Brazil has declared war on Harlem

[the elastic]

Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that homophobic slurs are now punishable by prison, in a decision applauded by rights activists in a country with rampant violence against the LGBTQ+ community.

The 9-1 ruling puts homophobic hate speech on the same legal level as racist hate speech, which was already punishable by prison in Brazil. Justice Edson Fachin, the lead judge on the case, said in his ruling it was a "constitutional imperative" to give LGBTQ+ citizens equal protection under the law. The court had ruled in 2019 that homophobia was a crime, just like racism.

 

[The BasedFather]

I don’t see anything wrong with this. Let them gay nikkas be gay in peace and dance to Its Raining Men

 

[RickyDiBiase]

Wish black folks could have something like that here

@Ray D’Angelo Harris should be delighted at this news tho.

 

[bigdaddy88]

i mean not tolerating faq ish already gets punished. Cancelling from social media, possible firing from a job and from society. Maybe not jail time but we are getting there.

 

[Dipsey Doo]

The world is turning gay!!!

 

[Mike809]

I'm not the type to go around calling people slurs , so I should be good in Brazil

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Are 'racial' slurs given the same treatment in Brazil?

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[Rekkapryde]

edit: Misread

They wildin'

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Are 'racial' slurs given the same treatment in Brazil?

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Yes, racist hate speech is also punishable with prison in Brazil.

People being so up in arms against LGBT getting basic human rights are very strange.

 

[Lord_nikon]

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Yeah. racist hate speech is also punishable with prison.

Then I have no problem with the ruling.....except that somehow, someway, some 'White Supremacist' is going to challenge BOTH.​

 

[the elastic]

More like Brazil has become Allies with Harlem OP

 

[Rekkapryde]

edit: Misread

 

[Remote]

I'm not sure I agree with this.

It's one thing to systematically marginalize or oppress someone because of their lifestyle or beliefs or who they are.

But speech is something that I don't feel comfortable criminalizing.

 

[mattw1313]

I'm sure there aren't more pressing problems in Brazil