Poll of the Day > Reminder: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is a freaking psychopath

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/americas/brazil-one-million-coronavirus-jair-bolsonaro-cases-intl/index.html

"Brazilians don't catch anything ... they already have the antibodies to keep it from spreading," the President said.
He said again that Brazilians are likely to be immune to the coronavirus during a March 26 press conference outside the Alvorada presidential residence in Brasilia.
"Brazilians should be studied, we don't catch anything. You see people jumping in sewage, diving in it and nothing happens to them," Bolsonaro said

The following weekend, Bolsonaro attended an anti-lockdown rally in Brasilia without a mask where he coughed several times and shook hands with supporters. Opposition leaders considered the protests "anti-democratic," after signs were seen calling for dissolving the Congress and Supreme Court and for the return of the dictatorship.

Eduardo Pazuello, an army general with no health experience, was named as the interim Health Minister following Teich's resignation.
Pazuello also issued new guidance authorizing the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, for all patients displaying Covid-19 symptoms.
"After two Health Ministers refused to do so and chose to resign instead of signing the document, it was up to General Eduardo Pazuello, who has assumed the ministry on an interim basis, to authorize the use of chloroquine for all Covid-19 patients," Pazuello wrote on his personal Twitter account last month.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked permissions this week for the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients. That same day, Brazil's Health Ministry expanded its guidance on the use of the drugs to include pregnant women and children.

Yet, Bolsonaro continues to question the claims that more is needed and that ICUs and hospitals are overcrowded, recently encouraging his supporters to go into the facilities to gather some video proof.
"There are field hospitals and public hospitals near you, find a way to get in and film in there," Bolsonaro said last Thursday during a Facebook live event. "We need more people to go in there and show if these beds are actually full. That helps us and all that material gathered from social media will then be sent to the Federal Police."
Several instances of pro-Bolsonaro lawmakers and supporters trying to gain access to coronavirus treatment wards have recently been registered in the states of Sao Paulo, Espirito Santo and the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located.
"This type of behavior is unacceptable at a time when the state of Espirito Santo, the country and the world face this serious crisis," the state health secretariat said in a written statement. "What's worse is that this behavior was encouraged by an irresponsible statement from the leader of this nation."

Some snippets from an article full of bat shit crazy

No such thing as a smart fascist.

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I lol'd at encouraging supporters to verify hospital attendance. It's such a weird tactic

Gaawa_chan posted...

No such thing as a smart fascist.

Maybe that's true of the ones who inherited, but self-made fascists are generally highly intelligent and would need to be to seize power. However, Bolsonaro isn't a fascist just yet.

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Zeus posted...

I lol'd at encouraging supporters to verify hospital attendance. It's such a weird tactic

Maybe that's true of the ones who inherited, but self-made fascists are generally highly intelligent and would need to be to seize power. However, Bolsonaro isn't a fascist just yet.

There is a difference between being smart and being good at manipulating people

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He's literally the worst thing ever because he threatens something I hold close, the forest.
And Brazil is home to the worlds biggest and most ancient forest. The freaken dinosaur age amazon.
He can fuck off to hell.

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Muscles posted...

There is a difference between being smart and being good at manipulating people

And there's also a difference between being highly educated and being smart, and between being wise and being smart, and countless other silly differentiators used when we want to withhold an acknowledgement of intelligence because we disagree with the individual.

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I mean, you can't be intelligent and support fascism

Thats like saying someone could be a flat earther and still be intelligent

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Jair Jair Bonks

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Muscles posted...

Thats like saying someone could be a flat earther and still be intelligent

yeah you can

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That guy is like Duarte lite. Jesus

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Zeus posted...

I lol'd at encouraging supporters to verify hospital attendance. It's such a weird tactic

I don't really find it funny....
Sending in a bunch of crazed supporters (likely not wearing masks, like their dear leader) to overcrowded medical facilities full of COVID patients and almost certainly exarcerbate the spread of the illness, to violate those patients' privacy by filming them.

And to think 40% of the country wants that here

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streamofthesky posted...

I don't really find it funny....
Sending in a bunch of crazed supporters (likely not wearing masks, like their dear leader) to overcrowded medical facilities full of COVID patients and almost certainly exarcerbate the spread of the illness, to violate those patients' privacy by filming them.

Here's the thing: If the facilities are actually overcrowded, it's like inviting people to see that he's wrong and share it on social media. Meanwhile, if he believed he was actually right, he wouldn't rely on random followers, he'd had his own workers do it. So it's either a brazen bluff being used to drive home a political point or a politically-risky publicity stunt.

papercup posted... And to think 40% of the country wants that here

Pretty sure the US doesn't have a sizable population who wants to elect Bolsonaro, unless you mean people who want the shutdowns to end so the country can work. If it's the latter case, I wouldn't be surprised if the US was down to 40% makers and 60% takers.

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South Americas Trump

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deoxxys posted...

He's literally the worst thing ever because he threatens something I hold close, the forest.
And Brazil is home to the worlds biggest and most ancient forest. The freaken dinosaur age amazon.
He can fuck off to hell.

Surely theres a happy-medium somewhere, with someone. Forests are important, but so is securing culture. Its crazy that there only seems to be these outer-edge types getting into power.

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Zeus posted...

Here's the thing: If the facilities are actually overcrowded, it's like inviting people to see that he's wrong and share it on social media. Meanwhile, if he believed he was actually right, he wouldn't rely on random followers, he'd had his own workers do it. So it's either a brazen bluff being used to drive home a political point or a politically-risky publicity stunt.

Pretty sure the US doesn't have a sizable population who wants to elect Bolsonaro, unless you mean people who want the shutdowns to end so the country can work. If it's the latter case, I wouldn't be surprised if the US was down to 40% makers and 60% takers.

You're so cute

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