Opinion: Chico Alves – Torturer and his supporters are equal in cowardice

Every torturer is a coward. It takes advantage of the situation in which the enemy is subjugated, without defensive conditions, to give air to cruelty, sadism and perversion. Even in wars this disgrace is not allowed. The Third Geneva Convention of 1929 prohibits torture, physical and psychological coercion and inhuman treatment of prisoners.

Despite this, the military dictatorship that took over Brazil in 1964 killed and tortured many of its opponents. The harassment of imprisoned activists by the regime’s military and police supporters broke a record of moral corruption. Electric shocks to the genitals, assault sessions on the pau de arara, hangings, threats to family members, and many other forms of physical and psychological destruction were carried out in the basements of the dictatorship.

The perversion level of journalist Miriam Leitão, who was then a PC do B member, was ridiculous. In 1972 Espírito Santo was arrested in Vila Velha, slapped, kicked and hit in the head. She had to stand naked in front of 10 soldiers and three repression agents. He was constantly threatened with execution and was locked in a dark room with a boa constrictor for hours.

The gruesome episode is now recalled due to a comment from the president’s son and vice president, Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP). This is because Miriam’s treatment of so-called third-way candidates Lula and Bolsonaro as equals was a mistake, because the current president is an enemy of democracy (it’s incredible that no one has figured this out yet).

Eduardo reacted strangely. He said he felt sorry for the snake in a tweet on the matter.

It should not be forgotten that those who support torturers are equated with these criminals in cowardice.

Those who glorify and absorb Brucutus create the environment in which abuse is to take place. They normalize the brutality of executioners, encourage psychopaths and turn them into heroes.

Jair Bolsonaro imitates the cowardly Colonel Brilhante Ustra, who is one of the most disgusting perpetrators of violence against victims. His son, Eduardo, thinks it’s legal to be ironic with a tortured woman. The Minister of Defense praises the 64 coup. Bolsonaristas applaud this bizarre spectacle, with and without authority.

It is not possible for Brazil to follow a promising path without gaining a minimum of credibility. As you can see, the group that is currently in power does not have this situation. Almost everyone in the faction that emerged in 2018 aims to be cowardly and easily succeeds.

These people urgently need to be removed from national life. Surveys are a good tool for this.

He must prove to himself that, contrary to what Eduardo Bolsonaro and his father would like to believe, the country has not become a nation of cowards.