“Hunting is not a sport”: the controversy over Flavio Insinna and the solidarity of the public on social media

The controversy on social media, as we know, is always delayed and, in fact, it strikes Flavio Insinna two days after the “incriminated fact”. During the episode of The legacy aired on December 27, the host indulged in a personal note on a question related to hunting: “I am totally against hunting, I say” he said on the sidelines of the competitor’s response provoking the reaction of Federcaccia, who wrote a letter of protest to Rai evaluating a possible legal action for defamation against Insinna.

“Insinna’s behavior, not new to this kind of interventions, it is made even more serious to be implemented by taking advantage of its notoriety through a medium, the television one, which guarantees him a wide following and the total absence of a contradictory opinion on the opinions expressed regarding hunting and hunters, denigrating a category of citizens who exercise a fully legitimate activity, foreseen and regulated by the laws of the State »wrote Massimo Buconi, president of Federcaccia, in the letter addressed to the director of Raiuno and to the parliamentary commission for general guidance and supervision.

ENPA supports Insinna and thanks him for expressing the thoughts of the vast majority of Italians https://t.co/ct7fmBHbcc @insinnaflavio @manginobrioches @ritadallachiesa @manufalcetti @chruggeriTg2 @rudi_de_fanti @ massimo4951 @casalaurito @OfficialCostanzo @laZampa

– Enpa Onlus (@enpaonlus) December 29, 2020

Together with the invitation addressed to “all Italian hunters and their families” to stop following The legacy, But, social media line up in favor of Flavio Insinna through a hashtag, #iostoconflavioinsinna, which quickly scales Twitter trends by expressing the audience’s closeness to the host. In fact, there are many messages of solidarity and support poured in not only by spectators, but also by various organizations such as Enpa, which thanks Insinna “for having expressed the thoughts of the vast majority of Italians”, and Greenpeace, who underlined the conductor’s thought on the fact that “hunting is not a sport”.