[matheusmoreira]

There was no coup. There was a protest. The protesters wanted the military to enact a coup. And the military did not attempt a coup. You simply cannot claim that elderly people with bibles and flags amounts to a coup or even an attempt at one.

This was discussed at length only two days ago. If you disagree with this, just refer to this comment thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41387024

My account is rate limited to ~5 posts/hour so I don't plan on recreating that thread here.

[a_victorp]

Asking for a coup IS an attempted coup

[matheusmoreira]

I don't think so. It's just a political position. Those people would rather the military ruled over them.

[neonsunset]

When we, Ukrainians, stood up to oligarchiat/mafia russian-puppet governing party in 2013-2014, what do you call this?

[BlueTemplar]

Protests that actually turned into a coup ? That doesn't seem to have happened in Brazil. (Yet.)

Discussion about would-be coups seems to be fraught... probably best to avoid the term ?? I'm remembering those funny (for an outsider) images of the January 6th USA Capitol invaders seemingly being lost at what they were supposed to be doing once in the building... (though this took a darker turn when we learned, much later, that Trump did not show up because his own security service prevented him to !)