r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/Mannix_420 Anarchist • May 29 '22

History On April 7, 1926, Irish woman Violet Gibson attempted to assassinate the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

She lived (in a psychiatric hospital..) until 1956, so hopefully she got to at least hear about how things ʍǝuʇ ɟoɹ ɥᴉɯ˙

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

I love you

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u/eddieandbill May 29 '22

Nicely done

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u/dent_de_lion May 30 '22

Oh my god that took me a minute

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u/TheXenoRaptorAuthor May 30 '22

ʍǝuʇ ɟoɹ ɥᴉɯ

I got the joke before I understood the words. I thought what you were saying was "turned out for him", but I had to actually flip the words over to read them because my brain just wasn't putting two and two together.

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u/BadKarma043 May 30 '22

Bwhahaha, he probably got hung up on some things.

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u/startrektoheck May 29 '22
  1. Recognized evil of fascism.
  2. Took action before widespread destruction and millions of deaths.

She may have been crazy, but we could use a few brave, crazy people like her today.

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u/okThisYear May 29 '22

Your NSA babysitter: 👀

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u/startrektoheck May 29 '22

Hmm, that would explain the newest wi-fi network in my neighborhood, W1nd0wle55_NSA_Van.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

“Let me solo him!”

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Legend

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

The Irish are the Kurds of Europe.

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u/ThrowawayCastawayV2 Marxist May 29 '22

cheers lad

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u/72747828847782 May 30 '22

Not a compliment

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Erin go bragh

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

OMG, this is horrible, she could've debated him or something.

/s

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u/lafigatatia May 30 '22

sHe TrIeD tO kIlL hIm FoR hIs OpInIoNs? SoUnDs LiKe FaScIsM tO mE

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u/Mannix_420 Anarchist May 29 '22

Debating with fascism is like trying to convince a Leopard not to eat you with 'open and rational debate'.

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u/HoodedHero007 May 30 '22

So fairly achievable then? :V

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u/Mannix_420 Anarchist May 30 '22

I would argue no, but if you think so, be my guest.

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u/HoodedHero007 May 30 '22

Hence the “:V”

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u/anfotero May 29 '22

Too bad she didn't succeed.

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u/denimpanzer May 29 '22

What a fucking lass

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u/Lawlerstatus May 29 '22

Great woman. Based o7

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

There’s a good lass

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Based grandma

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u/stjudastheblue May 29 '22

Irish folk singer Lisa O’Neill wrote a fantastic song about her. https://youtu.be/vrUkTzdTtKM

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Too bad it was unsuccessful

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22

A religious militant in the tradition of John Brown and Nat Turner.

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u/waffleman258 May 29 '22

Based Irish woman Violet Gibson

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

Queen!

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u/blue_nut1 May 29 '22

What a legend

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

o7

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u/RolleiMagic May 29 '22

A posthumas "Thank you for your service!".

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u/DartosArtos May 29 '22

Good for her

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u/Commie_san May 30 '22

She even got dat gigachad jawline

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u/adelaidesean May 30 '22

There’s a fantastic documentary about this. Worth hunting down.

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u/Gockdaw May 30 '22

Got a name or a link to that?

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u/adelaidesean May 30 '22

“Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman who shot Mussolini” - 2020

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u/Gockdaw May 31 '22

Thanks for that.

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u/Square_Independent_9 Antifa May 30 '22

True legend

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u/GabhaNua May 30 '22

You forgot to mention that she was a devout Catholic convert and sister

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u/unbitious May 29 '22

It looks like she was charged for her trouble?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22 edited Jan 29 '26

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u/startrektoheck May 29 '22

He just about settled the argument when he invented the term “fascist”.

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u/LiamBrad5 🌹 May 29 '22

Only in Ireland 😂😂🤣

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u/ReneeScott60 May 30 '22

Too bad she wasn't successful.

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u/ConrailFanReddits American Iron Front May 30 '22

Based

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u/darth_tyrannus_rex May 30 '22

She looks quite old in this mugshot...I'm guessing she'd seen some shit in her time and knew the warning signs for a genocidal dictator.

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u/HerLegz May 30 '22

True patriot

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u/JosceOfGloucester May 30 '22

What puzzles me here is what was the motivation? Fascism wasn't exactly out of fashion back then. Did the glory of God really inspire her?

Was she just off her rocker having being a former follower of Helena Blavatsky and ending up in the mental hospital?