Francesco Poli

Let’s meet some more IMAO readers. Today, it’s Francesco Poli.

What’s the story behind your name? My mother took one look at my face when I was born, and said “Oh, he looks like a Francesco!” This sounds less weird when you remember that this happened in Italy. Interestingly enough, Francesco is a variation of Franco, which is italian for Frank. Unfortunately, both seem to be related to France.
[That’s a lie and you know it! -Ed.]
Where do you live? A little town called Santa Maria Maddalena (St. Mary Magdalene), all the way across the world in Italy. It’s very near the museum-city of Ferrara, which is probably the town that has the closest contest between number of monuments and number of communists in the whole world. It’s got a castle with an actual moat, and an administration that’s deviating traffic from the once-rich city center to the outskirt mall, which is owned and run by the maf- errr, the cooperatives (which are the capitalistic branch of the communist party).
You can’t beat that.
I’m also about a two hours’ drive from Venice.
How old are you? I’m a roly-poly 27, which is just a fancy way of saying I’m fat and getting older, which is a fancy way of saying I’m becoming an even more flawless stereotype of an American conservative.
Tell us briefly about yourself. I’m one of the incredibly rare self-described US-style conservatives that isn’t actually a creepy libertarian or the usual leftie claiming to follow America’s example. (For crying out loud, our politicians can’t even get laid like Clinton, let alone drop taxes like Reagan.) I’m currently studying for my first University diploma, to be possibly followed by a second in the US, and after that a smoking-hot career in videogame design. Watch out for my stuff… it’s coming and you’re going to like it or else!
I’m of course a gun owner (S&W mod 686, CZ 452, Colt Government Model), and I shoot regularly so don’t piss me off just because I’m in Europe. Also in the plans: fixing that last little issue.
How long have you been reading IMAO? About three years I think.
What’s your favorite IMAO post? Filthy lies. Puppy Blender™ is a narrative the level of which no liberal organization can ever aspire to invent. Plus I can’t stand dogs (CAT CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER!!), so that probably helped.
If you were to describe IMAO in three words, what would those be? Nuke The Moon. Originally I’d have gone with “fun, outrageous, surprisingly useful”, but that’s four words and Nuke the Moon conveys all that and more anyway.
What’s you favorite political issue? Politics in videogaming. It’s becoming as radicalized and leftwing as in Hollywood, and nobody on the right is doing anything. Just look at the bushitler troofer conspiracy theories in the soon-to-be-released BlackSite: Area 51 game.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/blacksite/news.html?sid=6168483
Read that and tell me that the designer doesn’t sound like a Kos Kid!
Do you have a website? If so, please tell us briefly about it. I used to have a blog, centered mostly on videogaming and politics, but got tired of it. I still managed to piss off at least one of the ignorant wannabe analyst that plague the gaming industry with their rants ungrounded in reality and facts, and that was accomplishment enough for the time being.
What’s the biggest advantage of not being an American? Besides being able to punch anyone I meet and justify it as a valid “monkey-faced liberal punch”, and being able to get anyone I want to piss their pants simply by mentioning firearms, it’s got to be being able to look across the ocean and seeing an example for the rest of the world. With a little guts and the right ideas things can get dramatically better and fast; such a shame that Europe doesn’t have a shred of either.

If you commented in the latest post asking for participants, you’re still in the running. Thanks to everyone who has participated so far; just because you may not think you’re interesting doesn’t mean we won’t enjoy your story.