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Because it's a holiday week, we've got a special edition of Dead Letters for you. It's all the angry tweets Italians sent Deadspin staff writer Barry Petchesky after he published "Italy Beats Germany In Soccer, Vulgar Newspaper Headlines" on June 29. The Italians apparently took special exception to being called "a nation of shiftless layabout tax-dodgers."
il giornalista di 4°ordine @barryap1 ha insultato tutti gli italiani per rispondere ai commenti di Libero e il giornale deadspin.com/5922418/italy-…
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
secondo @barryap1 l'Italia è una nazione di "fannulloni incapaci evasori fiscali"... VAFFANPETCHESKY !
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
"Italy being a nation of shiftless layabout tax-dodgers" ... @barryap1.. Perhaps you're confused with your mother or sister? VAFFANPETCHESKY
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
Hi Mr @barryap1 , how many beers you've had before writing such nonsense about me as Italian?
— aspera mundi (@LaBriiiii) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 I have nothing to do with Il Giornale, with Libero etc etc and with all the fascists in this country
— aspera mundi (@LaBriiiii) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 the only serious thing that you said is that we are incapable. But to make the Revolution and sent politics to work in all fields
— aspera mundi (@LaBriiiii) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY
— Damiano Grossi (@DamianoGrossi) June 30, 2012
@Libero_officiale @ilgiornale sfottono #merkel? Giornalista USA @barryap1 replica insultando tutta #italia bit.ly/MHkzKJ
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 Solo un giornalista di quart'ordine insulta un'intera nazione per rispondere alle sparate di colleghi.
— augusto chiari (@augusto2310) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 scoperta l'america avevate ancora le penne e la lancia in mano. morale da un popolo che applica ancora la pena di morte...
— augusto chiari (@augusto2310) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY
— daniele praderio (@pradan65) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY :)
— Mario Schisano (@MarioSkin) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 The italians idlers have nothing to do with Adolfo and so ther is enough. We are step above everibody fool
— Giuseppe Esposito (@giu_es) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 Hi barry,if you are a good journalist, you should know that the german press teases always italians before a match.so VAFFABARRY!
— Fabrizio Balsamo (@fabribalsamo) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 Wash your mouth before speaking of the ITALIANS, anonymous American without an history! We have DaVinci & Dante and you McDonald's
— Gioacchino Venusti (@GVenusti) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 remember that "libero" and "il giornale" are the shit of Italian journalism.
— yankie yeah (@yankieyeah) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 I find it incorrect to insult all Italians because of two articles of bad taste.(sorry for my english)
— yankie yeah (@yankieyeah) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 you are a man of shit...
— Fabio Cardelli (@pretoriano1972) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 You say "Italy being a nation of shiftless layabout tax-dodgers" for 2 shit newspapers of BERLUSCONI. You are a GREAT journalist.
— Valerio Pollio (@VPollio) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 @tiritwittoio Please, next time do not confuse two stupid papers with all Italian PeopleFrom a "shiftless layabout tax-dodger".
— Angelo G (@AngeloGa) June 30, 2012
per il giornalista di deadspin @barryap1 l'Italia è una nazione di fannulloni incapaci evasori fiscali nocensura.com/2012/06/giorna… VAFFANPETCHESKY!
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
@pradan65 @barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY giornalista di 4° ordine... pensi agli americani e si lavi la bocca prima di parlare dell'Italia
— Nocensura.com (@nocensura) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 1492, oh, Colombo, what's wrong?
— Noone's Hero (@kikkoroma) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY
— Valentina Calzavara (@_oLwEn_) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 racist brain-damaged
— domenico meko valent (@ValentMeko) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 idiota incompetente cafone di un americano bigotto
— Francesco Caponera (@FrankieCaponera) June 30, 2012
@barryap1 grandissimo figlio di puttana invece di offendere gli italiani. Infilati nel culo quella penna con cui pensi di lavorare.bastardo.
— Massimiliano(@Mamiletmedream) July 1, 2012
@barryap1 VAFFANPETCHESKY
— Luigi Definis (@LuigiDefinis) July 1, 2012
