“Never, in the book, does he maintain that one race is superior to another, he simply limits himself to criticizing an excessive extreme multiculturalism which, as we have seen, can sometimes cause very serious problems. This does not mean that he has ever proclaimed the superiority of the race Italian”, assured his other lawyer, Massimiliano Manzo.
“Each ethnic group is different from the other, and each culture has positive and negative aspects, but forced coexistence is not always a simple solution. His words are nothing more than a manifestation of one’s own freedom of opinion in a private way. Punish them or reaching them could integrate a form of censorship that is not compatible with our constitutional democracy”, he added.
In August 2023, the general had been removed from his position as head of the Military Geographic Institute of Florence, amid controversy over the homophobic and racist theories published in his book, which soon became a bestseller in Italy.
In the work, Vannacci says that homosexuals are “not normal” and denounces an alleged “international gay lobby” to normalize relationships between people of the same sex.
Furthermore, it states that the “physical features” of Paola Egonu, a famous black volleyball player, “do not represent Italianness”, despite her being Italian.
“Investigations that are medals. Old methods of the old system. Forward, general, forward together, forward Italy!”, said the League party in a note of support.