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Félix de Bedout stated that a thread from María Paz Gaviria showed that the controversy over Pizarro's hat and the alleged glorification of a guerrilla fighter had served as an excuse for a deeper measure. He claimed that what happened at the National Museum had been a purge comparable to the Nazi campaign against so-called degenerate art, aimed at imposing an official idea of acceptable art. De Bedout pointed out that the measure had been presented as a fight against "woke" culture, despite many of the censored works and objects being from before that term became popular. He also accused those who ran the national cultural institutions of acting with great ignorance and said that, unlike some Nazis who removed works to appropriate them while admiring their authors, in Colombia they did not understand what they were seeing. Finally, he highlighted the response from cultural institutions and figures in the country who, as he wrote, did understand the subject, and referred to the phrase about pulling a gun upon hearing about culture. #Cultura #Arte #LibertadDeExpresión (translated)

Javier Milei recalled that, after his speech in Davos in 2024, political analysts, politicians, and journalists harshly criticized him. He asked if they would acknowledge that he was right and they were wrong, although he said he doubted it due to what he considered a lack of intellectual honesty, knowledge, and self-criticism, as well as questionable human quality. He also attributed the criticism to a combination of limited intellectual capacity, ignorance, and ideological blindness. #Davos2024 #Política #AnálisisPolítico (translated)

Cafecomferri stated that the PT's polls always tended to be wrong in the same direction 100% of the time and said that this could only be explained by bad faith or ignorance. He also wrote that the market already knew that the Datafolha survey released that day would show a difference of 2 points or less. According to him, the group wanted to keep the militants motivated, and the polls were the only way to do so. #PT #Pesquisas #Eleições (translated)

The author stated that later they would silence and reprimand those who, according to him, had spoken ill of Peru simply for being that country. He added that at that moment he had to go to work and asked the Peruvians to laugh, claiming that there was a lot of ignorance. #Perú #Educación #Ignorancia (translated)

Antonio Tabet addressed voters who still supported Flávio Bolsonaro and stated that he was not a member of the Workers' Party, reminding them that he had publicly criticized the party and Lula. For him, the second round was not about opposing left and right or the PT and PL, but about democracy and authoritarianism, among other contrasts. Tabet said he understood those who wanted Lula out of the Presidency but classified voting for the Bolsonaro clan as self-sabotage, citing what he called their history and origins. He also warned that the family could perpetuate itself in power, despite calls for change. He further stated that bolsonarism did not represent the right and said he would support whoever contested against the Bolsonaros if Romeu Zema ran. #democracia #liberdade #autoritarismo (translated)

Janoninho asked for a political turnaround and said he feels very ashamed of his past and his former political ignorance. He stated that other people could be in the situation he has been in and opened himself up to dialogue. He also warned that if Flávio won, the reader would lose. https://t.co/4pKYYjyjhr #política #diálogo #mudança (translated)

Karina Michelin stated that images from an assembly at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) in Curitiba showed speeches against Flávio Bolsonaro and in defense of Lula's reelection. She said that organizations had announced more than 40 acts at universities across the country and criticized statements that, according to her, advocated for the radicalization of activism and referenced the kidnapping of an ambassador during the dictatorship. Michelin recalled that American ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped in 1969 by members of the ALN and MR-8, and not by the National Union of Students (UNE). She also classified predictions about a potential victory of Flávio Bolsonaro as false and alarmist, stating that the remarks about loss of rights and threats to democracy did not present concrete measures to support them. She mentioned that she did not question the right of students to protest or support candidates but criticized speeches that, in her view, replaced arguments with slogans and romanticized armed struggle. Michelin advocated for universities to shape professionals, researchers, and free citizens and stated that glorifying guerrilla practices and treating opponents as enemies denied democracy. #Educação #Democracia #Política (translated)

The author said that she was sad to learn that some people were genuinely happy about a loss of that magnitude for science and education. She stated that, in her opinion, this reaction went beyond ignorance and reflected that these people were bad. #ciência #educação #respeito (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that societies became unviable when they had ignorant majorities opposed to democracy. He affirmed that, currently, this ignorance was induced through artificial intelligence controlled by the richest men in the world, whom he described as owners of algorithms that spread lies. He also called for dismantling this system and freeing oneself from it. #democracia #ignorancia #inteligenciaartificial (translated)

Bagi said she was distressed with the result of the first round, but stated that she would not respond with hate, misogyny, or ignorance, as she did not want to equate herself with the right in the country. For the second round, she advocated voting for Lula, number 13, and hoped that abstention would decrease. The author stated that she was voting in defense of poor people, workers with formal jobs, users of the SUS and the medications distributed for free, in addition to the protection of rare lands, the Amazon, and Brazilian sovereignty. She also said she believed that Brazil would make it clear on the 25th that Latin American countries would not be "the backyard of the United States." Bagi stated that even in the face of disagreements regarding Lula's form of government, voters should consider the global political scenario and the international attention focused on Brazil. According to her, the choice was between resisting or becoming a colony, and her decision was to resist. The author related this position to the resistance of women who fought before her and dedicated the message to her great-grandmother, whom she called a healer. #Lula13 #Eleições2023 #Soberania (translated)

Alexandre Araújo wrote that an Uber driver, whom he described as poor, an admirer of the United States, and a critic of the PT, bought a Chinese BYD with financing from Move Brasil, a program created by the Lula government for app drivers. He stated that the situation showed that, in Brazil, irony did not rest and that ignorance prevailed. #Brasil #Ironia #PT (translated)

The 175 homes we delivered in Melchor Romero will transform the reality of women victims of gender violence and people discharged from the Alejandro Korn hospital who will now be able to envision their future in dignified conditions. A collective effort from all areas of the provincial government and the municipality that demonstrates that in the face of cruelty, ignorance, and hatred, we respond by recognizing rights and improving the quality of life of families in Buenos Aires. There is another way to govern, and it is with work, effort, and a lot of heart. #ViviendaDigna #Género #DerechosHumanos (translated)

My stupid recipe, Doctor Restrepo, achieved the highest employment rate, the lowest rates of hunger and poverty of the 21st century, and some of the highest levels of per capita income in the last quarter of my government in the entire history of Colombia. You and Abelardo today, just as you did in Duque's government during the first month of his administration, shot up unemployment almost to the double-digit figures that you handed over to my government. That's called a step back! It's unfortunate that a part of the Colombian electorate believes that Colombia's destiny is to go backward. Again the IMF, again over-indebtedness that you promoted, Dr. Restrepo, by giving subsidies to the rich and imposing a gasoline subsidy paid with the budget. These days, that is called economic ignorance and anachronism. I propose my support from the opposition to make a great agreement for the equitable progress of Colombia. What allowed us to have the best social economic figures of the century was: 1. Leaving hydrocarbon extraction and moving to real production in industry, commerce, and tourism. Prioritizing production, that is, the transformation of materials to make other materials for a good life for people, automatically raises employment levels and overall productivity. 2. Raising the minimum wage every year to the level of the vital basket for a family. This was demanded by the social doctrine of the Catholic Church in the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" by Leo XIII, and you, as a fervent Catholic, should apply it. In that encyclical and in that of Francis I about the "common home," and in that of Leo XIV about "a dignified Humanity," you would find a comprehensive agreement with the progressivism I lead. 3. A leading role of the state in the economy in strategic matters such as tariffs for industrialization, abundant and cheap credit for small and medium-sized industries, cheap credit for industry, food production, exports, and zero-interest credit for any national industry that produces an increase in Colombia’s computational capacity, energy, and railroads. 4. Leading the decarbonization of the economy through a 100% clean electricity generation matrix, replacing the prohibitively expensive gas with extremely cheap and abundant solar energy in Colombia. Remember that in my government I managed to increase growth in the four years by 500% in the naval industry and 200% in the electric automotive industry. 5. Redistributing another million hectares among farmers and doubling food production in the country to lower the prices of the family basket and increase real wages. You and we can lower the interest rate set by the Board of the Bank of the Republic by configuring another majority in the board that is friendly to production and work. 5. And if you don’t want, Mr. Restrepo, to reach agreements given the mind-numbing sectarianism that predominates, then just remember my advice: work and nature are the sources of wealth, and in Colombia, the real wage as an expression of the value of work allows the expansion of the internal market, both formal and informal, and increases the number of companies and workforce. When the country decides to return to legitimate institutions, it might be too late for you, but these will be the economic bases already experienced with positive data for a national agreement. #EconomíaColombiana #Progreso #DesarrolloSostenible (translated)

López Obrador is one of the worst things that has happened to this country, a man filled with complexes and resentments who ended up taking advantage of poverty and ignorance, who manipulated the people he called “solovino” to destroy all checks and limits to his power. I believe that the old man will not live long enough to see himself in the reflection of a history that will condemn him and his 4T as one of the worst moments for the country, where ignorance governed and the government made deals with drug traffickers causing what could well have been something very similar to genocide. A period full of pain and meanness. The fate of his closest ones is sealed, I highly doubt that the United States cares about his message filled with clichés or his jokes about social media that now expose him. The old man is cornered and his children are cornered. A large part of his "people" despises him. His pets, his paid applaud-ers, his doormats, and his kissing posts will be forgotten, stored in the drawer of shame, and, very likely, those who still face the judgment of history will end up betraying their little cotton-headed leader, they will deny him more than three times. But, how big is the fear of losing power?, what will they be capable of doing in the drug government before the final blows? Because I don't believe that their secret weapon is a boring (and lying) history class... or is it? #AMLO #México #Política (translated)

I will take a Spanish example, but it wasn't different here. The media and journalists, in general, hate Israel (due to ignorance, ideological conviction, collective phenomenon; there are various explanations), and almost without exception, all "news" about Israel is biased. Yesterday, that bias was as clear as day. In light of a terrorist attack without a doubt: an Omani, who has been in Dubai for 8 months and is known among colleagues for being "strongly religious," stabs the commander; there are images and videos, and reports from passengers. What was the press's initial reaction? Attempted suicide. The second reaction: "Israel says." How would these "journalists" report on 9/11 if it were today? Journalism is based on rigor; right now, it seems to me that it is in rigor mortis. #Jornalismo #Mídia #Israel (translated)

Se como conselheiro tutelar ele não faz isso, deve responder por prevaricação. É ele um dos responsáveis por denunciar casos de abusos. Impressionante a ignorância dos agentes públicos que protegem (ou que deviam proteger) as crianças. É nesse tipo de fala que vemos o quão na merd… estamos!! Malditos #DireitosDasCrianças #ConselhoTutelar #Prevaricação