Press Release. I kindly ask that you share: “The defense of Antonio Tabet vehemently repudiates the preliminary decision issued by Minister André Mendonça that ordered the removal of one of his posts on the platform X. The court order for deletion affects a statement that at no time mentioned the name of the candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. The main (but not唯一的) legal weakness of the decision lies in the presumption that a generic criticism would have a specific recipient, endorsing a curious phenomenon of self-identification. The post merely stated, accompanied by an image of the patron saint, that 'The militiamen family hates black women so much that they decided to attack Our Lady Aparecida!'. The fact that the representative recognized himself so immediately in this exact description is revealing, but wearing the own hat should not provide the legal basis for the declaration of censorship. Freedom of expression and political criticism, no matter how harsh or uncomfortable they may be, constitute ordinary and constitutionally protected elements of democratic debate. Treating a pointed opinion and a rhetorical hyperbole as if they were the dissemination of an "objectively false fact" subverts the purpose of combating misinformation, transforming the judicial apparatus into a convenient shield against free public scrutiny, exacerbated by the threat of a fine of R$ 30,000.00. For this reason, we inform that all applicable appeals will be filed to overturn the decision and safeguard the right to free expression. The democratic environment requires resilience, making it at least ironic that the judicial machine must be urgently activated to protect the susceptibility of those who, apparently, are offended upon seeing their own insecurity projected in public opinion.” (translated)