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the fascist language of neo-Pentecostal pastors in the fight against human rights

Abstract

This article aims to problematize the possible approximations between the discourse of media pastors Silas Malafaia and Marco Feliciano in the fight against LGBT Human Rights and the working strategies of fascist policies. To do so, we discuss the trajectory of LGBT Human Rights at the UN, in order to present its definition and enable the understanding of the object which the discourse of media pastors seeks to combat and annihilate. We also discuss the process of depathologizing homosexuality and its decriminalization as fundamental to the achievement and maintenance of LGBT Human Rights. We also deal with the conservative religious movement in Brazilian politics, with a view to better substantiating our analyses. Finally, we present a discussion, at the same time as we elaborate our analysis, about the proximity of the pastors' discourse with the working strategies of fascist policies. Interest in the subject was due to the direction taken in recent years by national politics, where the conservative discourse of religious bias has played a notable role, especially during the 2018 presidential election in Brazil, and the need to launch a scientific look at this issue, in order to contribute to the strengthening of the guarantee of Human Rights.