CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
YOU PROBABLY ARE NOW JUST HEARING ABOUT HER. SHE IS GIORGIA MELONI AND SHE IS POISED TO BE ITALY’S NEW LEADER AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT. YOU MIGHT THINK THE MEDIA WOULD BE CELEBRATING THIS AS A BREAKTHROUGH FOR WOMEN. NOT SO.
MELONI IS DESCRIBED IN THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN MEDIA AS FAR-RIGHT, AN EXTREMIST, A POPULIST, A WOMAN WITH FASCIST ROOTS AND THE FIRST OF HER BELIEFS SINCE THE WORLD WAR TWO DICTATOR, BENITO MUSSOLINI. WOW!
SHE IS A SELF-DESCRIBED CHRISTIAN, PRO-LIFE, AND A SUPPORTER OF UKRAINE IN ITS WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. SHE DOESN’T LIKE THE EURO CURRENCY AND BUREAUCRATS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION HEADQUARTERS IN BRUSSELS DICTATING TO THE REST OF EUROPE.
THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SHAPE PERCEPTIONS. THEY APPLY LABELS ESPECIALLY TO CONSERVATIVES, LESS SO TO LIBERALS WHO THEY TREAT KINDLY. THE VERY WORD “LIBERAL” OR “PROGRESSIVE” IS SEEN AS A POSITIVE WHILE THE USE OF THE WORD “CONSERVATIVE” OR “RIGHT WING” OR VARIOUS FORMS OF THE WORD “EXTREMIST” IS A NEGATIVE.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT GIORGIA MELONI IS, BUT I SUSPECT SHE IS NOT WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS SHE IS. WE’LL SOON FIND OUT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
