Luigi Corvaglia
They told me that the well-known Massimo Introvigne has published this venomous (rather not) post in which he calls me "not bright, but occasionally funny" for accusing him of having been head of a Catholic organisation whose founder had a fascist father. He adds that I certainly cannot afford to blame it on the fact that I am friends with Alexander Dvorkin (testimony in the photo accompanying the post), who is described as "a "Nazi and Stalinist". The only true thing the lawyer says is that I am friends with Dvorkin. Among other things, he tags this post with high-ranking Scientology representatives (such as Roux and Pelado), which would have been wisely avoided in a post censoring "friendships". Of course, I never accused Introvigne of running an association whose founder had a fascist father. The article to which the lawyer refers wanted to make clear how the CESNUR project emerged from a reactionary environment with political aims. By referring to the various links with circles of Catholic reaction and traditionalism that form the frame of reference in which the path to CESNUR unfolds, I did not intend to call the piqued lawyer a fascist, but to point to this humus. Moreover, I never thought that Introvigne or Cantoni were fascists. Historical fascism had traits of socialist populism that are difficult to reconcile with their sentiments. So Cantoni's fascist father is rather a colourful note compared to everything I have written about Introvigne's travelling companions and the role of CESNUR, things he does not want to draw attention to with an answer. He prefers to pretend that he understands that I am accusing him of running an association founded by the son of a fascist (and then misleads with references to a photo with Lefebvre, which does not appear in the article in question). Pointing the finger to hide the moon is a good trick, but a famous conjurer also said that one should never repeat a trick several times in front of the same audience. It may be that in that audience there is someone showing the nakedness of someone who thought he was a king, and that is funny, if not bright.
Below is a photo of Introvigne with Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of La Luz del Mundo Church, who was honoured by CESNUR for his charity work and commitment to the defence of religious freedom just days before he was arrested on 26 charges, including rape, exploitation of prostitution and child pornography. Garcia is currently in prison after pleading guilty to a 17-year sentence. If we were to apply the same logic that Introvigne applies to my photos...
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