First of all, its been 7 years.People change over the course of time.Second, As I have already said in my summary which you probably didnt read, Im not sugarcoating the things that he did say that werent appropriate or even right.This is one of them.It was a sad statement and that was it.I do believe, at least now for this scenario that was proposed to him, his stance on homosexuals is that he has nothing against them, and respects them.He just prefers that his son would be straight so that not only it would allign with his views but also would allow him to have grandchildren.And there is a difference betwenn accepting homosexuality, and respecting homosexuality.I think every needs to respect it, as in respect that one person made the decision to be homosexual.You dont need to like it, you just need to respect that person personal decision.I have many gay friends that also agree with me on this.And I mean, he already went on record time and time again on why he would go out of his way to make lifes of homosexuals harder if he has much bigger and actual problems to solve?

Anyway, thats not even the most important.The really sad thing is that, when people come to support Bolsonaro, the reasons they list why they support him is because of all his government proposals.Economical, educational, security related and whatnot.But when it comes to the supporters of Haddad and PT, the reasons they support him are usually because they think that Bolsonaro is "homphobic, racist, sexist" and whatnot, as if a president is some kind of celebrity and not a manager, and barely list any proposal as to why they find PT government proposal any good.Just saying.

(Thought about putting this in general discussion, but went with politics so people can come in with a slight idea of what it's about.)

I don't wanna go too in-depth over the reasons because it'd only make things worse - after all, they are what saddened me in the first place. I live in Brazil, and if you know anything about what's going on in Brazil, well, basically we are on the verge of electing a fascist as president. He's racist, homophobic, sexist, highly religious, well, you know... all the usual stuff. Furthermore, he wants to legalize gun ownership in Brazil, and promotes violence constantly. He has quite some following, and in recent days they've done all sorts of awful shit, from killing someone's dog because "it barked too much" or killing an actual person for simply stating they prefer another candidate.

Today, I went to college. It was the first time I went someplace since before the elections happened (I'm not actually Brazilian, so I don't vote), and because I live in the middle of nowhere, I was pretty much distanced from everything while here. Being in society again was... frightening. Walking in the streets had me nervous, knowing that most passersby likely voted in that abomination (he had 62% votes in my town), and throughout the afternoon I felt strange, nervous and afraid, even though nothing particularly out of the ordinary happened. After class, though, I heard that, in a different campus of my own university, a student was attacked and gravely injured by this guy's followers. Turns out I'm not afraid of nothing (take the double negative here as a proper intended double negative).

Anyways... This is probably the first time in my life I've ever been truly depressed. I can't cheer up, I can't feel good about anything, I can't ease my consciousness with anything, in fact I can barely sleep some nights. It's been a few days and I continue to feel horrible. I'm terrified of what this country has become, terrified of the rampant fascism everywhere and even more terrified of the future. Furthermore, I'm also terrified about this seemingly being a somewhat global tendency, with countries like the USA, UK, Poland and more following similar political trends. People can think of nothing but violence and hate these days... Peace and love are seemingly dead last in everyone's priorities.

I don't know what I'll do, if anything. If this dude does get elected, surely I must find a way out of this country, but I'm not sure anywhere else is future-proof either. Maybe this truly is the start of a new dark age...

In lighter thoughts, don't worry, I'm not gonna do the whole "leaving VGC" thing. If anything, VGC is one of the few stress reliefs I can have at the moment, and it can be even more important with the greatest games event coming up. I just need to clear my mind at the moment.

First of all, its been 7 years.People change over the course of time.Second, As I have already said in my summary which you probably didnt read, Im not sugarcoating the things that he did say that werent appropriate or even right.This is one of them.It was a sad statement and that was it.I do believe, at least now for this scenario that was proposed to him, his stance on homosexuals is that he has nothing against them, and respects them.He just prefers that his son would be straight so that not only it would allign with his views but also would allow him to have grandchildren.And there is a difference betwenn accepting homosexuality, and respecting homosexuality.I think every needs to respect it, as in respect that one person made the decision to be homosexual.You dont need to like it, you just need to respect that person personal decision.I have many gay friends that also agree with me on this.And I mean, he already went on record time and time again on why he would go out of his way to make lifes of homosexuals harder if he has much bigger and actual problems to solve?

Anyway, thats not even the most important.The really sad thing is that, when people come to support Bolsonaro, the reasons they list why they support him is because of all his government proposals.Economical, educational, security related and whatnot.But when it comes to the supporters of Haddad and PT, the reasons they support him are usually because they think that Bolsonaro is "homphobic, racist, sexist" and whatnot, as if a president is some kind of celebrity and not a manager, and barely list any proposal as to why they find PT government proposal any good.Just saying.

People should remember how Hitler actually came to power and what they said about him and the NSDAP in the beginning. Simply by elections and coalitions. And most people back then were pissed with other parties, desolate economy and things like this. Most Germans simply wanted jobs and yes, some strong alternative for change. Germans weren't more racist than French or British, a few years later Europe lay in ruins and millions of people, again millions of them jews, had been killed.

Yet in 1933 many Germans weren't necessarily ok with Hitler extremist views. But way too many elected him and his party.

Yeah, walking outside dressed in red is as good as forbidden at the moment. Oh but don't worry, no one changed your rights. Everything is fine!

@Nautilus, I can't believe all the bullshit you're talking about. The first time anyone heard about Bolsonaro, circa 2011, was because of his homophobic comments. That was his rise to prominence in mainstream media, by making comments everyone despised. Over several years, he continued to show racism, homophobia, intolerance, extreme nationalism, xenophobia, mysogyny, as well as show support to the military dictatorship, including comments that encouraged people to torture and kill the opposition. For years and years, that was the only image every person had of him, but of course, it also meant that neo-fascists began to support him for the presidency.

In the last year, though, suddenly everyone's views changed. After the massive manipulative campaign on WhatsApp, fueled by people's hatred of PT (which is ridiculous when looking at all the other candidates available), everyone began to vote for him and say all those 6 years of hate comments and actions were just a bunch of lies or exaggerations made by the media, which of course, is exactly what he'd want you to believe. Suddenly, no one cares about how, in 28 years of being in the congress, he had barely any projects approved and voted against every law that benefited the people, and in favor of every law that benefited him. He had obvious marketing ploys, such as forging a stab attack only to avoid going into any political debate or interview since, instead showing up in loads of biased shows and posting videos speaking from a teleprompter.

I'm sorry, but you're fucking kidding yourself if you think any of that is a lie.

Bolsonaro doesn't even have any proposals, otherwise he would go to the debates. Haddad has many proposals, some are good, other are bad, but some people are so lost in their rage against PT that won't listen.

You can say I'm biased, but everyone can see that you are way more, as you try to explain absurd things Bolsonaro said that should have got him arrested.

I think social issues are incredibly important, especially in a country where hate crimes against LGBT individuals aren't exactly uncommon. You can't just say that his comments about gay people don't matter. They do. These things fuel hatred and they fuel violence and they fuel the erosion of rights. I also don't think that those comments really do anything to alleviate concerns about gay rights, when he has stated as recently as last week that he opposes gay marriage:

https://www.apnews.com/34102f3a3d7a416c97dc878f1d2032dc

No, dude, what the fuck? You're actually saying it's more important for a random celebrity to be tolerant, than the leader of a nation? Look, I don't give a shit about what a movie actor, or a football player, or a popstar says, because it doesn't affect my life. If I enjoy their work and they say something like that, then yeah, it's bitter, but celebrities don't have any tangible influence on people's everyday lives in the way political leaders do. A celebrity being intolerant means they lose their job and everyone despises them. However, a president being intolerant means people feel entitled to the same intolerance, people feel right to do acts of hatred, and in fact they have already begun to do it. In the last few days, a PT supporter was killed in Salvador; a college student was attacked here in Curitiba; a young girl had a swastika stamped on her neck in Porto Alegre. All of these acts and many more happened in the name of Bolsonaro, and even if they're not directy his fault, they are the fault of him being a political figure who condones such actions.

So, no, you're wrong. Stop spewing hate and bullshit.