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Kirk Assassination, Propaganda of the Deed, and Luigi (anarchist.nexus)
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According to AP, there were messages engraved on the casings in the Kirk shooting. They read:

  • One read, “hey fascist! catch!” with an up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol, and three down arrow symbols. 
  • Another one read: “oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao,” Cox said. 
  • The third fired casing read: “if you read this you are gay lmao.”

My first thought is. Whoever killed Kirk was clearly inspired by Luigi. The writing on the casings just like Luigi did. The timing. It just makes sense.

Does this mean Luigi’s propaganda of the deed was successful? I think so. In any case, I wonder if this means there is more to come.

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[–] Comrade_Spood@slrpnk.net 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Bella Ciao is an italian partisan song that has been used by antifascists since Mussolini took power. I highly doubt its a video game reference even if he was possibly first introduced to the song by HOI4.

[–] afc@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 13 hours ago

Yes of course. I would still argue it seems like a video game reference (several other games also feature it). There's a strange irony that many of these games satirize fascist nations.