It’s over with complaint by the Digos of three young women caught attacking stickers with offensive content towards the Alpini and the general Francesco Paolo Figliuolo the first meeting of the alpine after that of Rimini marked by employee to the detriment of several participants. The one in Udine, which ended on Sunday, was conceived as the edition of image redemption. And to date, no such cases have actually emerged. The effort, before and during the event in Udine, was great. As common sentiment is spoiled by the controversy and climate that Rimini has brought with it, both the National Alpine Association and the municipal administration have tried to prevent it. “Rimini it’s a distant memory. As often happens, a falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest,” he comments Dante Soravito De Franceschipresident since 2008 of the Udine section of the National Alpine Association.
In the days preceding the Gathering a Letter of Intent “in terms of actions to counteract the phenomena of violence against women and the promotion of respect for people”, where it was underlined how, in the context of the “involvement of the world of associations to spread the foundations of respect for people and to inhibit all forms of violence from the outset”, the ANA is “unanimously recognized not only for the fundamental values of courage, loyalty, sense of duty and sacrifice, but also for its great values of solidarity, brotherhood, solidarity, generosity, love and respect for each other, for the family and for nature”. The municipal administration therefore decided to display a banner on the facade of the Municipality with the inscription “Zero Tolerance and the Alpini against gender-based violence”. “We are with women and for women”, Soravito De Franceschi reiterated, “and I think I don’t want to say anything else”. The president of Udine confirms, however, that his section of the Ana intends to continue the collaboration both with women’s associations and with the Municipality of Udine.
“We have nothing against events of this type, nor against the Alpine troops, on the contrary”, he comments Andreina Baruffini Gardini president of If not now when Udine, foreshadowing an adversative conjunction that – punctually – arrives. “But we are absolutely against the logic of branco that justify the actions of individuals. The lawyer had already expressed herself in recent days, commenting on one chat of participants enrolled in the Treviso Ana which had been disclosed by rekindling the controversy. “Be careful, they send women to provoke and be touched and then reported, do not give in to provocations. They will have accomplices who they will film for evidence of the harassment.” The reaction of feminist groups is obvious. “Was a very bad example of victim blaming in advance that to say he annoyed us is an understatement ”, he confirms. Compared to what could have happened in Udine, SeNonOra Quando has decided to recall those responsible for the event. “It also disturbed us to hear from the national president Ana Sebastian Favero declare that he cannot be attentive to individuals, when it is clear to us that everyone is responsible when we act in packs, but we were happy to know that the Udinese section has written a manifesto together with the Municipality: the only way to solve the problem is to understand where the problem itself comes from: can’t be solved with rounds, nor by arming women, but with the knowledge that the masculinity it is the problem itself”, concludes Baruffini Gardini.
In Udine, apart from the counter-demonstration of the collective of “women, lesbians, trans, non-binary and queer people” which has created a self-managed space “that wants to be safer” with thematic conversations, DJ sets, musical aperitifs and vegan social lunches, during which a telephone number has been activated “for any reports or need to communicate”, the The only relevant news item concerns precisely the complaint for disfigurement, smearing and contempt of the Republicof the constitutional institutions and of the Armed Forces against three young women (born in 1999, 1988 and 1990) who were attacking stickers (they had 186) with the general’s face framed in a viewfinder Son and with the inscription “hunt the alpine”. For the municipal councilor for the environment, Eleonora Meloni (Pd), a “petty” gesture.
In addition to the current events, many women wandering around Udine during the days of the Gathering (and not during the parade, but during the moments of city festivities) confirmed the impression that those who are part of the Alpini corps were greatly shaken by the events of Rimini. “Many they took care to apologize in advance, out of fear that we might get hurt even if they spoke to us,” a bartender from the city center told us. As often happens, to create unease was undoubtedly theexcess of alcohol combined with poor management of testosterone.