To say that they arrived softly would be very condescending. But even in 2014, this radical group among the Greens and Yellows crowds was still relatively small. In any case, they already then drew attention to the dystopia they brought with them: they saw communism in everything that was not a mirror of reactionism itself, they missed the military regime and therefore already at that time hung posters asking for urgent “constitutional intervention” by the Brazilian armed forces to remove Dilma Rousseff and PT from power.
We did not know this yet, but there, at that time, Bolsonarism was born. At first these people supported Esio Neves (PSDB), a name that could beat PT in this election. The miner nearly lost, further angering the gang. Based on the inconsistency of Esio – a loser who did not democratically accept defeat and began to sabotage the future government before it even began – and with the precious help of the President of the Chamber of Deputies and then future prisoner Eduardo Cugna, the Bolsonarists took to the streets to remove Dilma.
Demonstrations for impeachment, stepping on the pedal where there was no crime of responsibility, were successful. Dilma Rousseff was removed from the presidency in April 2016 and never returned. There was no PT, but that wasn’t enough for these people. It was necessary to find someone really connected with his investigation of dangerous nonsense. And that’s how Bolsonaro found Jair Bolsonaro.
That’s right: Bolsonarism predates the one who named it, because the unproductive MP who would become president just fit perfectly into the idea that was in the air. It must be said that this idea will not end simply with the end of Bolsonaro’s term if he does not get re-elected. The number of these radicalized people has increased and they are increasingly showing that they are here to stay.
And what appeared is not good. How it appeared in Aparecida do Norte (SP), the most important national religious holiday for Catholics. Bolsonaro, eager to take advantage of any event in which he can use God as a poster boy for his campaign for another four (at least) years of reign, traveled to the Basilica Sanctuary of Nossa Señora Aparecida on Wednesday, 12.
Obviously, as the undoubted mass leader that he is, he carried – a term, by the way, quite suitable for this case – a mass that would be more correctly called the “horde”. Confirming what has already happened on the British lands on the day of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the Bolsonarists proved that they do not respect either traditional rites or any kind of holiness. They burned the most turbulent day in the history of the Feast of the Patroness, disrespect for Catholic repentance.
Sacred for Catholics, the day finally fell victim to a new social disease: patriotic hooliganism.
Other occasions include: a homily (sermon) by Archbishop Orlando Brandes of the House was booed for saying that it was necessary to prevent child starvation (as if caring for the starving was a “PT” or “communist” agenda, not a Christian one); they threw a screaming man in a red shirt with the famous slogan “our flag (which I believe they consider only theirs) will never be red!”; they surrounded the local television people, one from the Basilica itself, and shouted “globolixo” to the professionals, accusing them of being “communists”; meanwhile, a middle-aged old man shouted, “Squid thief!” in front of the camera, the operator of the team, holding a mug with the image of Bolsonaro drunk and a can of beer.
Sacred for Catholics, the day finally fell victim to a new social disease: patriotic hooliganism. You could no longer tell if they were at a religious festival or in the Oktoberfest aisle. A religious holiday turned into an ignorant micareta, confused like a flat earther’s brain. There was only one certainty: the idol of the day, this and everyone in this group was Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Jesus could get a supporting role if he didn’t interfere with uncomfortable parables.
Looking like a political group, Bolsonarism actually becomes much closer to what a heretical-theocratic Christian sect could be, appropriating, however, in very ordinary ways and ways of organized supporters.
It was this kind of “mode of operandi” that took place in Aparecida do Norte: to lash out at opponents or, failing that, at anyone dressed in red, with a camera or microphone, always outrageous, shouting and in a bunch.
The way they treat the press is especially scary. It’s as if communications professionals were responsible for the editorial line of a car they don’t like. However, they are only workers who serve there as piranha bulls for the feud that the hooligans of the Tupiniquim policy must strangle the owners of the Rede Globo or “Folha de S.Paulo”.
There is not the slightest chance that these people will simply go home to sleep humbly on the night of the 30th if the polls confirm P.T. Lula’s victory. It is much more likely that they will contribute to mass riots throughout the country, which is not excluded – on the contrary – even if their “myth” wins.
It’s hard to admit, but that group of half a dozen crazy people who hung banners on bridges asking for the return of the dictatorship in the already distant 2014 has grown greatly. These are citizens who had a normal life, with friends and relatives, but in some aspect that only psychoanalysis could explain, they turned the key to a special type of fanaticism that, in domestic intimacy, either brought the family closer to madness or divided it into parts. .completely at home.
Of course, Bolsonaro had more than 50 million votes, the majority share of which does not behave this way. It’s like a crowded stadium where several vandals attack opposing fans at the end of a classic football game. But this minority, in addition to causing enormous damage wherever it goes, is also advancing in numbers.
Yes, Bolsonarism is a reality that has remained far beyond the mandate – or mandates – of the one who appointed him. Whatever the poll results, we’ll have to live with it.
