Fernando Brito: Boycotting Bolsonaro's inauguration is a sign of shame.
"We are not in a situation of democratic normality. The frontrunner in the elections was removed from the race and kept imprisoned with a scandalously biased judicial conviction and, even more scandalously, kept silent, to the point that even a mere journalistic interview, despite being judicially authorized, has been denied to him for months," recalls the editor of Tijolaço.
By Fernando Brito, editor of brick - I see a lot of good people complaining about the absence of the PT, PCdoB, and PSOL parties at Jair Bolsonaro's inauguration. Some, even contradictorily, suggest that one should go with protest signs.
Frankly, that would be behaving just like those incredibly annoying people. trolls They do this on left-wing blogs, provoking and facilitating conflicts, whether desired or not.
Moreover, judging by the exaggerated measures, including missiles placed around the Esplanade, it seems that all they want is for the confusion to lead people to believe in terrorist plots against "The Myth" (Bolsonaro).
On the 1st, the party belongs to them, the far-right, to intolerance, to hatred.
Or should we celebrate the arrival to power of someone who, less than three months ago, promised to "shoot the leftists" and send us, the leftists, to jail, to "the beach's edge" – a nickname for the place. Opponents of the military dictatorship were executed in Restinga de Marambaia. – or into exile?
But let's forget about personal insults.
Does someone who promises to destroy workers' rights, make weapons more accessible, oppress teachers, and dismantle the state deserve applause and celebration?
Democracy means respecting the election results – something that, incidentally, the PSDB party failed to do four years ago, without deserving such criticism – and not, as my grandmother used to say, going to "show off" to the opponent who, from the very beginning, made a point of demonstrating that he was our mortal enemy.
Furthermore, the obligation to swallow frogs and even entire swamps falls on those who hold executive positions, where the duty is to represent everyone, not just a part. Legislative positions, parliamentary mandates, and parties (as the name indicates) represent a part, not the whole.
We are not in a situation of democratic normality. The frontrunner in the elections was removed from the race and kept imprisoned with a scandalously biased judicial conviction and, even more scandalously, kept silent, to the point that even a simple journalistic interview, despite being judicially authorized, has been denied to him for months.
In politics, when shame is lost, relativism becomes a tool for indignity.