Support for Italy's Giorgia Meloni leads Nebraska punter to delete tweet, offer apology

Fox News ^ | September 28, 2022 | Ryan Gaydos

[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."

[Mr. Mojo]

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.

[struggle]

“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.

[struggle]

“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.

[jcon40]

Would have been funny if the article was from the Babylon Bee.

[allendale]

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

[PGR88]

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”

[Dilbert San Diego]

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?

[Rummyfan]

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.

[Dilbert San Diego]

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.

[al_c]

Maybe someone should start a GoFundMe to see if we can raise enough money to get this guy a spine.

[Qwapisking]

“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”.

[dfwgator]

The N stands for “Knowledge”.

[bray]

To imagine you have to apologize in Nebraska is mind boggling.

[goodnesswins]

$$$

[Vision]

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

[neverevergiveup]

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.

[teeman8r]

this guy seems to have punted his man card.

[C210N]

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

[Eagles6]

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

[mewzilla]

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."