"Luigi Manconi, sociologist, political scientist, university professor, former spokesperson for the Green Party, former member of the Olive Tree coalition, unwisely appointed undersecretary of justice in the Prodi II government, after following in the footsteps of Bersani in calling Beppe Grillo a “fascist” and Antonio Di Pietro, he also labelled, by transitive property, the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano as “close to the positions of Grillo and Di Pietro”. And if we are not exactly “fascists” for Manconi, we are still right-wing thugs. [...] Manconi, 64, is one of those happy people who were born yesterday and have the enviable ability to completely erase their past. Luigi Manconi was an important leader of Lotta Continua. In the 1970s, he took to the streets with his comrades and, in addition to smashing shop windows and, when necessary, a few skulls, he shouted “Fascist, black beret, your place is in the cemetery”, “Killing a fascist is not a crime”. [...] The truth is that Grillo [...] is frightening with his 15-20% approval rating in the polls. And so he is a “fascist”. [...] It is the fate of my generation, contemporary with that of Manconi, to have to take lessons in good political manners from those who, in words and deeds, were squadristi, and even worse."