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For those unaware of the context, there's recently been a huge growth on fundamentalist "christian" religious churches in Brazil. They have their own parliament
by herval 11y ago
For those unaware of the context, there's recently been a huge growth on fundamentalist "christian" religious churches in Brazil. They have their own parliamentary representatives and push the hate speech agenda pretty hard - mainly against other religions, gay people and "communism".
In a recent episode, a 10-year old was attacked with stones for wearing typical Candomblé clothes (an afro-brazilian religion). They've also been asking the "flock" to not buy products from companies that advertise for a gay public, and communism in all its forms (some of the leaders consider the government giving money to poor people, be it through social programs or straight cash, "communist depravity").
This specific project gained a lot of steam after Facebook's pride celebration - all the rainbow pictures pushed some folks too hard...
Pretty crazy Twilight Zone/Black Mirror material.
- mkr-hn 11y agoI read about this in a piece on the concurrent rise in gaybashing. It's sad to see regressions like this.