One comment, one sentence too many and the short circuit between political indignation and violent language becomes news . Davide Carta, municipal councilor of the Democratic Party in Cagliari, after a shocking comment appeared under a post that harshly attacks Piero Fassino, deputy and historic face of the Italian center-left.
The fuse starts with Carlo Augusto Melis-Costa, an activist and well-known figure in the city's cultural circuits, who entrusts Facebook with a very harsh indictment against Fassino. The reason? The failure to pay homage, in the Chamber, to the civilian victims of the Gaza massacre. "The unpronounceable Fassino, a man now fused with the political seat", writes Melis-Costa, "an abusive consumer of oxygen", upping the ante with references to old controversies about the MP's past and to alleged controversial episodes.
Strong, indignant words, but the real twist comes just below, in the comments. Where Davide Carta, a member of the same party as Fassino, writes without filters: “Killing him is not a sin”. A cold and lapidary phrase.
It is difficult to think of a misunderstanding. No emojis, no irony . Only heavy, violent words, especially in a historical moment where the theme of peace – especially in the Middle East – requires balance, sensitivity and respect. Even more so from those who hold public office and have chosen politics as a space for mediation, not verbal revenge.
While Carta's post is circulating in chats and making a lot of noise, he explains what prompted him to write that comment: "To those who today ask me to account for those words, I respond with the coherence of a forty-year-long political history, which has its roots in democratic Catholicism and develops in the democratic-progressive area. A history that testifies to my unconditional respect for human life, regardless of nationality, creed or political role. Being on the side of human rights is not an ideological position, it is a moral and civil duty. I am, and always will be, on the side of peace, dialogue and justice.
Unfortunately, not everyone can say the same thing."
What made him turn up his nose was the attitude of his party colleague in Parliament : «In a historical moment in which no political force, neither right nor left, should hesitate to firmly condemn any form of systematic violence, the choice not to participate in a symbolic gesture of memory and respect for the victims of such a dramatic conflict sounds like an act of removal and denial».
Carta explains that faced with the news of his behavior, he expressed "a comment with intentionally surreal and hyperbolic tones, taken from an old Milanese adage that an old boss of mine always used, to underline the absurdity of such a position. And obviously I am sorry that my comment has been distorted and I apologize."
(Unioneonline/Fr.Me.)
