Even a priest in Brazil is not spared rage of Bolsonaro supporters
Source: Guardian
Far-right congregants fumed at clergyman after he criticised president over Covid in his service
Tom Phillips in Fortaleza
Thu 5 Aug 2021 05.10 EDT
The toxic politics bedevilling Jair Bolsonaros Brazil swept into Father Lino Allegris sacristy one Sunday in July, just after the octogenarian priest delivered a homily lamenting the presidents role in the Covid catastrophe that has killed more than half a million Brazilians.
As Allegri removed his white cassock, eight enraged congregants stormed into the rectangular backroom, past a portrait of Mother Teresa bearing the words: The most dangerous person: the lie. The worst feeling: hate.
Go back to Italy! We dont want you here! witnesses remember one of the Bolsonaro-supporting intruders ranting at the Verona-born priest, a naturalised Brazilian citizen who has lived in the South American country for more than 50 years.
Our president is a Christian! A good man! An honest man! fumed another, jabbing a finger into the 82-year-old clergymans face.
Allegri said he had never suffered such an aggressive post-service diatribe.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/05/even-a-priest-in-brazil-is-not-spared-rage-of-bolsonaro-supporters
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)that has spread. Is the Romanov solution a defense against Trump Fever?
sarisataka
(18,654 posts)the "Romanov solution"?
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)dalton99a
(81,486 posts)Sounds familiar
WHITT
(2,868 posts)is laying the groundwork to claim massive voter fraud when he loses to the progressive candidate in the election.
Fascist See, Fascist Do.
Warpy
(111,256 posts)and I've seen it on the left as well as the right, although it occurs more often among fascists.
They didn't see the guy's clerical collar, they saw only an enemy of their adored idol.