Watchman: Once Satan’s Soldiers Eliminate Free Speech, Life Becomes a Cheap Ruse—Brazil Imprisons a Conservative Congressman for Eight Years Over a YouTube Video, America Is Next, Google Is Evil and Tribulation On Steroids
True Tyranny Always Begins With the Censoring of Free Speech, As U.S. Founding Dad Benjamin Franklin said, “Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.” When a culture abuses its democratic power, the result is chaos and ruin. Either a democracy, guided by self-control and morality, keeps itself in check, or it crashes. When the crash happens, control falls to a non-democratic system, either willingly or by force. Cultures that drift from Christianity tend to drift from “true” democracy into other, democracy-flavored political schemes and, eventually, into subjection to tyranny…
The proper use of self-defense has to do with wisdom, understanding, and tact. In Luke 22:36, Jesus tells His remaining disciples, “If you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” Jesus knew that now was the time when His followers would be threatened, and He upheld their right to self-defense.
HNewsWire: STF convicted a democratically elected Brazilian congressman to eight years and nine months in jail for posting a YouTube video criticizing the STF. STF is Brazil's highest court. By 2021, Daniel Silveira was a rookie Congressman and supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro, a former military police officer, when he was imprisoned over the video. Former socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had appointed most of the STF's judges, and Silveira had claimed he had pictured an STF judge (a "minister" in Brazil) "getting a beating."
Bolsonaro supporters were allegedly tortured in jail, according to STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes, according to the profane tirade. It was De Moraes who ordered violent police raids on Bolsonaro supporters who had voiced support for him due to supposed "fake news" propagation, including comedians, YouTubers, and other small figures at the time. Additionally, Silveira was accused of encouraging violence, promoting hatred between the STF and the armed forces, and obstructing the exercise of judicial authorities.
Conspirators say conservatives in Brazil should be outraged since the same STF liberated and restored the political rights of former President Lula da Silva, who had been sentenced to 25 years in jail for exploiting public money to acquire expensive beachfront property.
A federal court in Brazil on Wednesday sentenced Silveira to eight years in jail, a fine of $45,000, and the loss of his congressional seat. Paulo César Rodrigues de Faria, Silveira's attorney, was fined five 2000-reais (about $432) for initiating legal moves against the STF.. By contesting a court order preventing Silveira from giving interviews, removing Silveira from social media, and barring him from communication with anybody under STF investigation for "false news," Rodrigues de Faria was guilty of misconduct.
In 2022, Daniel Silveira, a Brazilian Deputy, watches on as exiting ministers are given a goodbye ceremony in Brasilia. Nine of of the country's 23 cabinet members resigned to seek for re-election in the October elections, and Bolsonaro's government has replaced them. Silveira has the option to appeal the decision, and that is something that is likely to happen.
To paraphrase what De Moraes said at the hearing on Wednesday, Silveira was denied the ability to express "illegal beliefs" because there is no such thing as absolute free speech in Brazil.
He asserted that the Constitution doesn't provide freedom of expression as a defense against illegal activity, hatred speech, anti-democracy rhetoric, and criticism of established institutions. When it comes to exercising a non-existent right to free speech, this is the extreme.
According to de Moraes, the freedom of expression exists for the expression of opposing views, jokes, satires, and erroneous ideas, but not for illegal opinions, hate speech, or an assault on the democratic state of law.
Freedom of speech, he noted, "must be balanced with other principles and fundamental rights," including democracy and the functioning of institutions, as well as the dignity of the people. This Court and the rest of the world agree on this."
As he proceeded, "Parliamentary immunity is not a free license to commit crimes," he said.
According to some ministers, convicting Silveira was important to safeguard "democracy.""
Organized assaults against institutions, democracy, and the rule of law have occurred in recent years. Minister Dias Toffoli said, "In the end, what we are measuring is the protection of democracy in our nation." In this debate, we are determining whether or not to defend the democratic rule of law. A minister or a group of ministers are not the subject of this defense."
The judges failed to explain how the removal of a democratically elected legislator was in line with their statements that they were preserving democracy.
During his last address before the decision, Silveira referred to de Moraes as a "marginal," an outlaw or thug, and a "frustrated young child" who was unable to control himself.
In jail, Silveira said, "I spent 11 months without a crime. But I suppose that I was freer [there] since the tiniest prison in the world is the robe of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, [a garment] which only suits a criminal. " Having a group of STF members that are violating the constitution is really difficult."
When Judge Moraes issued an order in late March requiring Silveira to wear an ankle monitor, the narrative took another dramatic turn. His reaction was to fortify his congressional office, where he has constitutional protection, and to challenge the court to go against the law and impose an ankle monitor on Silveira. When De Moraes learned that Silveira was not wearing an ankle monitor, the congressman responded by imposing a 15,000 reais ($3,163.89) punishment every day. To keep his family safe, Silveira consented to wear an ankle monitor at the time.
A comment from President Jair Bolsonaro after the judgment has not yet been published, although he previously said that Silveira's detention was a "assault on freedom" and that he "would not accept" a conviction "quietly." During the ankle monitor scandal, Bolsonaro was outspoken in his condemnation of the whole situation, encouraging the people not to be "quiet" in the face of such an attack on freedom of speech.
It's impossible to sit back and let things develop "passively," Bolsonaro stated at the time. "It will come to you." No one should be there to tell you to "cool down" or "wait until the appropriate time. " "Stay calm, my ass!" In an effort to show his support for Silveira at the STF judgment on Wednesday, Bolsonaro's son, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, was barred from entering by the court. Only STF ministers, lawyers, and Public Ministry officials are allowed inside the court's main office, according to purported Chinese coronavirus restrictions. The court also prohibited Silveira from witnessing the judgement of his own trial.
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