Mayor of the Sicilian city of Palermo Leoluca Orlando has declared that Italy should ban residency permits altogether and allow migrants to flood into the country, comparing the permits as morally equivalent to the death penalty.
In Leoluca Orlando’s view, all vetting of immigrants and refugees must stop now. The Italian mayor’s comments show him to be unhinged and unfit for office, as he does not care about Italian citizens. He wants to make his city the “capital of tolerance,” which exposes the mentality of globalists and the kind of “tolerance” and “diversity” they are advancing, which will inevitably lead to the complete destruction of the rule of law and free societies. One can already witness the advance of sharia — sharia courts, sharia patrols, no-go zones, Islamic supremacist privilege, etc. — which is slowly and steadily subverting the democracies of Western Europe.
“Italian Pro-Migrant Mayor: Abolish ‘Death Penalty’ Residency Permits, Open Borders For All,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, June 18, 2018:
Mayor of the Sicilian city of Palermo Leoluca Orlando has declared that Italy should ban residency permits altogether and allow migrants to flood into the country, comparing the permits as morally equivalent to the death penalty.
The 70-year-old mayor, who recently offered to take in the 629 illegals from the Aquarius migrant transport ship after Interior Minister Matteo Salvini banned it from Italian ports, wants to make his city the “capital of tolerance”, French magazine L’Obs reports.
“We are convinced that migrants are a resource and not a problem,” Orlando told the magazine and added: “This situation is an opportunity to defend the rights of all human beings to move and live in the place that suits them.”
Arguing for mass migration, Orlando said he did not see a difference between the migrants and the residents of his city…..
Jan Sobieski says
Wow. At least he just comes out and says what leftists want.
Bob Carrillo says
Where is Don Corleone when they need him?
gravenimage says
The Mafia is not particularly anti-Islam. In fact, most of their tactics came from the Muslim occupation of Sicily.
Wakeup says
I am not advocating this but is really surprises me that all this stuff doesn’t really piss of the mafia maybe it will one day or maybe Italy has changed, or maybe there is a big wack fest on the way.
Rob Crawford says
The Italian government broke the mafia. They didn’t like the competition for corruption.
gravenimage says
Again, believing that defending against Jihad best involves those who learned their savagery from Islam is *very* questionable.
Tom says
The progressive left’s mindset on display. Self destructive, cultural, and societal suicide.
People who advocate this type of mental illness should be immediately removed from office for the good of their country.
Rufolino says
Absolutely. The man is off his head.
Voytek Gagalka says
How much Leoluca Orlando received from Mohammedan (jihadi) sources: THAT is the only question! Follow the money: it will explain lot.
David M says
Exactly. Check his bank account for Saudi money.
Granddaddy says
Yes, that’s what I was thinking too.
LeftisruiningCanada says
“We are convinced that migrants are a resource and not a problem,””
A resource of what? Votes? New gang members? EU money magnets?
gravenimage says
Good question.
Rarely says
I checked the OED and found his picture beside the word “idiot”.
LeftisruiningCanada says
A picture dictionary. Cute
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Rarely says
Oxford Encyclopedia Digest – the definitive dictionary. No pictures BUT they made an exception in his case.
LeftisruiningCanada says
It’s good that they have the correct priorities.
depaus.roger the feeli says
When you know that the ” Mafia” was originally a defence organisation again the muslim’s razzias, this declaration is quite surprising. But the Mafia turn later to be a criminal organization axed on money….So I have the tendancy to Believe that a lot of money was exchanged .between muslim’s world and Italian responsable. Corruption has always been a Islamic tool.
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Rarely says
They do have one major thing in common: You leave, you die.
brane pilot says
The only problem with tolerance of mass immigration is the large number of bigoted, intolerant, parasitic and violent people who take advantage of your tolerance.
Feeling is easy, thinking is hard.
Barbara Ethel says
The mafia, camorra and n’drangheta crime syndicares are knee deep in profiteering from the migrant industry
This mayor is either paid to say that or someone is holding a gun to his child’s head. Or he is insane – always a possibility.
Rob Crawford says
He’s either in for a cut or gets his pick.
Older Canadian says
Borders where created for a reason. That reason is still valid. This person is not just ignorant but obviously the mad hatter of Italy.
Rob Crawford says
What are his plans?
Sicily has been a hive of scum and villainy since before written history. Carthage had to heavily garrison the island, which Rome saw as a provocation. Once Rome conquered the island… they had to heavily garrison it.
Spartacus and his followers hired a Sicilian captain to carry them from Italy — he took their money and sold their location to the Romans.
About the only rulers who managed a peaceful Sicily were the Normans. As they were about two generations removed from their Viking ancestors, they either knew the pirate mindset well enough to manage it, or were bloodthirsty enough to squelch any problems.
gravenimage says
Italy: Palermo mayor wants fully open borders, compares residency permits to “death penalty”
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What ludicrous false moral equivalence.
The only “death penalty” here is going to be for native Italians murdered by ravening Muslims.
MFritz says
Hey, old man, why don’t you just LIVE together with your beloved migrants?
Just another spoiled and overpaid idiot hiding in his gated community while the rest of the population has to ENDURE migrating criminals and terrorists.
Rufolino says
This idiotic man speaks of “tolerance for all.”
He does not realise that “when you tolerate the intolerant, intolerance will win ! And then there will be no more tolerance !”
MFritz says
It’s called the “paradox of tolerance” by Karl R. Popper:
“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
JM says
In an ironic twist, when George Soros was a student at the LSE, Karl Popper was his mentor.
Then again, tolerance is really Leftspeak for subversive tactics.
kelly says
that guy looks dreadful…
JM says
Why does the mayor of Palermo look so dreadful? The mob still calls the shots in Sicily. And clawing your way to the top in Sicilian politics is not exactly balm for the soul. Massive guilt, anguish, fear, and treachery over decades leaves telltale marks on facial expression.
Matthieu Baudin says
The Mayor would have Sicily transform into another North African Muslim majority nation overnight. A changing of the guard and trashing of Sicilian society almost in the blinking of an eye.
KJW says
I recall him saying that Palermo is now Musdle Eastern, what President Erdogan calls the “new Middle East” and that Turkey would be the “architect” it. The Saudis already started that many years ago. Erdogan is particularly fond of Germany as he admires Hitler and I suppose their economy/industry.
A year or so ago someone said the Mafia wadn’t Much liking the Somalian gangs and wanted to take them out. Residents also said they don’t feel safe. These countries try to maintain their tourist spots, but regular people don’t live there. My mother lives in Italy and she was complaining how migrants were peeing on the walls of famous art museums, etc. Migrants were setting up tables selling trinkets in the great piazzas and a lot more homeless on the street. A couple of years ago an Italian was verbally crying to me that his country is getting ruined. “My beloved Italy…” he said.
Also an inn owner up near Milan was forced to take in migrants. He refused and the police came. How to ruin someone’s business and livelihood! They’ve also settled some refugees in small pastoral style towns that have a tiny population. Same in the US. Some town in Montana or Wisconsin that has a population of less than 300. It was a news type video. These several Muslims started a mosque-not a fancy one. Off all places why would they go there? Not much job opportunity.
This mayor must be getting heavily paid off just as my state took $90 million from Obama’s DOJ, more than other state in soon before Obama’s term ended. The governor had an attitude like too bad of you don’t like it; he had the lowest approval ratings in the US…arrogant.