Photographer: the Herald got it right
‘You’re not going to print that, are you?’ - US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Amid a growing national controversy about the gesture Justice Antonin Scalia made Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the freelance photographer who captured the moment has come forward with the picture.
“It’s inaccurate and deceptive of him to say there was no vulgarity in the moment,” said Peter Smith, the photojournalism professor who made the shot. ....
“The judge paused for a second, then looked directly into my lens and said, ‘To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo,’ ” punctuating the comment by flicking his right hand out from under his chin, Smith said.
The Italian phrase means "fuck you.”
“It’s inaccurate and deceptive of him to say there was no vulgarity in the moment,” said Peter Smith, the photojournalism professor who made the shot. ....
“The judge paused for a second, then looked directly into my lens and said, ‘To my critics, I say, ‘Vaffanculo,’ ” punctuating the comment by flicking his right hand out from under his chin, Smith said.
The Italian phrase means "fuck you.”
It certainly does. So does the gesture by itself. My dad would've smacked the living shit out of us if he had ever caught us doing that.
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