while coronavirus is changing our way of life, it will never slow down homophobia or antisemitism

[Behind the Aegis]

A rally against California’s coronavirus lockdown revealed many protestors’ true colours, and surprise: those colours are incredibly antisemitic and homophobic.

On May 12 a crowd of around 200 people gathered in the city of Huntington Beach to express their anger at the state’s mandated stay-at-home order.

As well as shuttering bars, restaurants and businesses, governor Gavin Newsom has also ordered the temporarily closure all Orange County beaches to prevent the spread of coronavirus – an act which protestors say is a violation of their constitutional rights.

But Nazism and homophobia are just fine with them, it seems.

A powerful image of the protest shows a handful of angry protestors proudly raising a huge Nazi banner with a swastika. In the foreground, a man holds a sign bearing the improbable words: “COVID is fake and gay.”

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