NOW.
Iām Italian.
Italians are always perceived as the messy, loud, uneducated, rude, dirty ones. (letās not talk about the mafia stereotype, because I donāt want to get more furious than this right now)
Of course, because of this, everyone can make fun of us, everyone can call us names, they can say weāre ignorant and shit, and you know what? thatās okay, you can do this. Sure.
But you canāt come here, in Rome holy shit, and trash the only good thing left of this countryĀ : our culture.
You ABSOLUTELY canāt come to Rome and damage THE MOTHERFUCKING BERNINIāS FOUNTAIN IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA (which, by the way, had been restored like a few months ago).
And now, thanks to the lovely dutch hooligans, thatās all gone. Do you know how much we paid that restoration?
200.000 euros.
200.000 motherfucking euros.
Gone. Wasted.
Now, I understand that some people could be like āyeah but thatās a one time thingā but no, shit, this is not the first time it happens.
A few months ago a French man tried to steal a piece of a wall. OF POMPEI.
Two Irish men, a few weeks ago, damaged the Basilica of SantāAndrea della Valle.
I could go on forever with this shit, I donāt even care anymore of where those people come from.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RESPECT US.
And if you really canāt respect Italians, respect our culture at least.
Because thatās all we have.
And remember that this country is not your souvenir shop.
You canāt come here and have a bath in the Veniceās canals, you canāt steal pieces of wall from Pompei. You canāt trash Roma because your team is playing in the city.
You canāt do that.
You. Canāt. Do. That.