A banner of over ten meters in height split in half was put up in the late hours of last Thursday, August 11, at one of the most visible points of departure from the city of Porto Alegre (RS).
It showed one yellow side, with the Brazilian flag on top, and one red side, with the sickle and hammer crossed, icons of communism. The giant banner opposes in each half "life" versus "abortion", "convicted thief" versus "freed thief", "Christian values" versus "gender ideology", "freedom" versus "censorship".
Still on the yellow side, one can read "agribusiness", "fewer taxes", "police security", and "order and progress". On the red side, "MST" ( Landless workers movement), "more taxes", "PCC" (organized crime organization), and "drug trafficking". At the top center, is the phrase: "You decide". On the footer, there is the call for acts scheduled for September 7, when Brazil's Independence Day is celebrated.
"There was a lot of discussion and even fights in the condominium group", says medical student João Vitor Sperança, 21, who lives there. "The vast majority of residents were outraged, there are many lies. We want it removed and some people have already reported the case to the TSE (Superior Electoral Court)."
"There are residents who are afraid of being harassed because of the association of the content with those who live in the building", says Sperança, who explains that the condominium sold the space to an advertising agency. "It's a huge mess here."
Former deputy Manuela D'Ávila (PC do B), who withdrew from running for office in this year's elections, posted the image accompanied by the phrase "All the lies from the online networks now gain the streets of Porto Alegre. This is criminal. Who's paid for this?".
Translated by Cassy Dias