After being involved in an extensive controversy regarding the coverage of hate speech, Javier Milei’s biographer, Nicolás Márquez, presented his latest work written in collaboration with journalist Marcelo Duclos at the Book Fair. The expectation was to fill a room with capacity for 2,000 attendees, but the first rows of the auditorium were barely filled and the rest of the seats remained empty. In addition, a group of people demonstrated against the writer in the halls of the fair shouting “that is not freedom, that is hate.”
The call for the presentation of the book Milei: the revolution they didn’t see coming had been promoted with great fanfare by Márquez on his social networks. He even went so far as to tell his followers that the event was changing the audio shot — it was initially scheduled to take place in the Julio Cortázar room and ended up happening in the José Hernández room, the largest on the premises. so that “no one is left out.”
Despite the enormous expectations, the turnout was not what was expected and More than half of the chairs in the room remained empty. during the hour and a half that the event lasted.
Initially, it was planned that the ultra-orthodox economist Miguel Boggiano and the leading political scientist for young libertarians Agustín Laje would accompany the authors in the presentation. However, Laje—author of several books against the expansion of rights— He was absent and sent a video to “greet virtually.”
The attendance of figures from La Libertad Avanza was also meager. Some of the national deputies who were present were Lilia Lemoine and Alberto Tiburcio “Bertie” Benegas Lynch, who offered statements to a YouTube channel that spreads far-right ideas. It was also possible to see Iñaki Gutiérrez and Eugenia Rolón, responsible for Javier Milei’s digital communication during the electoral campaign.
Demonstrations against hate speech at the Book Fair
In the radio report given by Nicolás Márquez last week, the writer issued a series of statements of hatred towards homosexuality and public policies that defend the LGBT community. In response to these attacks, a group of people demonstrated before the presentation at the Book Fair with posters critical of the author’s position and shouting “that is not freedom, that is hate.”
“There is objectively healthy behaviors and objectively unhealthy behaviors. When the State promotes, encourages and finances homosexuality – as it has done until the appearance of Javier Milei on the scene – it is encouraging self-destructive behavior,” Márquez had expressed.
Just three days later, four women living in a family hotel located in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas were attacked with a homemade bomb while they slept. two of them died and the other two remain hospitalized in a serious condition. According to the neighbors’ story, the fire was motivated Because reasons homoodistsgiven that It was a group of lesbian women..
Some signs carried by the protesters read “freedom goes backwards”, “your hatred kills” and “justice for Pamela and Mercedes”, in reference to the women murdered this week. The hundred people who protested at the Book Fair he ended his intervention peacefully.
