Comments | ontd_political: Good luck, gurl!

danyjoncew in ontd_political

Good luck, gurl!

Nov 02, 2010 13:20

Brazil elects Dilma Rousseff as first female president
Dilma Rousseff said she had been given the most important mission of her life

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latin america, south america, brazil, women

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popehippo November 2 2010, 16:35:03 UTC

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danyjoncew November 2 2010, 16:56:48 UTC

I don't really think she's anti-choice tbh (2 years ago she said it was an absurd that abortion wasn't decriminalized)... I recommend clicking on the Brazil tag and reading the article on abortion.

This was a really dirty campaign and they really tried using her position of pro-decriminalization against her. I hate the she and her party caved and started saying something else during the campaign because not only it was desperate, I suspect it was a lie :-p. But that's what you get when some assholes try to mix abortion with an election for the higher executive office in a very Christian country.

perfectisafault November 2 2010, 17:40:54 UTC

yeah, this pretty much.

Plus being pro-choice in Latin America is basically unheard of, especially since the abortion laws in most of those countries are far more restrictive than ones in the US (*cough*Chile where it's illegal all the time no matter what)

danyjoncew November 2 2010, 17:56:17 UTC

In Brazil, the pro-choice crowd oscillates between 10 and 20 percent. Not a big magnet for votes. And complete rejection reaches between 30 and 40 percent. Most people like it the way it is (free in case of rape, serious malformations and risk to the mother's life).

doe_witch November 2 2010, 16:44:52 UTC

This is fucking badass, omg.

This just in... danyjoncew November 2 2010, 17:17:57 UTC

What kind of Brazilian are you most likely to run into?

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Re: This just in... berseker November 2 2010, 17:50:18 UTC

I'm being dumb about this map. Everytime I see it, I go wait wat until I remember that we're still talking abot Brazilians, and not other nations voting for our presidents 8DD

/cool story bro

Re: This just in... danyjoncew November 2 2010, 17:59:15 UTC

LOL. And <3 at the love affair between Brazil and Argentina right now, I have a feeling we've never been so close (as people, not governance). Partners in crime!

Re: This just in... berseker November 2 2010, 19:40:01 UTC

YES. This makes me very happy. I have an epic crush on that country, lol. I love whem my OTP goes canon ^_^

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poetic_pixie_13 November 2 2010, 17:34:18 UTC

Holy shit she sounds really fucking awesome. =D

I'M STILL HAPPY berseker November 2 2010, 17:54:47 UTC

This is so awesome in some many ways.

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Re: I'M STILL HAPPY eyetosky November 2 2010, 19:00:25 UTC

Oh wow, baby Jon Stewart. @_o

Re: I'M STILL HAPPY berseker November 2 2010, 19:40:42 UTC

8D COOL ISN'T IT?