«It also discriminates against natural reds» .

New controversy over General Vannacci , candidate of the League in the European elections, who during the "Quarta Repubblica" broadcast hosted by Nicola Porro, said: that people with red hair "are not normal" .

During the debate in the studio, Nicola Porro asked the soldier: «People with red hair are not normal, would you say something like that?». And Vannacci's response: «Of course, absolutely yes, because if you compare them with the entire Italian population they are not normal» .

A sentence that infuriated the cyclist Alessandro De Marchi, known as "the red of Buja" due to the color of his hair. The rider, also competing in this Giro d'Italia, wrote on social media: «Well, I missed this one. No one had explained this thing to me about my hair like this! ».

Also ready is the reply from Enrico Malato, natural redhead and founder of the “Red Head Sicily” festival , the only one in southern Italy dedicated to people with red hair: «Thank you General Vannacci, you have made us redheads, once again, special ", he has declared.

Again: «The General implicitly emphasized the beauty of being non-normal, both in statistical terms, with red hair representing only 0.58% of the Italian population, and for the mere meaning in vocabulary. In fact, Garzanti defines a 'normal person' as someone who behaves like the majority, while Treccani as someone 'who follows the norm, is ordinary and regular' ".

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