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#OnThisDay, 16 Jan 1970, Dilma Rousseff, a member of the Brazilian guerrilla movement against the military government, was arrested. She was labelled the “Joan of Arc” of the movement.
In 2011 she became the first woman to be president of Brazil.
@CarveHerName
She's certainly a controversial figure.
On one side, under her government a ton of really good stuff was done.
On another, every time she opened her mouth she had an immense aura of incompetence.
I wasn't born yet, but I've heard that the guerrilla movement sometimes hurt innocent people and did actions for their own self profit instead of hurting the government. They were seen as just common bandits disguised as "resistance".
@CarveHerName
Yes! Certainly!
I guess that was sort of the intention of my comment, because Dilma is one that a lot (most?) of people either demonize or idolize.
And this is precisely the problem here, @blaue_Fledermaus . She was a great woman with great history, but not an idol. Dilma isn't perfect, but she had many great lines and suffered a lot of prejudice throughout her term as president. The “aura of incompetence” associated with her speeches derives from clippings and memes produced precisely to associate this aura with her.
And reduce the guerrilla movement to just "just common bandits disguised as 'resistance'" is to completely disregard the historical moment in which this movement took place.
Yes!
Even at the time of the "store wind" I was irritated because it was clear (to me) what she meant.
I live in the very "conservative" "right-wing" Santa Catarina, so I know information around me is very biased.
I tried to say that "this is something people say/think about her", not necessarily that I agree.