 7:06:04 AM PDT by jcon40 (Machinery is only as good as its design and quality of parts. A citizen is only as good as...)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Eventually the censors, those that cancel and especially government employees that violate constitutional rights must be held accountable and severely punished.


5 posted on 09/29/2022 7:06:08 AM PDT by allendale
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He may be a football player, but as a sophomore, he’s still effectively a child who is easily bullied by those around him.

“It takes 1 year to grow a plant
10 years to grow a tree
100 years to grow a man”


6 posted on 09/29/2022 7:06:54 AM PDT by PGR88
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What is left unsaid, is who got to him, and forced him to retract and prostrate himself like this. What threats or pressures were placed on him?


7 posted on 09/29/2022 7:07:57 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Brian Buschini, a sophomore from Montana, tweeted something about Meloni without "knowing the background" of the politician. He said a headline he read made it seem she was in support of family values.

But she does support family values! That's what she ran on - God, family, and country.

Buschini needs to learn - never apologize to these people. It only starts a feeding frenzy.

8 posted on 09/29/2022 7:08:05 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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And here I thought, gee, a woman will be prime minister of Italy, what a step forward for women in politics, etc.

That sure isn’t the reaction to her election.


9 posted on 09/29/2022 7:09:19 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Maybe someone should start a GoFundMe to see if we can raise enough money to get this guy a spine.


10 posted on 09/29/2022 7:10:33 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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“Forced to apologize” means simply “I won’t stand up for what I really believe because (insert excuse here)”. No balls, backbone, guts or any other human parts that determine true greatness. “If you aren’t willing to be the lead dog....get used to the smell”.


11 posted on 09/29/2022 7:11:05 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" LStar)
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To: PGR88

The N stands for “Knowledge”.


12 posted on 09/29/2022 7:11:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To imagine you have to apologize in Nebraska is mind boggling.


13 posted on 09/29/2022 7:12:59 AM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

$$$


14 posted on 09/29/2022 7:13:59 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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The Left’s Core Strategy #1: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." (via Rules for Radicals)

The Left’s Core Strategy #2: Scream accusations of racism(or racist attacks) at anything you don't like or which slows your agenda.

The Left’s Core Strategy #3: Intensely attack Republicans for actions you are undertaking.

The Left’s Core Strategy #4: Attack Republicans as stupid, but do not discuss it further.

The Left’s Core Strategy #5: When all else fails, censor speech and if needed deploy violence.

Repeat
15 posted on 09/29/2022 7:14:32 AM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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This is so very wrong. The left needs to be completely defanged. THEY are the ones inconsistent with reason and truth and THEY are the ones who should be very afraid of reprisal. The worm has to turn.
16 posted on 09/29/2022 7:16:47 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: al_c

this guy seems to have punted his man card.


17 posted on 09/29/2022 7:17:44 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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Why is this even 'news'? Come on, it is not newsworthy, with all that is going on internationally and nationally, that a MSM outlet(s) bring up what some college football kid tweets.

Church Committee, 1975. Op Mockingbird


18 posted on 09/29/2022 7:17:55 AM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: PGR88

Yeah.
Sadly, he proved his worth and it wasn’t much.


19 posted on 09/29/2022 7:20:21 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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A line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar springs to mind...

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."

20 posted on 09/29/2022 7:22:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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