Afrânio Silva Jardim: Brazil is becoming a global embarrassment.
"Look how the Germans are viewing our country. For our corporate media, everything is normal, everything is fine... (they must have even increased the prices of business advertisements!!!)", the lawyer states on Facebook, sharing a text by the German Philipp Lichterbeck, in which he says: "In present-day Brazil, they don't shout 'heretic!', but 'communism!'. It is the accusation with which science and social progress are demonized."
247 - Afrânio Silva Jardim, a jurist and professor of Law at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UeRJ), stated that "Brazil is becoming a global embarrassment."
"Look at how the Germans are viewing our country. For our corporate media, everything is normal, everything is fine... (they must have even increased the price of business advertisements!!!)", said the scholar. Facebook, when sharing a text by the German author Philipp Lichterbeck, published on the website DW.
According to the analysis, "it is known that travel educates the individual, allowing one to contemplate things from different perspectives. Those who leave Brazil these days should be concerned. The country is heading towards the past."
"In present-day Brazil, the cry isn't 'heretic!', but 'communism!'. This is the accusation used to demonize science and social progress. The emancipation of minorities and less favored groups: communism! Artistic freedom: communism! Human rights: communism! Social justice: communism! Sex education: communism! Critical thinking itself: communism!", said Philipp.
"A horrific anti-intellectualism is in vogue, 'fueled by the false notion that democracy means my ignorance is as good as your knowledge,' as the writer Isaac Asimov said," he continues. "Brazil, a country of the past."