Come for the Medina family tantrums, stay for the pop history!
Oh Gabriel Medina and his step-father Charles have been begging for it this entire contest, haven’t they though? Just pleading for a thorough tongue-washing from the peanut gallery. First Gabi cried and whispered about hardships then there was a veiled threat of lawsuit for those misinterpreting his whispers then there was his step-father Charles calling the judges a confederacy of demagogues.
And the righteous laughs poured from the heavens upon them both. Ha! Hahahaha!
Except let’s stop for a moment and examine Brazil’s terrible, horrible, no good very bad past. Did you know that South America’s largest country was the last to ditch slavery? True! The United States put an end to the practice (in theory) in 1863. Brazil, over two decades later in 1888.
That, also, it accounted for over 40% of all slaves brought over from Africa making it, by far, the largest consumer? True! Estimates put the United States slave total at 388,000 over the course of slavery’s run. Brazil had well over 4 million toiling in far worse conditions.
Did you know that Brazil suffered under a brutal military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985? So many people were disappeared, tortured, forced to falsely confess to strange crimes! There was no freedom of speech! No avenue in which to criticize the iron fist of steely-eyed generals!
Now, I’m not saying that Gabriel Medina feels like a slave to the lily-white World Surf League lords, dancing when told, ordered to perform with a smile on his face or massa won’t like it. Nor am I implying that the Word Surf League judges appear awfully similar to a hardened, unelected junta with care only for their own survival.
Or am I?
I guess I am!
Does this make you think differently about the week’s histrionics? Do you find yourself drying your eyes and donating to the Brazilian arm of the Salvation Army in Gabi and Charlie Medina’s name?
Good!
And God bless.
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What about mike and molly?!? Where will people get obese humor? Oh right every other show. King of queens was just softening us up,” hey this guy is kinda fat let’s make him have a hot wife and then make her fat!” A few years later you’ve got the 800+ pounds that is mike and molly. Then the bitch gets skinny and leaves for ghostbusters and billions of dollars but not before the grit can make me think she’s dead.
The lowest article I ever read on BG. Jews held most of the plantations & slaves in Brazil (until they were expelled) plus owned many, maybe most, of the slave ships. Where did the Jews make all the money? Answer, in Spain under Muslim rule. Muslims loved Jews. When Christians won back Spain, the rich Jews converted to Christianity (called ‘Marranos’), just in time to exploit their pillage of South America and get richer. Then they moved to Holland and financed William of Orange to invade England; then they were allowed to return to England, set up the Bank of England (like Federal Reserve). From England & Holland, than ran the East India companies with their local Puritan allies, plus owned most of the mines in South Africa. Its all history. Just read about it.
Just out of interest, how many years has it been since your last surf?
This is a surf site. But when it is saturated with ridiculous political commentary, naturally, viewers will reply. You seem to be completely blind to the reality of how politically right-wing this site it. Therefore, it is you that should ask yourself the question: “When was the last time the ocean washed the right-wing imperialism from your heart”. I simply posted about real history. Why the reaction? Is bullshit all your mind can take in?
Ok, It’s gone past years then… A decade?
I forgot what my political agenda was! Was I poking fun at Brazil’s far right junta or poking fun at poking fun at Brazil’s far right junta?
Are there Israelies in your New World? Can I come?
Always Ze jews….
history guy i’m impressed
I’d love you to show me links proving your claim that Jews held “most of the plantations and slaves in Brazil.” I’ll wait.
Let’s check the facts:
– Australia wiped out the vast majority of the native population = genocide
– Australia has racist outburst every so often, really: riots
– The US entered civil war to defend slavery and in several states segregation is still a thing
– The US has sponsored some of the worst people and regimes in the world, including the military regime you allude to in Brazil.
Chas Smith: stick to infantile traffic grabbing trash and stay far away from history. hitting wikipedia is not going to cut it, mate. You are not that bright. If you were, you wouldn’t be writing this type of crap for a living, right?
Don’t forget what they did to Hawaii. What a disgraceful & IMMATURE article. The pits.
Wrong!
Chas. Really?
” need a large order of cries with that wamburger!”
Oh c’mon — at least some Brazilians out there are all right (Burle, Wiggoly, Andre,… ). The rest? Just a bunch of skinny screaming crybabies
This sounds right up my alley. Thanks!
this is premium stuff.
I hope a wealthy venture capitalist with a sense of humour is taking note and preparing to make an offer.
I’ve decided low ebb is the new high ebb and I’m chasing it!
Agree the BG’s did well today..
#basketofdeplorables.
this from the primo samba aplogist and fan? are you seeing the light?
No no no! More in love than ever with Order and Progress!
#brazilianstormlivesmatter
Well you have a foundation of white supremacy, privilege and slavery where ethnic minorities are oppressed, ridiculed and told to be thankful for what they can get. Then you have Brazil.
Nothing says more about oppression than living vicariously through your kids!!!