I think English signs itself isn’t always sus. But Israeli flags? Come on.

  • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    English signs itself isn’t always sus

    It is 100% sus when the country isn’t English. It implies the signs are there to beg for American support, not for support within their own borders (or from neighbours and allies)

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    There are entire slum complexes in Rio de Janeiro under the control of evangelical syndicates who call themselves the armies of Israel, and who repress any religion other than their church.

    This is the afterglow of project ‘damn, 1960s America is too woke, lets preach in the third world’.

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      There are entire slum complexes in Rio de Janeiro under the control of evangelical syndicates who call themselves the armies of Israel, and who repress any religion other than their church.

      Complexo de Israel (Israel Complex) is fucking terrifying, the worst of the worst that Rio has to offer. Neo-pentecostal militarized gangs using repression tactics that actually sound like what Israel does to Palestinians

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      This is why (I have several more historical reasons actually) I believe we need to ban missionaries and people that evangelize the Christian bible (or any religion for that matter).

      They rely on predatory tactics to spread their message and often plant seeds of division where they preach. I was reading a story about missionaries’ tactics and one of them included only giving food to the poor that would agree to listen to the Bible. They wouldn’t give poor people food until they sat down and listened to the priest.

      It’s sickening.

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    reminder it wasnt as full as this image makes it look like.

    without the state apparatus in his favor, bolsonaro lost most of his fervent supporters. evangelical conservatism is very much alive and well here though, just waiting for the next bolsonaro.

    also lula is probably more likely to support the damn evangelicals in their bloodlust than to send any tanks.

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      that last part is so true lmao

      when these evangelical leaders were reaching their peak, back in late 00’s/early 10’s, the PT decided to support rather than to fight them, in the hopes that they would get electoral support (which they even did, for a time; but like any reactionary opportunist, those leaders soon turned their back on the party)