DISINFO: Europe’s liberal globalist government leaders have banned Dante Alighieri
SUMMARY
Europe’s liberal globalist government leaders have banned Dante Alighieri and removed his Divina Commedia from school programmes. Liberal globalists have discovered that Dante’s Divina Commedia is politically incorrect. Europe’s leaders hate Dante's ideal of a chivalric society led by an aristocratic Christian elite, of a Europe inspired by spirit, faith, honour and great love. This is why they have banned Dante. They accuse him of insufficient tolerance. Dante is the latest victim of liberalism's cultural purges. By rejecting Europe's roots liberals are destroying that which is most sacred in the European heart. Liberalism and globalisation are anti-Europe.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about secret global elites and Western values.
There is no evidence to support the article’s claim that Dante Alighieri has been “banned” by European governments and that Dante and the Divina Commedia have been removed from European school programmes.
Dante Alighieri is one of the most important and central cultural figures in European history and international culture: his works, widely translated into European and non-European languages, and his life are the subject of ongoing academic research, cultural events and celebrations and there is also an Italian national day dedicated to the poet, called Dantedì, held every year on 25 March.
Moreover, the article’s claim that Europe’s democratic states engage in “cultural purges” is false and espouses a completely distorted view of liberalism and its relationship with culture. In contrast to totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, in liberal societies culture and education are not subject to ideological control and censorship. Liberal societies are based on freedom of thought and expression, as well as on openness and experimentation in all aspects of social and cultural life.
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