From disrespect towards Mantega to dialogue with rigorous justice.

I was delighted to read the news that former minister Guido Mantega will sue the two assailants who disrespected him in a restaurant in São Paulo.

Mantega went to the Trio restaurant in São Paulo for lunch with his wife on June 28th, when he was disturbed by fascist acts and coded rhetoric from the monopolistic media.

Those who offended them belong to the white, business elite of São Paulo. They are Mr. José João Armada Locoselli and Mr. Marcelo Maktas Melsohn.
The two will be held accountable for the crimes of slander, libel, and defamation.

What they said was significant and deserves redress. They made outrageous statements, as evidenced by a video recorded on a cell phone and first published by the website Brasil 247.

"– Thief, thief, yes sir, clown, shameless, shameless, that's what you are – said one of the aggressors."

"They're destroying this country. They've destroyed Petrobras, they've destroyed everything," shouted another.

"We can't stay silent anymore," said the companion of one of the aggressors, who, instead of curbing the others' stupidity, joined in the same wave of aggression.

This sector that hates is very poorly and transversally steering the debate about the country and the crisis we are experiencing.

From the National Congress, with senators and representatives unprepared for the confrontation with opposing viewpoints, resorting to the most aggressive and disrespectful insults, in collusion with a media that revels in the dramas and pains of democracy, hatred is being poured out to all corners of society in unbearable quantities.

Social media reeks of fascist violence. Groups that claim to be for debate are nothing more than bickering with false accusations intended to belittle others.

It's incredible that academic training neither equips nor empowers certain people to be even minimally understanding and scientific in their observations. What they say doesn't come from studies and research, but from vulgarities falsely spewed by the media, without the slightest ethical or civic responsibility.

I participate in several WhatsApp groups, and everything goes well as long as we don't analyze the crisis using criteria other than those of the resentful. In case of disagreement, insults overflow, even from the mouths of people with doctorates and those who live immersed in the worship services of conservative Pentecostal churches.

Those who should be setting an example of interest in debating the nation and social problems through truthful and dignified discussions also resort to harsh insults and even threats, giving the impression that they would even physically assault others if present.

The same can be seen in the comments on articles by defenders of the federal government and those with progressive ideas.

The "commentators" victimize the Portuguese language, morally offend those who think differently from them, change people's names to ridicule them, attack the religiosity and institutional titles of those who are interestedly proposing to help think about the country.

At this moment, I am studying with a lawyer the feasibility of suing people who are attacking me by sending me threatening emails and those who offensively mock my honor in the comments on my articles. One of them systematically alters my ecclesiastical title "dom" to "dondoca," with the clear intention of offending and slandering me, according to my lawyer. Worse, he uses a false name on his Facebook profile, in a clear demonstration of identity fraud.

And so all kinds of fascist-style violence are repeated. One because he wears a red shirt, another because he reads a left-wing magazine on a flight, and others because they think.

Therefore, I gladly welcome former minister Guido Mantega's decision to sue the loudmouths who think they own the world, spouting biased and nonsensical rhetoric.

No one has the right to point fingers at another and accuse them irresponsibly. We must move forward with the civilization that created democracy and its tools, such as unions, parties, and the justice system, so that we can channel our grievances. Restaurants and shouting matches are neither appropriate places nor means for debate, much less for disrespect and unfounded accusations.

Only the criminals and murderers of the dictatorship act like Mr. José João and Mr. Marcelo, with their respective wives.