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  • Monkey See, Monkey Do: Bolsonaro supporters

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 20:05:46 2023
    DW (English)
    Brazil: Bolsonaro supporters storm National Congress

    The New York Times
    Brazilian Authorities Clear Government Offices of Rioters, Official ================

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 21:30:57 2023
    As I explained above, pro-Bolsonaro insurrectionists CHEERED when
    soldiers arrived at the scene, believing they were about to join their
    side...

    ...but were soon arrested instead.

    See images here:

    https://twitter.com/BrazilBrian/status/1612215910462267394

    Really upsetting to see the symbols of Brazilian democracy and law and
    order being vandalized today. January 8 is Brazil's January 6. Not
    even on the calendar were Bolsonaro fanatics capable of much
    originality.

    Two observations

    1) Brazilian leaders of Congress are not present

    So unlike US the lives of Brazilian Congressional leaders are not in
    danger, nor is the transition of power which has already taken place
    in Brazil

    2) Jan 6 upset enough law abiding, democratic Americans - including
    yes many Republicans - that it backfired on Trump & accelerated
    ... his decline. Conservative movement remains strong but shifted to
    more "normal" seeming DeSantis. Similar dynamic was already apparent
    in Brazil, Bolsonaro in exile in Florida

    https://twitter.com/BrazilBrian/status/1612215910462267394

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 21:39:32 2023
    PIC: 1/6/21
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl-7AquWIAAHa4x.jpg

    PIC: 1/8/23

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl-7AquWIAEOj8S.jpg

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 8 21:34:03 2023
    Political scientists have a name for what's happening in Brazil:
    "authoritarian learning." It's when autocratic playbooks spread across
    borders. Trump taught the world how to do January 6th. Brazil won't be
    the last one.

    It's not that Trump invented the concept of storming government
    buildings, but rather that the diffusion of such tactics can become
    more frequent, particularly after high profile, visible cases inspire
    others to adopt that tactic rather than another one.

    https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1612192709845913600

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Jan 9 18:27:38 2023
    On Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:39:32 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    PIC: 1/8/23

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl-7AquWIAEOj8S.jpg

    Correction:

    2021 Photo of Q-Anon Shaman From Brazil Protests Revived As Recent
    BOOM found that the photo is from 2021 when Bolsonaro supporters
    marched on Congress on Brazil's national day.

    https://www.boomlive.in/fact-check/brazil-protests-bolsonaro-lula-brasilia-supreme-court-factcheck-20687

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 11 09:36:10 2023
    On 1/8/2023 22:30, JAB wrote:

    2) Jan 6 upset enough law abiding, democratic Americans - including
    yes many Republicans - that it backfired on Trump& accelerated
    ... his decline.

    Anyone who dons themselves a "Trump supporter" after that show is
    nothing more than a cult member.

    Trump: "I love you all, you're all very special to me"... just, wow.

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