Strange, it seemed to me that they had repeatedly claimed said Italianity. That's hardly the point anyway : if they want to think they're Italian, then who am I to object? Be what you want to be, as long as you're happy. What I can't accept is them ganging up on a confused and defenceless guy like Gino for his mistakes, when they themselves have proven to have a very limited knowledge of Italian and Italy as a whole. It's hypocritical, vile and cowardly.
Want names? Vinman. This guy keeps mocking Gino's mistakes yet he once had the following sentence in his signature, and for quite some time too : "sono pazzesco circa Juve". Translation : "I am insane more or less Juve". In my and I think most ppl's book, that sounds slightly more ridiculous than "il mio bello Italia" or whatever. Yet does he get pointed and laughed at for it? Of course not. Even more than that : he goes on Xtra time slagging off some other unlucky kid by accusing him of having used an automatic translator to pick up an Italian nickname, this when his own signature smells more of automatic translation than a whistled foul on Puyol in a CL semi stinks of simulation. And I won't even go into his irremediable ignorance of the Italian historical, social, political and economic context, although that statement I saw him make months back about Italian communists being worse than fascists still gives me the shivers to this day.
More examples? You just need to ask.