Tweets of “ state funeral ” per minute 24-10-2019
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Source : Monitoring of Twitter . Compiled by the authors the dictator , in the style of the darkest years of the regime . Slogans such as Viva Franco ( Long live Franco ), Arriba España ( Up with Spain ), the Falange anthem Cara al Sol , the fascist salute , and the presence of Antonio Tejero , the Civil Guard policeman who led a coup attempt on 23 February 1981 , were the elements adorning the interment in the new tomb . The Franco family , the Francisco Franco National Foundation , the Benedictine community that lives in the Valle , the Association for the Defence of the Valle de los Caídos and other neo-fascist groups are the collective that aims to pay tribute to and recover the general ’ s reputation .
A few days after this event had occurred , Twitter users dropped the topic . There was a slight upturn of 22,000 tweets on 19 November , the day before the anniversary of the dictator ’ s death .
Forty-four years after his demise , opinions about Franco have a very similar ideological map to that found in 1975 , but with the addition of satire . Social networks have revealed clearly and comprehensively the public opinion about a decision that was considered necessary and urgent by much of Spanish society that is eager to close the past .
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