[Trigger warning: torture, homophobia, racism, sexism, sexual violence]

UPDATE: GWU has just announced: “Questions will be accepted in advance via Twitter using # AskBolsonaro. Please submit all questions by 11:59 p.m. EST. Questions submitted after this time will not be included.” PLEASE START FLOODING THE HASHTAG IMMEDIATELY!

George Washington University has insisted on platforming Brazilian right-wing politician Jair Bolsonaro, despite protests from Brazilian academics and political activists that emphasized his fascist opinions and declarations. As a collective opposing fascism, we want to do our part to defend democracy from authoritarianism and contribute to free speech by overwhelming the hashtag of the event (#AskBolsonaro) with what Bolsonaro stands for. Let’s not allow him to control the narrative. Let’s take the narrative back.

For this goal, we have crafted pre-made tweets that you can copy and paste onto your Twitter. Please send as many of these off as you can and feel free to craft tweets of your own. If you want to craft your own, here is the original open letter with the charges we are most concerned with, and here is a follow-up. These two pages are full of information and arguments that could be re-written into tweets.

The event will be taking place at 5:30pm (Washington DC time–that’s 6:30pm Brasília time). We encourage tweeting during and before the event. Don’t forget the hashtag (#AskBolsonaro) and, if you have space, you can tag GWU (@GWtweets), the Elliot School (@ElliotSchoolGW), and the Brazil Initiative (@GWUBrazil).

Bolsonaro has said that having a gay son means the parents “should have beaten up the child more often.” #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro called for the curators of an LGBT art exhibition to be “executed by firing squad.” #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro opposes indigenous rights, saying indigenous peoples do not contribute to the economy & do not have rights to land #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro has referred to refugees and immigrants as “the scum of the world.” #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro is a rape apologist who twice told congresswoman Maria do Rosário, “I wouldn’t rape you. You’re not worth it.” #AskBolsonaro

He is openly anti-feminist and has said women should earn less than men because they can become pregnant. #AskBolsonaro

He declared that former president FHC deserved to be shot #AskBolsonaro

“They accuse me of homophobia…Have you ever heard me say that homosexuals should die?” #AskBolsonaro

“I won’t combat or discriminate, but if I see two men kissing in the street, I’ll beat them.” #AskBolsonaro

“If your son begins to act a bit gay, beat him with a leather strap and he’ll change his behavior.” #AskBolsonaro

–What would you do if you had a gay son?

–It never crossed my mind because they were raised right.

#AskBolsonaro

-Would you attend a gay pride parade if invited?

-I wouldn’t go because I don’t participate in promoting bad behavior.

#AskBolsonaro

I wouldn’t fly in a plane piloted by a [black] pilot who benefitted from affirmative action. #AskBolsonaro

I wouldn’t allow a black doctor who benefited from affirmative action operate on me.

#AskBolsonaro

-What would you do if your son fell in love with a black woman?

-I won’t discuss promiscuity…my sons were educated right.

#AskBolsonaro

What do those people have to offer society? Tell young people that it’s OK if they have a gay kid? They have nothing to offer. #AskBolsonaro

“I want to respect the majority and not the minority.” #AskBolsonaro

“The majority is one thing and the minority is another. Minorities should shut up.” #AskBolsonaro

“Respect homosexuals? Why! They are the ones that have to respect us. It’s the opposite.’ #AskBolsonaro

“You’re the ones who perverted human rights to be about defending minorities. It’s not about defending minorities.” #AskBolsonaro

If I can change the behavior of a disrespectful son [w/ a slap] why couldn’t I change an effeminate son with the same method? #AskBolsonaro

“We lived a period of high employment, security, liberty & respect from 1964 until 1985 [the years of the dictatorship]” #AskBolsonaro

(Political cartoon by @mas_que_mario

This documentary describes the type of torture Bolsonaro wants to bring back. #AskBolsonaro https://youtu.be/x2Qy6ZAPTuw?t=10m26s

“I’m prejudiced and proud of it!” #AskBolsonaro

“They would have been small explosions.” –accomplice RE Bolsonaro bomb plot to scare gov into military pay raise #AskBolsonaro

RE adoption by same-sex couples: “90% of those adopted will turn gay and become prostitutes of the adoptive couple” #AskBolsonaro

“I would be incapable of loving a homosexual child” #AskBolsonaro

“I would rather my son die in an accident than show up with a [queer] mustache. He would be dead to me.” #AskBolsonaro

“If homosexuals live next door, that will devalue my home! If they walk around holding hands & kissing, that devalues it” #AskBolsonaro

“I don’t want my son to play with the son adopted by a gay couple. I won’t allow it.” #AskBolsonaro

“I won’t allow my son to be in the company [of children of gay parents] because the future of my son will be homosexual too.” #AskBolsonaro

RE gay marriage: “The next step will be same-sex adoption and legalization of pedophilia.” #AskBolsonaro

“There is no such thing as a ‘gay family’. It doesn’t exist.” #AskBolsonaro

“It’s disgusting. Those gays and lesbians want us, the majority, to accept their promiscuous behavior. We cannot submit to the scorn of society.” #AskBolsonaro

“It’s disgusting. Gays & lesbians want us to accept their promiscuous behavior. We cannot submit to the scorn of society.” #AskBolsonaro

“Homophobia doesn’t exist in Brazil…Brazilian society doesn’t like homosexuals.” #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro defends more policing. Brazil has one of the deadliest police forces in the world. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro once said his son wouldn’t date a black woman because he was well-raised. He’s a racist. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro is notoriously anti-LGBTQ, anti-black, anti-indigenous, openly violent and proudly endorses fascism. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro dedicate his vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff to a known torturer in the Brazilian dictatorship era. #AskBolsonaro

(TW) He openly supported Brilhante Ustra, who used to torture ppl w electric shocks to their genitals during dictatorship. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro has encouraged violence against LGBTQ children so that they will become straight. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro said police should’ve killed more prisoners during the Carandiru Massacre, where 111 incarcerated people were killed #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro has said he thinks women should earn less than men because they get pregnant. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro has openly praised a violent, oppressive dictatorship that resulted in hundreds of deaths. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro routinely incites violence against minorities and has positioned himself against human rights. #AskBolsonaro

In an interview, Bolsonaro tells @EllenPage she’s too pretty to be a lesbian. #AskBolsonaro

https://youtu.be/wbmBp8WLhjI

Bolsonaro tells @stephenfry “no father would take pride in having a gay son” #AskBolsonaro https://youtu.be/NLSIeNBqYKM?t=15m53s

In 1999 Bolsonaro declared he evaded taxes regularly. #AskBolsonaro

Bolsonaro’s awful views are well-nown in Brazil. Read about his history in Portuguese here: http://bolsonazi.tumblr.com/ #AskBolsonaro

The Intercept called him “the most misogynistic, hateful elected official in the democratic world” #AskBolsonaro – http://bit.ly/2zhdM8d

news.com.au called Bolsonaro “the world’s most repulsive politician.” #AskBolsonaro – http://bit.ly/1rylar8

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