Malafaia's coercive action shows why one should not defend arbitrary rule.

This text is a "tribute" to the crooks, scoundrels, swindlers, shameless individuals, thieves, charlatans, corrupt and clueless people who like to accuse others of corruption and demand abuses against them – as the pair in the photo above does – but who, when the abuse is against them, clamor for "Rule of Law".

In the photo, we see José Serra, so eloquent in accusing Lula and other members of the Workers' Party, but literally silent when accused of the same things he accuses his enemies of.

Regarding Malafaia, there is little to say about the coercive detention of the exploitative, demagogic, and charlatan "pastor" carried out by the authorities this Friday, December 16th. He is an abominable figure linked to everything that is worst in this country and notorious for his brazenness.

To give you an idea of ​​the level of trickery this guy is, he claims that the one hundred thousand reais he is accused of receiving from a corruption scheme were paid to "pray" (?!!) for the person involved in that scheme who made the payment.

Wow, that's an expensive little prayer, isn't it?

What Malafaia did or didn't do – and, if investigated, he won't even have the few hairs framing his bald head left – is not what matters here. What matters is that this individual is the best example of why we should not defend arbitrary actions, even when they are practiced against our adversaries, because today it happened to them and tomorrow it will happen to us.

 

It seems elementary, doesn't it? But Malafaia doesn't understand. In fact, there are so many elementary things that this being doesn't understand that it's no surprise he doesn't understand the simple fact that arbitrary decisions made against some are arbitrary decisions made against all.

And indeed, why bring this crook in by force if he had never refused to testify? It's exactly the same arbitrary action taken against Lula.

It doesn't matter if you like Lula or Malafaia or whoever else: you shouldn't endorse or even encourage abuses against any of them, because abuse is the kind of plague that, when it escapes, doesn't choose its victims.

Malafaia, when Lula was taken in for questioning under coercion, recorded a celebratory video. He countered Lula's arguments against the coercive detention itself. With Lula, everything was legal. What the law did, he had the "right" to do.

About nine months later, the tables turn and he gets a taste of his own medicine. Now, Malafaia is "outraged by this whole thing about coercive detention."

The "pastor" was asked why the donation of one hundred thousand reais made to him to "pray" for the crook involved in a corruption scheme was deposited into his personal account and not into his church's account. His explanation is a masterpiece of "embromation" (a Brazilian Portuguese expression meaning something like "scam" or "complaint"):

“(…) I receive offerings, like many pastors. I went to the church of this Pastor Abud, who is a friend of mine, in 2011. 'Pray here for a businessman who is involved in business'. I prayed for him. In 2013, Michael Abud calls me and says: 'Silas, you know that businessman you prayed for? He wants to make a personal offering (…)”

It cannot be stated with one hundred percent certainty that Malafaia, Lula, or anyone else is guilty before their chances of defense have been exhausted. The problem is when that person not only supports abuses but, when they are a victim of what they supported, says that abuse against their adversaries is fine, but not against themselves.

Suck it up, Malafaia. You're just trying to defend arbitrary power only against others, thinking you'll be safe. Arbitrariness is arbitrary power, baby. It's like a lion. You can't just let it loose and say devour this one, but not that one. Lions are like arbitrary power. Outside the cage, they attack the first one that appears in front of them.