Gad Lerner's appeal for migrants from the terrace with Rolex on the wrist: criticism and insults

"It's just a small gesture of attention, but let's do it #magliettarossa # 7luglio to stop the haemorrhage of humanity (Don Luigi Ciotti)". With this sentence and the picture that shows him on the terrace with a red shirt, Gad Lerner joined – via Twitter – the call of Libera (also relaunched by Laura Boldrini) of solidarity with migrants that will take place on Saturday. The shot, however, sparked controversy over social media and the journalist received insults and harsh criticism to which he initially ironically replied: "If you look closely, my dear proletarian, I am I also have the Rolex wrist "he commented" beautiful terrace ". "His problem is not the Rolex but the lack of sense of ridicule," writes somebody else.

The initiative

"Red T-shirt" is an initiative launched by Libera and other badociations: it asks people to wear – Saturday, July 7 – a red t-shirt become symbol of dead migrants at sea in an attempt to reach Europe. "The little Aylan, three years old, was dressed in red, whose photo in September 2015 aroused the emotion and indignation of half the world.The three children were drowned in red the Another day in front of the Libyan coast, other mothers will be dressed in red, in the hope that, in case of shipwreck, this color will attract the attention of the rescuers, explains the Libera site.