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Collected Item: “Protest your faith.”

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Protest your faith.

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Images and Video - Downtown Huntington Beach, Ca

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If you were to take a stroll down Main St. of Huntington Beach, you might be surprised by what you see.

I work in downtown Huntington Beach. Protests around these three topics has been quite regular. With a vast mixture of people wearing and not wearing facial coverings as mandated by the state. On this particular day there was a "black lives matter" protest, which was accompanied and/or countered by Christian evangelists as well as a single individual protesting for the re-opening of California businesses.

In overhearing a conversation amongst the Christian group, it seems they feel that Covid-19 has been brought on as a punishment to those who have not repented for their sins. Here God is used as an authority figure to insight fear and shame to outgroup members or non-Christians. The pandemic seems to have had an impact on the effect of community in religion in that members that choose to gather in person must view the pandemic in a light that cannot effect them.

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#BLM, #feargod, #evangelists, #opencalifornia, #freespeech, #nomask

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8/8/2020

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2020-08-08
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