Whenever Americans try to impose their ridiculous "free speech" laws on Brazil, I have to explain this again: 1) Brazil does not follow the sloppy, outdated, US Constitution. It has it's own laws; 2) Unlike in the US, glorification of pedophilia is not protected free speech here+
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3) Like other countries around the world, e.g. Germany, glorification of Naziism is also not protected as "free speech." In Brazil, the reason for this is the Constitution's concept of the Harmony of Rights. No essential right can be used to trample over other essential rights;
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4) Within the Brazilian legal framework, "comedian" Leo Lins' jokes about fucking schoolchildren who play with dolls violate children's' right to enjoy a happy, stress free and normal childhood, as defined in the 1990 Statute of the Child and Adolescent. gov.br/mdh/pt-br/navegue-por…
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5) There is not authoritarian repression of people protesting the genocide in Gaza in Brazil. Brazil's speech rights protect political protest but they don't protect Leo Lins if he glorifies Naziism, because this violates the rights of Brazil's majority non white population.
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Here's Dr. Liana Cirne, from Pernamuco Federal University Law School, explaining the concept of "Harmony of Rights" as defined in Brazil's 1988 Constitution.
In this subtitled video, Pernambuco Federal University Law Professor/Recife City Councilor Liana Cirne explains the Brazilian legal concept of the harmonic coexistence of rights.
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Bottom line: The Silicon Valley technofascists don't want their social media and e-commerce corporations to have to obey local laws. It's not about free speech. If it were, WAPO and Musk would be denouncing authoritarian repression of protests against US-backed genocide in Gaza
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LIns' still has the right to multiple appeals, and has rich and powerful far right actors helping him. My guess is he'll end up with a few months house arrest, tops. For more on Silicon Valley's war on Brazil's speech laws, read this: fair.org/home/i-knew-they-ha…
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I've written a few articles in English and Portuguese on how the international far right is weaponizing the free speech debate. Here's one: brasil247.com/blog/debater-a…
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Here's my Carta Capital op ed piece in English. Please subscribe to my blog. bmier.substack.com/p/trump-m…
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