Sostenes Cavalcante #wingnut #crackpot

Sostenes Cavalcante #wingnut #crackpot insider.com

A Brazilian politician on Twitter this week suggested that 13-year-olds are old enough to work if they're old enough to win Olympic medals at the ongoing Tokyo Games

Sostenes Cavalcante, a 46-year-old lawmaker in Rio de Janeiro for Brazil's Democrats political party on Monday proposed a revision to laws banning child labor in the country

The statute in Brazil does not allow anybody under the age of 14 to working, but Cavalcante said 13-year-old skateboarder Rayssa Leal's silver medal shows younger people could get a job
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"Brazilian children aged 13 cannot work, but skater Rayssa Leal won the silver medal at the Olympics," Cavalcante said in Portuguese on Twitter

He added: "Hey! It's for thinking. Congratulations to our Olympic medalist! And revision of the Statute of Children and Adolescents now!"

It is unclear if Cavalcante was serious, but his comment sparked wild backlash on social media

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Dickish opportunists infest every country it seems.

Go get stuck in a chimney!

And this is why the far right is looked at as inhumane

Lord Shaftesbury: British philanthropist, politician and social reformer.

He used his power to ensure children weren't allowed to be exploited the way you're suggesting, OP.

So let us know when you have a street named after you: even the first statue in, say, Silver as a memorial to you.

And as he who ensured kids had a decent education so they would be psychologically prepared - certainly mature enough - for adult responsibilities, good luck in having a legacy marked as his: a street just off Piccadilly Circus called Shaftesbury Avenue: and pointing to such with the arrow in its bow the first statue made of Aluminium entitled 'The Angel of Christian Charity'.

For this day, you've certainly proved you aren't one.

...or is this merely an oblique way of saying that you're pissed off at the fact that Japan's skateboarders are superior to yours?

Would you have said the same if they'd won Gold...?!

It is unclear if Cavalcante was serious, but his comment sparked wild backlash on social media

No shit?

@fishtank #96001

Given who is in charge of Brazil that is an understatement.

I feel like 13 year olds probably should pant be competing in high level athletic events either. There are too many negative influences in that world and way too few protections for kids in that situation.

So many old dudes are just jumping at every opportunity to exploit kids in any way, aren't they? I hope this costs him his position.

Sostenes Cavalcante #wingnut #crackpot insider.com

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