1/ Brazilians are invoking presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro's name when they attack trans people.
They are spray-painting swastikas on college dorms.
They are targeting journalists for doing their jobs. revealnews.org/article/brazil…
They are spray-painting swastikas on college dorms.
They are targeting journalists for doing their jobs. revealnews.org/article/brazil…
2/ @willcarless has a unique perspective on this. He has spent more than a year covering hate and extremism in the U.S. from his home in Brazil.
There are parallels between Trump and Bolsano, he writes, but also a key difference:
"Bolsonaro makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers."
There are parallels between Trump and Bolsano, he writes, but also a key difference:
"Bolsonaro makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers."
3/ By the way, Will writes a weekly dispatch for us on hate and extremism in the U.S. It's called The Hate Report. Sign up: revealnews.org/hate
4/ Last year, Will spent weeks calling scores of victims of hate attacks and hate speech in which attackers specifically mentioned Trump: revealnews.org/article/they-s…
5/ Meanwhile, the Brazilian investigative journalism collective Agencia Publica has already compiled a list of at least 50 attacks carried out across Brazil by Bolsonaro supporters. And he’s not even president yet.
6/ Also: Brazil has seen a rapid rise in the popularity of the alt-right social media site Gab. The site prides itself on allowing people to spew vitriol and racism. It's become a favorite for white nationalists in the U.S. who were kicked off traditional social media.
"As Americans have discovered," @willcarless writes, "hateful bluster from their head of state has led to spiking hate crime statistics and frequent bloody brawls led by angry young men seeking to impress their president."
Brazil could be next.
Brazil could be next.
