I think English signs itself isn't always sus. But Israeli flags? Come on.

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[–] 80 points 2 years ago* (13 children)

There are entire slum complexes in Rio de Janeiro under the control of evangelical syndicates who call themselves the armies of Israel, and who repress any religion other than their church.

This is the afterglow of project 'damn, 1960s America is too woke, lets preach in the third world'.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    There are entire slum complexes in Rio de Janeiro under the control of evangelical syndicates who call themselves the armies of Israel, and who repress any religion other than their church.

    Complexo de Israel (Israel Complex) is fucking terrifying, the worst of the worst that Rio has to offer. Neo-pentecostal militarized gangs using repression tactics that actually sound like what Israel does to Palestinians

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

    This is why (I have several more historical reasons actually) I believe we need to ban missionaries and people that evangelize the Christian bible (or any religion for that matter).

    They rely on predatory tactics to spread their message and often plant seeds of division where they preach. I was reading a story about missionaries' tactics and one of them included only giving food to the poor that would agree to listen to the Bible. They wouldn't give poor people food until they sat down and listened to the priest.

    It's sickening.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    These fuckers are all over Guatemala too. They haven’t managed to penetrate my region yet but they’re persistent as hell. Send some away and two more show up.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Iran and Saudi Arabia banned missionaries and building churches, it's the only law I wish western countries would just adopt.

    The church hasn't ended its predatory behaviors, it just has better marketing now.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    china also doesn't allow foreign missionaries, only local Chinese people can be missionaries in China

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    This is the best option tbh, if you can't ban it outright at least prevent outside actors from coming to your country and treating their "mission" like it's a vacation and opportunity to gawk at the backwards locals who desperately need your help.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    This is why (I have several more historical reasons actually) I believe we need to ban missionaries and people that evangelize the Christian bible (or any religion for that matter).

    Anyone who disagrees with this probably needs to self crit honestly.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I have lots of religious friends, I love them dearly.

    But the fact of the matter is that religion has been a covert tool for organizations and governments to engage in disinformation and even information warfare in the past. It still is used today.

    How missionaries in Africa spread the myth that aids is spread through gay sex and did the opposite of promoting protection during sex.

    It's gotten people killed and ruined lives

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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    The Soviet repression of the Hungarian uprising was, possibly, the most correct political action of the 20th century.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Banging the shoe on the table was certainly a memorable move.

    Edit: "We will bury you" is also quite a line.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    English signs itself isn't always sus

    It is 100% sus when the country isn't English. It implies the signs are there to beg for American support, not for support within their own borders (or from neighbours and allies)

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    This is false, pro-Palestine protests in Japan and South Korea have both used English signage. We need better heuristics for ops than “hehe English sign”

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago

    Brazilian chuds have been flying israeli flags alongside brazilian flags for years now, this is absolutely not surprising

    The english signs is pretty sus though, I agree on that

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  • [+] 49 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

    that last part is so true lmao

    when these evangelical leaders were reaching their peak, back in late 00's/early 10's, the PT decided to support rather than to fight them, in the hopes that they would get electoral support (which they even did, for a time; but like any reactionary opportunist, those leaders soon turned their back on the party)

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  • [+] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Tbh, Maduro also has the support of Protestants (I believe they are neo-Pentecostals and not the old local Protestants). These people are usually opportunists, as we've seen in Brazil and places like Guatemala. By the way, these neo-Pentecostals are very hostile towards the actual local Protestant churches, most of which were left-wing and oppressed during the Juntas.

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago

    Evangelicals are one of the biggest voting block of the Brazilian right and they're obsessed with their supporters of Israel

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    sometimes I wish I could go back in time and kill baby Martin Luther before he starts Protestantism and its consequences

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    It would happen anyways, and lutheranism isn't even the worst protestantism.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ehh doesn't matter, I'd have the time machine and a mission, so I'd just go around Tim Walzing them babies

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    The trick is to replace Luthor and try to mainstream a slightly cooler version of Protestantism. If you let that one monarch do divorce, then you can render the whole Anglican Church inert.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago

    Friends, in Bolivia there was NO coup!

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This colour revolution ain't gonna fund itself. Wonder which focus group landed on yellow. Capitalists gonna do this shit forever until they are stopped

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    Wonder which focus group landed on yellow.

    I reckon it was more about convenience than anything else. That's the Brazilian football jersey, a lot of people have one of these in their closets, so that's very handy

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Of course if you're organising a protest organically you have to point out that it's organic, it's absolutely not a psyop

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This over Twitter? Lmao what a freakshow

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago*

    By the way, with the twitter ban, what she's doing is currently an infraction. This means if someone snitches on her she might have to pay R$50k, which is just shy of 10k in USD. That is, unless she's tweeting from outside of Brazil.

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