mari62 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 No one said that, but whatever. Thanks for the very clear and passionate explanation Robi. You know from our chats I was very resistant to this (and still don't agree with people spreading this pic around in the first place) but you have convinced me the hashtag campaign was worth the risk and I hope it helps propel things forward legally in Italy. Mika has also made a very convincing point in this "Turn one's back is a luxury, there are people who cannot escape from intolerance." Christine, I didn't believe myself either, that this twitter campaign would serve the cause, but it's been growing and turning into something HUGE. So I DO hope, that all this interest and involvement will help things move forward in the right direction and spread more info, which is really needed in Italy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asma Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 so glad to know about all of this, hope stuff like this will happen in my country.where I live where gays actually get jailed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Christine, I didn't believe myself either, that this twitter campaign would serve the cause, but it's been growing and turning into something HUGE. So I DO hope, that all this interest and involvement will help things move forward in the right direction and spread more info, which is really needed in Italy. Yes I thought it was quite out of character for Mika to put his dignity on the line like that but it certainly paid off. It's hard to imagine it from Canada but Mika's fame is at a different level in Italy and the advancement of gay rights is at a different stage in Italy. Obviously Mika and his manager knew what they were doing and made a smart move. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 so glad to know about all of this, hope stuff like this will happen in my country.where I live where gays actually get jailed That is so sad Asma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asma Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 That is so sad Asma yes they just launched an association that defends gay rights here, I consider that as a first step but still... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmont69 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 No one said that, but whatever. Thanks for the very clear and passionate explanation Robi. You know from our chats I was very resistant to this (and still don't agree with people spreading this pic around in the first place) but you have convinced me the hashtag campaign was worth the risk and I hope it helps propel things forward legally in Italy. Mika has also made a very convincing point in this "Turn one's back is a luxury, there are people who cannot escape from intolerance." I agree. I have problems only with the reporting of the pic on the FB pages I'm visiting and CTRL+V here. But his manager, Mika, and people who tried to convince me since the very morning maybe are right. Maybe it's necessary to show all the vulgarity of those canceled eyes to have a reaction like this. I don't want to think that it's only another "politically correct" way to fill in newspapers instead of reporting how it's better not to go out between 1 and 3pm when it's so hot. We need to believe that a reiterated hashtag can change something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 BLOGGERS http://www.monicatriglia.it/mika-rompiamoilsilenzio/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Here's another english article, think it's an US website : http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/08/11/facebook-bans-supporters-mikas-campaign-against-antigay-slurs- i'll add it to littlelady's first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I know Lucrezia has got some issues with her connection, I'm posting the link to Mika's letter of today to Corriere della Sera, she will update her post later I think http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/mika-se-non-avessi-reagito-agli-insulti-avrei-tradito-il-13enne-che-sono-stato/ I hope you get a translation soon, It's just something you wouldn't miss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mer Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 oster Mika (31) on Saturday night at a huge social media campaign against gay hate unleashed by placing a photo of a vandalized poster for his concert. On the placard in the Italian Florence with black graffiti painted the word "frocio" (fagot). Also, the face of the flamboyant singer blackened. ,, I'm not afraid of people who discriminate, '' Mika writes, which since 2007 has a relationship with documentary filmmaker Andreas Dermanis on Twitter. ,, Love does what it wants. '' I have the poster which is immediately smeared them removed by cowards Mayor Florence © bruno. When the popular British-Lebanese singer - who acts on September 22 at the Heineken Music Hall - saw the poster, he first wanted to say anything about it. ,, It seemed best to the hatred of some people who I know so well, to ignore '' he wrote. ,, But you're right. We break the silence. '' That call gave many twitterers hearing. The called by Mika in life hashtag #rompiamoilsilenzio ('break the silence') was trending topic for hours and is still widely used. If the protest singer replaced all its profile pictures through images of the stained poster. The mayor of Florence has expressed its support for Mika who was coach at the Italian X Factor and The Voice France. ,, I have the poster smeared by cowards them removed immediately, '' Dario Nardella wrote on Twitter. Florence ,, is not homophobic, but an open city. '' Not the first time It is not the first time that Mika, who came out of the closet in 2012 and passionate advocate of equality, to deal with gay hatred. When he was a few years ago with his family in a restaurant, he received from other guests discriminatory and aggressive comments to his head. ,, When the owners of the business have turned my songs so loudly that we could no longer talk to each other, '' told I have the poster which is immediately smeared them removed by cowards Translate of Nederland http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1022/Celebs/article/detail/4116628/2015/08/09/Bekladde-poster-Mika-ontketent-campagne-tegen-homohaat.dhtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I know Lucrezia has got some issues with her connection, I'm posting the link to Mika's letter of today to Corriere della Sera, she will update her post later I think http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/mika-se-non-avessi-reagito-agli-insulti-avrei-tradito-il-13enne-che-sono-stato/ I hope you get a translation soon, It's just something you wouldn't miss Thank you Roberta I'm updating my post with the digital scan and the translation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie-emma Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) I know Lucrezia has got some issues with her connection, I'm posting the link to Mika's letter of today to Corriere della Sera, she will update her post later I think http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/mika-se-non-avessi-reagito-agli-insulti-avrei-tradito-il-13enne-che-sono-stato/ I hope you get a translation soon, It's just something you wouldn't miss I think so, thanks in advance Lucrezia! Edited August 12, 2015 by valerie-emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiibet Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Reacting like he did was a brave thing to do from him and I'm amazed how well the campaign worked out and spread and what a positive impact it seems to have and I can't possibly understand why everyone interested in human rights shouldn't pay attention maybe even show support to him (if feels like it). He is a part of something important. A lot of publicity for the campaign also in English Wonderful job with this thread, Robi! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I'm just the boss here, others are doing the dirt work but thank you Nina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minh Anh Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I've translated his message into Vietnamese, hopefully more and more people can understand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarina Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) The article he wrote is so amazing and sincere and moving! I'm SO proud of Mika and our campaign Edited August 12, 2015 by Sarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma.Kot. Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I just read his message , i totally agree with Sarina! Especially when he talks about his mum...its so touching!On the other hand, when i read about how he was bullied at school, it makes me so sad and angry! But...his message is brilliant Thank you all guys for collecting and translating these things!! Without you, i would´t find or understand anything!Thank you so much for your hard work 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alireine Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Thanks everybody organizing the links, articles, translations and so on. And congrats to the fans (especially Italian) who supported the campain! I'm glad that Mika endorsed this cause as openly as he did and hope it can help to bring a good evolution in Italian law and / or to open more minds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellody Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Many thanks for the translation of his letter. i love how he describes his feelings in detail, and it is exactly what i thought. He felt like at school all over again. He was pushed by the messages he got to face the picture instad of running away. I wasn't sure what he really thought about this at first, but he made it clear now. So thanks to those fans and other people who came up with the idea in the first place. I wouldn't have dared it, but it was a good thing to get mika out of his comfort zone, as that made him react like he did, which really started the whole thing. i suppose with his coworkers mika might mean his italian manager? I don't even think the guy got an ok from mika in advance about spreading the pic and the hashtag. But as i said above, whether he did or not, if it helped mika to react like he did, that's fine. anyway, it's not just about homophobia, it's about bullying in general. Like mika says, no matter your age, you'd always feel affected by such insults. Whether it's faggot or something else, as i think the example of his mother shows. I wish this campaign would get noticed all over the world on a big scale. But guess the fact that the insult and most of the reactions were in italian means that apart from a few news clippings in the gay press, there won't be much international attention. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyaboutmika Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Adding French translation based on the English translation Italian girls did , not sure where to put it , feel free to move it where it should be Mika: Si je n'avais pas répondu aux insultes, je l'aurais trahi celui que j'étais à 13 ans . Lorsque j'ai vu la photo de mon visage sali sur l'affiche de Florence sur Instagram, je me suis senti triste, humilié. Mon premier instinct était: ne rien dire à personne , de ne pas réagir, de ne pas bouger. Je suis en tournée, je peux m'en détourner, faire mon spectacle et me sentir bien. Je peux ignorer les insultes . Mais les fans ont commencé à en parler, mes amis ont commencé à m'envoyer des sms . Et j'ai compris que ma première réaction était la même que j'avais autrefois, c'était la réaction d'un très jeune garçon qui se sentait impuissant. Voilà comment j'étais à l'école: sans défenses. Aurais-je répondu à l'époque, ils m'auraient battu et je n' en aurais rien retiré , à part de rentrer à la maison avec un visage tuméfié. Je connais bien le harcèlement, ils s'en seraient pris à moi. A cause du racisme, parce que ma mère était forte, ou parce que nous avions des problèmes financiers à cette période. Mais surtout, 80% du temps, à cause de ma sexualité. Même avant que je sois conscient de ma propre sexualité. Lorsque vous êtes un enfant et que vous vous faites attaquer, vous pensez que vous ne pouvez pas vous battre contre eux , parce que si vous le faisiez, toutes ces choses deviendraient encore pires, et de la taille d'une montagne. Etant enfant, je répondais d'une manière qui était décalée , tel comme un écho qui s'étendait sur le long terme.. J'essayais de me concentrer sur autre chose que ce que je subissais , je me focalisais sur l'avenir. Quand j'ai dû faire face à cette affiche, je me suis senti comme le jeune garçon que j'avais été autrefois . Et ma réponse instinctive était de lécher mes blessures, de fermer les yeux et de me projeter dans l'avenir, un réflexe automatique, qui est partagée par la plupart des gens qui sont victimes de harcélement: détourner le regard, tout garder pour soi-même. Puis, j'ai compris. Ce fût l'une des rares fois dans ma vie où je me voyais forcé de choisir une confrontation directe avec l'intimidation et l'homophobie, je me suis rendu compte combien les choses avaient changé, combien j'avais changé. Grâce aux réactions des gens sur des réseaux sociaux, par rapport à mes amis, et je dois dire aussi par rapport à mes collègues. Certains d'entre eux sont gay et ont été blessés parce nous sommes ensembles quotidiennement pour travailler : ils se sentaient comme s'ils avaient été insultés eux aussi. Je me suis rendu compte que, oui, en premier il y avait mon réflexe de repli automatique à cause de ce que j'ai enduré et à cause de mon vieil instinct de défense, mais voilà maintenant je suis dans une position privilégiée: Je suis en tournée, je suis libre et entouré par des gens libres, Je l'ai construit ma propre monde où je peux faire ce en quoi que je crois et inciter à la tolérance à travers ma musique et mes concerts. C' est un grand luxe. En refusant de réagir face à ces insultes, j'aurais fait une erreur: j'aurais oublié le jeune garçon de 13 ans que j'avais été, et j'aurais porté tort à toutes les personnes qui n'ont pas ce luxe et ce privilège. A présent je peux monter sur scène. Mais , quand vous êtes jeune et ce mot s'adresse à vous, si vous regardez cette affiche et que vous n'avez aucune réponse dans laquelle vous réfugier, alors ça veut dire qu'on vous a abandonné. Vous perdez l'espoir et cela vous rend encore plus faible: je ne pouvais pas permettre ça, précisement grâce aux choses qui avaient changé dans ma vie: je n'aurais pas pu m'abandonner ni abandonner tant d'autres comme moi à la solitude. ça n'a aucune importance que vous ayez 14 ou 64 ans, face à une telle chose, vous réagissez de la même façon, car cela vous affecte avec la même intensité. C'est la raison pour laquelle je décidé d'utiliser cette image comme une photo de profil sur Twitter et Instagram. C'était exactement ce qui m'aurait effrayé à l'âge de 13 ans. Je n'étais pas si courageux à l'époque, je ne pouvais pas être. J'ai fait l'inverse de ce que j'aurais fait à l'école. On m'a appelé comme ça toute ma vie: je faisais avec ces insultes, j'en faisais des musiques , je les mettais dans mes dessins. Samedi dernier pour la première fois je me suis dit: pourquoi ne pas les mettre à la vue de tous et les utiliser comme un drapeau flottant au-dessus des têtes de tous ces gens qui écrivent et pensent comme ça? Telle était la grandeur d'Oscar Wilde: il dénonçait l'hypocrisie en la rejettant au visage des hypocrites, parfois il n'y a rien de plus approprié que des actions inappropriées! Et c'est pour ça que Oscar Wilde est l'un de mes "Good Guys". J'aurais pu écrire cinq mille mots, j'aurais pu leur dire d'aller au diable, j'aurais pu dire que je ne reviendrais jamais à Florence (Mais non, pas moi, j'adore Florence!) ; j'aurai pu utiliser cette article comme un défouloir, en comparant l'homophobie au sexisme et au machisme. Mais avec cette "déclaration visuelle", avec ce signe qui est devenu un drapeau, je l'ai fait sans être violent, ni agressif, sans me perdre dans des sermons. C'était beau de voir comme cette image a développé autant de puissance. Pour ma maman aussi. Elle n'a pas dit grand-chose, mais elle a trouvé elle aussi un écho dans cet épisode, car elle a traversé une période difficile à l'adolescence. Elle n'a jamais eu de compensation pour ce qu'elle a dû affronter alors: c'est comme une sorte de compensation pour elle et qui lui est venue par l'intermédiaire de l'un de ses enfants. Elle m'a regardé, elle a fermé les yeux et elle a souri comme quelqu'un qui a enfin trouvé le repos. La chose la plus compliquée aujourd'hui, est de comprendre comment nous pouvons aller au-delà de cette image, justement en raison de sa puissance. Un tas de gens ont voulu s'inpirer de mon action: ils ont pris cette image, ajouté leur photo, et le slogan «Brisons le silence». Facebook a bloqué leurs profils pendant 30 heures,ceci tend à montrer que ce mot est encore sensible et dur. Par conséquent: si elle vous a offensé, est-il juste de transformer une insulte-qui reste une insulte-en drapeau? Oui ça l'est, quand cela provoque une discussion constructive, quand cela aide les gens à réfléchir à ce qu'un adjectif stupide et superficiel peut faire ressentir à d'autres personnes. Cependant, ce mot fait toujours mal. Il reste toujours réellement un terme très fort, qui a de nombreuses implications négatives, et il peut réellement blesser. Nous nous pouvons pas l'accepter en tant que mot "normal". Mais arrêtons de prétendre qu'il n'existe pas: cela serait encore beaucoup plus dangereux. Mika: Hadn't I responded to the insults, I would have betrayed my 13 y.o. self. When I saw the pic of my dirtied face on the poster in Firenze on Instagram, I felt sad, humiliated. My first instinct was: don’t say anything to anybody, don’t react, don’t move. I'm on tour, I can turn away from it, perform and feel good. I can push away the insults. But the fans started to talk about it, my friends started to text me. And I realised that my first reaction was the same one I used to have back in the day, it was the reaction of a very young boy who was feeling helpless. That's how I used to be at school: defenceless. Had I responded back then, they would have beaten me and I would have come up with nothing but coming back home with a bruised face. I know about bullying, they would pick on me. Because of racism, because my mother was fat or because we had financial issues in that period. But mostly, 80% of the time, because of my sexuality. Even before I was even aware of my own sexuality. When you're a kid and get attacked, you think that you can't fight back, because if you do, those things would become even bigger, as big as a mountain. When I was a child my payback has always been slow, mirrored and spread in the long term. I tried to move my focus away from my condition, I concentrated on the future. When I had to face that poster, I felt like the boy I used to be. And my instinctive response was to lick my wounds, shut my eyes and project myself in the future. It's an automatic reflex, which is shared by most people who are bullied: turn away, keep everything for yourself. Then I understood. That was one of the few times in my life when I had been forced to choose a direct confrontation on bullying and homophobia, I realised how much things have changed, how much I have changed. It's for people's reactions on socials, for my friends and, I have to admit, for my coworkers. Some of them are gay and got hurt because they are connected to what I do every day: they felt like they had been insulted themselves. I realised that, yes, there was my automatic response because of what I endured and because of some old defence instinct, but now I'm in a privileged position: I'm on tour, I'm free and surrounded by free people, I’ve built my own world where I can do what I believe in and provoke tolerance through my music and my concerts. It's a huge luxury. By refusing to acknowledge those insults I would've made a mistake: I would've forgotten the 13 y.o. I once was and I would've hurt all the people who don't have that luxury and that privilege. I can get on stage. But when you're young and that word concerns you, if you look at that billboard and you don't find any answer to shield yourself with, then it means you've been abandoned. You lose hope and you find yourself even weaker. I couldn't allow that, exactly because of the things that changed in my life: I would've left myself and so many others alone. It doesn't matter whether you're 14 or 64, when you see such a thing you react in the same way, because it affects you. That's the reason why I decided to use that image as a profile pic on Twitter and Instagram. It was exactly what would've scared me at the age of 13. I wasn't that brave back then, I couldn't be. I did the opposite of the thing I would've done at school. I've been called like that all my life: I used to take those insults, I used to turn them into music, put them in my drawings. Last Saturday was the first time I told myself: why not to put them out there and use them as a flag fluttering above the heads of all those people who write and think like that? This was Oscar Wilde's greatness: he could take hypocrisy and throw it back in people's faces, sometimes there's nothing more appropriate than inappropriate actions! That's why Wilde is one of my Good Guys. I could have written five thousands words, could have told them to go to hell, could have said that I would never go back to Florence (but not for me, I love Florence!), I could have used my column as an outlet, comparing homophobia to sexism and machismo. But with that “visual declaration”, with that sign which has become a flag, I accomplished it without being violent nor aggressive, without getting lost in sermons. It was beautiful to see how an image could turn out to be powerful. For my mum as well. She didn’t say much, but she reflected herself in this episode, as she faced a tough period when she was a teenager. She’s never been compensated for what she has had to face: this is a sort of compensation for her and came through one of her kids. She stared at me, she squeezed her eyes and smiled as someone who finally found rest. The most complicated thing now, is understanding how we can go beyond that image, downright because of its power. A bunch of people wanted to replicate my deed: they took that image, added their photograph, and the slogan “let’s break the silence”. Facebook blocked their profiles for 30 hours, this goes to show that this word is still sensitive and hard. Therefore: if they offend you, is it right to turn an insult – that remains an insult – into a flag? It is, when it provokes a constructive discussion, when it helps people to think about how a superficial and stupid epithet can make other people feel. However, that word still hurts. It’s still a really strong one, it has many negative implications and can really hurt. We can’t accept it as a normal word. But let’s stop pretending it doesn’t exist: that would be much more dangerous. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie20 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) For RELEVANT TWEETS : Lorenzo Fragola @fragolaofficial 9 ago @mikasounds a volte l'ignoranza fa dire alla gente cose stupide,ma le parole hanno un peso #RompiamoIlSilenzio MTV Italia @mtvitaly 11 ago Anche noi #rompiamoilsilenzio. E stiamo con @mikasounds e dalla parte della tolleranza. http://su.mtv.it/1J91e5p Corriere della Sera @Corriereit 13 h13 ore fa #rompiamoilsilenzio ho messo quell’immagine sul profilo. A 13 anni non avrei avuto il coraggio http://27esimaora.corriere.it/articolo/mika-se-non-avessi-reagito-agli-insulti-avrei-tradito-il-13enne-che-sono-stato/ … MIKA official , Luciano Fontana e barbara stefanelli MTV Italia @mtvitaly 10 h10 ore fa .@mikasounds: “Se avessi ignorato gli insulti, avrei tradito il ragazzino che sono stato” #RompiamoIlSilenzio http://su.mtv.it/1IYKhnT MTV Italia Mika: \ By MTV Italia @mtvitaly #rompiamoilsilenzio ivan cotroneo @ivancotroneo1 @mikasounds #rompiamoilsilenzio sei un grande Arcigay Palermo @arcigaypalermo 3 h3 ore fa Omofobi: sguazzano tra insulti e bugie, è il loro habitat naturale #RompiamoIlSilenzio #StopOmofobia lucilla agosti @lucillaagosti 9 ago lucilla agosti ha ritwittato MIKA official Liberi. Di un amore libero.Un pensiero libero.Una vita libera.Non toglieteci la Nostra Libertà. #rompiamoilsilenzio Edited August 13, 2015 by robertina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie20 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 (edited) For PRESS ARTICLES (online or paper) : This is an interesting interview to the man who photographed the homophobic insult on the poster of Mika and posted it on Facebook and Instagram. He isn't his fan, but he felt a sort of moral obligation, not for himself, nor the British artist, but towards the human dignity and the respect that this requires. http://www.lanazione.it/pistoia/mika-omofobia-foto-1.1210236 Fotografa la scritta omofoba contro Mika: "Sono contento di non aver taciuto" Lo scatto di Mauro Mariotti, pistoiese, ha fatto il giro del mondo Pistoia, 10 agosto 2015 - Non è un suo fan e non aveva programmato di andare a sentire il suo concerto a Firenze, il prossimo 30 settembre. Ma quando ha visto il manifesto del tour di Mika imbrattato dalla scritta «Fr..o» che copriva a caratteri cubitali il primo piano del cantante pop, ha pensato che fotografarla e condividerla subito, su Instagram e Facebook fosse un atto dovuto. Una sorta di obbligo morale, non nei confronti di se stesso né dell’artista inglese, ma nei confronti della dignità umana e del rispetto che questa esige. È pistoiese l’autore della foto che da ieri impazza sui social network, soprattutto dopo assere stata condivisa e commentata dallo stesso Mika. Mauro Mariotti, 35 anni, non si aspettava tanto successo, ma è contento che per una volta i social siano serviti a «rompere il silenzio», come ha detto lo stesso Mika, lanciando l’hashtag che ha fatto il giro del mondo. Come mai hai sentito il bisogno di condividere la foto? «Il manifesto era in via Gordigiani, vicino a viale Redi, a Firenze. Io passavo di lì per caso – racconta Mauro, che lavora come commesso proprio a Firenze – Quella scritta mi ha indignato, perché non ce l’aveva con Mika in quanto lui, ma solo perché è gay. È una cosa inaccettabile oggi, nel 2015 che ci sia ancora una tale resistenza e mancanza di cultura. Io sono gay e non ritengo di dovermi nascondere né sono solito farlo». Come è arrivato il tuo post fino a Mika? «La foto postata su Instagram è stata segnalata da diversi blog gay – spiega Mauro – e così è arrivata fino a Mika, che ha ritenuto di condividerla sul suo profilo anche Facebook e di commentarla, lanciando l’hashtag ‘#rompiamoilsilenzio’». Ti sei mai sentito discriminato per il tuo orientamento sessuale? «Fortunatamente no. Solo una volta un ragazzo in centro a Pistoia mi ha urlato contro ‘fro..’, ma poi mi ha chiesto scusa: era ubriaco. Ma offeso mi sento praticamente ogni giorno. Basta ascoltare gli sproloqui dei politici, che ci prendono in giro da anni senza arrivare ad approvare la legge sulle unioni civili o quella sul reato di omofobia. A Genova due uomini sono stati pestati solo per il fatto di essere sospettati omosessuali, e questo non costituisce un’aggravante per i loro aggressori. Ma soprattutto, basta aprire un qualsiasi social per sentirsi offesi. Gli insulti sono continui e violenti». Che cosa credi si debba fare per contrastare questa violenza? «Innanzitutto non tacere, non fare finta di niente e non lasciar passare. Quando ho visto quella scritta sul manifesto, avrei potuto voltare le spalle. In fondo non era niente di nuovo. Ma la catena di condivisioni e commenti che ha scatenato, sia pure involontariamente e al di là delle mie previsioni, mi ha convito che è stato meglio così. Mi dispiace aver visto quella scritta, ma sono contento di non aver taciuto». Edited August 12, 2015 by charlie20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 The thread is really good. It's great to have a record of everything, in one place. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmont69 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 I've translated his message into Vietnamese, hopefully more and more people can understand Oh, Vietnamese It's so astonishing how his message is traveling all around the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy_Queen Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Finally I've seen the news in one russian LGBT group VKontakte. I told them about Mika's article and gave them English translation, so I hope it will spread there, because they know what is intolerance better than Europeans. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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