"Bolsonaro supporters are proud of their own ignorance and are not ashamed of being stupid," says Latuff.
According to the cartoonist, political extremism was more 'masked' in past decades and has regained strength in recent years with Bolsonaro's rise to power.
247 - In an interview with TV 247, cartoonist and political activist Carlos Latuff analyzed the differences between political activists identified with a 'traditional' right wing and Bolsonaro supporters, who are considered more radical and have... "Pride in one's own ignorance."
According to Latuff, political extremism was more 'masked' in past decades and has regained strength in recent years with Bolsonaro's rise: "During Fernando Henrique's time, people often said: 'Oh, there's no more right and left, the wall fell, there's no more USSR [Soviet Union], communism is over, that's a thing of the past.' I always heard that. But polarization has always existed, class struggle has always existed, political-ideological divisions have always existed, but back then it was all masked, and when you have things masked you can't really identify the enemy."
"Today things are very clear, and I would say this: being right-wing doesn't necessarily mean being a Bolsonaro supporter. I can even tolerate it when someone says they're right-wing; now, when they're a Bolsonaro supporter, they're proud of their own ignorance. They believe faithfully and blindly in fake news. They're not ashamed of being stupid. So it's different from the right wing we knew, for example," concluded the cartoonist.
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