Violet Gibson: this lady shoots fascists
On this day.
In 1926….
Irish woman Violet Gibson shoots [Benito] Mussolini in the nose as he walks among the crowd in the Piazza del Campidoglio in RomeBorn 1876, Dublin…Daughter of Irish lawyer/politician Baron Ashbourne…Lived rest of life in St. Andrew’s Hospital…Died 1956.
The Irishwoman Who Shot Mussolini (RTÉ Documentary on One Podcast)
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Excellent Headline. Like really up there.
+1
As an anti-fascist shooting a fascist she was, of course, the real fascist.
Legend. Deserved better.
I think labelling her as an ‘anti-fascist’ is an outrageous rewriting of history: she was a very troubled lady.
Actually that’s true, she was, I feel bad for making her into a joke.
Ah it’s ok. You probably felt egged on by the picture caption (which, while fairly clever, is wildly historically inaccurate).
She should’ve confronted Mussolini in the marketplace of ideas
Pay attention Antifa, this is a real anti-fascist who fought a real fascist… as opposed to Antifa harassing elderly people crossing the street*.
*see last years Portland, USA incident for reference
It’s certainly not ideal but seeing as globally, democracy is bearing down on it’s knees..
A few anti-facist assasins running around in recent times, may have been better than a preventable desease.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSZD4FoW_ms
:-J
This is a fantastic documentary. Listened to it a couple of years ago. She was treated horribly in the hospital. They didn’t send out letters she wrote and didn’t give her the letters she received, so she belived her family and friends had abandoned her.
She was confined because she tried to kill Musssolini, which at the time was a crazy thing to do. Then, after the war (when attitudes to Mussolini had changed), a doctor asked her why she was confined. When she told him it was for trying to kill Mussolini, he assumed she was delusional and that’s why she needed treatment!
*Edited to say: Sorry Joe, this wasn’t meant to be a reply to you.
No problem pal, thanks for the info
Always remember to put down the hatchet, but not Barry.
:-J
‘She shot ll Duce on the left-hand side…’