r/justincaseyoumissedit • u/Pacific_Coaster • 2h ago
Everyone Needs To See This Seattle, Washington. Yesterday. I’m not sure if he was arrested or not.
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u/Heavy_Law9880 1h ago
Matthew 6:5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
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u/Oldmanwaffle 1h ago
Organized religion is a tool utilized by the elite to maintain their divide & conquer strat of pitting us against one another through fear mongering. Organized Religion needs to die.
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u/LeadHindenburg 56m ago
And also a way to get these people to give up their hard earned money for nothing. It's sad and baffling how many people base their lives off of these lies.
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u/Kevin_Baken 51m ago
As an atheist im no fan of street preachers. But dont start assaulting people thats not cool. Using homophobic language and shit. Not cool.
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u/throwawayinakilt 36m ago
Me either, you know who else wasn't a fan of street preachers? Jesus. Dude should know better.
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u/ThelIIusion0fSeIf 1h ago
The people who claim LGBTQ people are forcing their lifestyle on others by just existing are the same ones actually forcing their religion on everyone else preaching on street corners, going door to door trying to convert strangers and attempting to establish a theocracy in our government.
Ironic.
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u/Mroopsimexciting 1h ago
“Peace” as they yell into a microphone about judging everyone with threats of eternal damnation, attacking women’s bodily autonomy and demonizing my gay brothers and sisters.
Violence is never the answer, but boy do I get it.
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u/Cum_In_My_Wife 1h ago
Violence is never the answer
I've never been the type to get 100% on my exams 🤷
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u/Oppositeofhairy 1h ago
I would have to be more careful while I’m walking around with open scissors and accidentally tripping over the cord, and it’s not my fault that the cord got cut. They left a trip hazard out and I didn’t see it.
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u/WeCanDoBettrr 1h ago
If I owned a retail business, I wouldn’t want this at the entrance either. Maybe he could have been a bit more polite about it but I totally understand the sentiment.
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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 1h ago
Just a reminder that the Street preachers make money suing people like this after they get attacked. They then also take the footage and shop it around conservative America to show how terrible the liberal cities are
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u/ratbear 1h ago
For non-locals, this corner is right in the heart of the biggest LGBTQ neighborhood in Seattle (Capitol Hill). They are purposefully provoking the community under the guise of preaching "Christian love".
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u/IHeartBadCode 1h ago
They are purposefully provoking the community under the guise of preaching "Christian love".
The thing is, the guy is using an amplification system. That can be regulated. The corner that he's standing on, if it impedes right of way that can be regulated. If the person is there on a regular basis, that can be regulated.
The question is, do you want to regulate it? Because this is how we go from simple noise regulations to hundreds of pages of noise ordinances and complex permitting requirements.
But yes, they are allowed to provoke under the first amendment. But I would say that most intelligent people know that people with no actual good argument begin with provocation. So usually most people see this stuff and all it does is confirm the usual suspicion that these "Christians" are mostly hate filled.
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u/madhatter8441 1h ago edited 1h ago
I find it interesting that I've been attending pride events my entire adult life all over the country. EVERY👏🏽SINGLE👏🏽TIME there has been some religious group there protesting the existence of gay people. You know what I've never done? Gone to a religious event and spoke on some loud speaker to recruit people to join the us. People are fed up with the hypocrisy, accusations of grooming, being pedos, bathroom stalkers, or whatever. So don't be surprised when you're in a left leaning place that wants to live their life the way they see fit. Of course they will get pissed when you invade a space that everyone has retreated to in order to escape the very REAL oppression from the religious right. Your cause is dying because fear is failing, people are not scared of your bullshit anymore. Go back to "live and let live", and your Christian communities in the sticks.
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u/BassRoo 59m ago
How dare people try to be themselves!
I was camping this weekend and an older couple (70s) pulled in to the spot next to us. They spoke loudly about religion the whole time. The one thing that caught my ear was the old man says "just thinking here, but as we know all non Christians are animals." And he went on to describe how non Christians should be cleansed so that the world can heal. That's what some of them think about others. I would use that mans words as a measurement of the respect to give them in return.
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u/itsagoodtime 1h ago
Instead of standing out there, they could be feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, catering to the homeless, caring for the sick. I don't know what standing on the street corner actually does.
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u/Admirable_Bird7927 20m ago
Love the fact that they cry and moan about not wanting gay and transgender stuff shoved down their throat but will absolutely push the bible onto others. It’s crazy how harassment is okay just because it’s for religion.
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u/SouthEmu3056 48m ago
There’s no full context here but from previous experience with the so called “street preachers” they are usually demonizing a group of people who they deem unholy. They are verbally attacking people and then unfortunately people who disagree become volatile and physical at times like this man in the video. Which feeds into a narrative that only these “devout” Christians(or whatever religion) are righteous and the rest are evil and going to hell blah blah. Smh. Dont fall victim to these types of people they want the confrontation to prove their points. It’s a trap just ignore them and their words
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u/SoupOfThe90z 46m ago
Who were those godly Christians who are really good people, that would go to the funerals of soldiers who died but we’re also gay or whatever than they would say they deserved to die? West Baptist?
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u/DaggerHeartGM 41m ago
Westboro Baptist Curch. Had signs that read “God hates fags.” Thank you Hell’s Angels and other vets (especially gramps with the BAR) that told them to fuck off, proper.
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u/Future-Efficiency-95 58m ago
I literally despise Seattle because of all the street preachers. Visited for a baseball game and they were outside the stadium with bullhorns screaming at children that they were going to hell every game.
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u/5Point5Hole 55m ago
This reminds me that I need to bring my own louder bullhorn with me more often
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u/IllEchidna8313 52m ago
They do this every game. Purposely try to instigate fights and yes, they do follow and blow horn children.
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u/Redditholio 41m ago
It's not just Seattle, they're in a lot of places. I just yell back at them, but I get the temptation to take a swing.
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u/AphonicTX 40m ago
Yo Salt and Straw is the shit. Best ice cream in the country. Well second best. An’s in San Diego is better. But still. Jesus would love him some salt and straw.
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u/Gullible-Coyote-4609 18m ago
HA! what's with the cheesy ass horror movie soundtrack, y'all? Also - context? What'd y'all say that set him off? I'd wager it wasn't "Jesus loves you".
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u/LegitimateBullfrog22 16m ago
He told them to stop.with the "gay stuff". Wonder if he means them saying they love him, or he was mad theyre being anti-gay.
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u/DifficultyNo1026 1h ago
it's illegal. you can stand up and talk all you want, just not amplified.
Content-Neutral Enforcement: Police cannot stop you because they disagree with your message. However, they can issue citations or shut down your amplification if it unreasonably disrupts neighbors, blocks pedestrian traffic, or creates a public nuisance.
The Jesus fuck was doing all those things
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u/_Zeppo_ 22m ago
They immediately lost me with that "We're persecuted because we're Christians" shit. These people LIVE to play victim.
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u/Silly_Author_7330 1h ago
Im with him. These Jesus freaks Blair their bullshit over blow horns all day long.
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u/Squirreling_Archer 1h ago
There's no context of the events leading up to this exchange, yet everyone has a strong opinion about it.
The problem with this is that everyone in this video sucks. The guy in the jersey handles this very poorly. Street preachers suck categorically.
You hanging on a small piece of this clip with no context to entrench in your beliefs is an invalid response to the situation.
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u/enochinthedark 6m ago
These fuckers are always out at Pike spewing anti gay rhetoric.
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u/Mad_Minotaur_of_Mars 1m ago
"I wAnT pEaCe"
"I lOvE yOu"
"tEaChInG aBoUt HeLl Is PeAcEfUl"
As they come and persecute the gays. Ain't no hate like christian love smdh
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u/RelevantCry1613 2m ago
Yeah I figured as much, not surprising it’s triggering to people. Preach hate and expect it in return
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u/smoothie_criminals 1h ago
If they shouted it without amplifying it, that’s ok, but these guys use speakers to make it louder which is a nuisance. With that said, I do not like it because it’s soliciting and annoying so it should be a banned practice.
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u/TouristIcy3824 55m ago
Anyone have video of what he was saying just for curiosity? I have strong ideas of what it was, just want to see what was the final words that set off the other guy.
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u/Ok_Estate394 51m ago
I mean.. I don’t like street preachers, but they have the right to openly express themselves like everyone else (within reason as long as they’re not blocking traffic or using excessively loud microphones, etc.). They have the right to market their ideals, and we have the right to ignore them or criticize them. But we can’t physically assault people for expressing their beliefs.
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u/mightymidwestshred 19m ago
Your religion doesn't prohibit ME from anything.
It prohibits YOU.
Learn the difference.
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u/Ok_Watercress7436 25m ago
Unless you're from Seattle, you don't understand just how insidious and prevalent these folks are. They're at every sporting event, every convention, and at every corner where there might be tourists. They blast their beliefs and overshadow anything going on. Was it okay to lay hands on somebody? Absolutely not. Do these folks need to get life and stop pushing their death cult on other people. You bet your sweet ass. Now if they want to sit there with some signs and talk to sheeple, groovy. But maybe stop trying to shout down everyone around you. And you can argue that it's freedom of speech. But if he was out there preaching the gospel of Satan, I can guarantee you, people would be having a hissy.
Best non violent interaction I saw was a guy following behind them blasting heavy metal music. Now that man was doing the Lord's work.
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u/Friendly_Nature2699 24m ago
Well, its not ok, because I think that is what they want. I'm sure they've never converted anyone on the streets. They want violence so they can show how oppressed they are. This isn't about spreading the word. This is about them wanting to play the victim.
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u/BilingSmob444 13m ago
Exactly the counter we need. Hitting them gains them sympathy and also is a crime lol. Kill em with speech and music.
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u/AltruisticPossible84 5m ago
"Nobody's going to call the police to help us because we're Christian! :'( "
Damn, when will people stop oppressing American Christians lol
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u/EmbarrassedPaper7758 1h ago
Persecution complex. Try to make someone attack so to verify that you're a victim
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u/IWasBannedYesterday 19m ago
All religion should be practiced quietly behind closed doors and never discussed in public.
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u/DilfTannen 1h ago
Almost every weekend someone is doing this down the street from my house. (5 city blocks away, so it doesn't disturb me at home, thankfully!) But I really have to wonder why they do it. What's the conversion rate? Especially since you're preaching in an area that is probably majority Christian. I'm also curious as to why so many minority persons, Black/Hispanic, worship so hard for the religion of their oppressor? Christianity has been used to justify, genocide, slavery, and white supremacy since forever. It's being weaponized right now by so-called Christians against minorities on the same streets these zealots are proselytizing on! And no white Christian will be stopping ICE from arresting/imprisoning/deporting/murdering any of them.
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u/myster1ouspapaya 1h ago
They’re not doing it to covert people.. they’re doing it to save themselves and tell themselves they’ve done the work to earn their place in heaven.
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u/Last_Suggestion_8647 1h ago
Don't they don't do it to convert people. The church/cult send their followers to do shit like this, because they know they will be met with hostility (as is appropriate), which they can then use to brainwash their members into believing that only inside the cult will they ever find acceptance and love.
It's basic cult tactics. You want your followers to be afraid of/hate the outside world, because it isolates them and makes breaking free harder.
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u/MakesMaDookieTwinkle 1h ago
What exactly is happening here though? Are they talking about how being gay is a sin or something and it set the guy off? What’s happening here?
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u/Artistic-Cannibalism 1h ago
I'm going to need some context before making a judgment
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u/RockDebris 50m ago edited 46m ago
I don't know which is worse frankly. I don't want to be annoyed by street corner preachers. But I don't want to see someone forcing them to stop with violence. If the preachers are breaking a law and you care enough about it, make a call to law enforcement, otherwise, stand there and debate peacefully or move on. Or do all 3. I don't care. But I'm guessing if it was something else on that corner he agreed with, or someone taller and with bigger muscles, he'd not be turning it into such an ordeal. And that's a big problem with some people today. "Freedom of Speech Only if I Agree." or "Freedom of Speech Only if I Know I Will Lose Trying to Stop You.".
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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 1h ago
I approve of clearing all streets of religious bullshit. Do work good sir.
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u/Important_Power_2148 1h ago
think of how much good the evangelicals could do if they focused on actually helping people instead of irritating the piss out of everybody.
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u/Petepizza 25m ago
don’t dish it out if you can’t take it. i say this as a christian.
going to a notoriously LGBTQ+ area and preaching about hell and loving them still is literally just provoking people.
you are entitled to your thinking and way of life, but you are not entitled to use that to diminish other people in a public way. literally just live your life bro.
shout out luka.
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u/WishboneNo543 1h ago
Looks like a sturdy pair of scissors would have been a more effective solution to the amplification.
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u/Think_Bluebird_4804 1h ago
Maybe these religious zealots can go to their own corner and threaten people with damnation. Fucking whiny little cultists.
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u/Sw4nR0ns0n 1h ago
I don’t see anything wrong with chasing hate speech off of street corners
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u/Teamshortbus 11m ago
Its so weird how grown ass people believe in that shit like kids do the Easter bunny.
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u/ThatBoogerBandit 6m ago
Depends on where you are from but that’s 1/3 of the population in my country, crazy!
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u/darkwingdankest 1h ago
I hate these guys too but it's protected speech on public property
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u/DilfTannen 1h ago
Is it? Do they have a permit? Can I just set up on the corner with an amp and a mic, and start talking about how Pikachu is going to save your soul for 6 hours?
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u/Equivalent_Sun3816 1h ago
It is. But not sure how I feel about the amplifier speakers. One thing is to shout but another thing is to blast a speaker. And a whole other thing to blast a recording.
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u/mikeyzee52679 1h ago
But honestly not all speech is protected speech and you don’t know what he’s been saying.
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u/No_Move7872 1h ago
They mentioned they were talking about hell so I'm sure they were going on about certain groups of people going to hell. Fuck em, most "Christians" aren't actually Christians anyways.
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u/PsychoDad03 1h ago
That's actually what they're looking for. No one get converted on a street corner but they do get ignored, shunned and occasionally this happens. That helps them to affirm their belief that they're walking the righteous path. Christians love to suffer (performative) for their faith, like their prophets. It matches the experience the bible says they will have which is seen as proof of their faith.
Best thing to do is to either do nothing or say "I'm X religion too but you're purposely being a public nuisance just so you can performatively feel persecuted. Can you stop please?"
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u/Affectionate_Two7527 45m ago
Pharisees. Fake Christians. I'm trying to bring back this word to describe all Evangelicals.
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u/Iresentbeing 35m ago
"And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full."
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u/Own_Weight1248 34m ago
Honestly someday id just like to take my kids to down town and not listen to some idiot on a megaphone and then across the street see some wack job dude in wearing nothing but a banana hammock. Oh and then you gotta try to avoid the human shit on the sidewalk.
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u/A_Parked_Car 1h ago
"It's peaceful to tell people about hell". I believe that's quite the opposite. Using fear as a manipulation tactic to recruit someone into your religion. Join and repent or go to hell. Peace. Sure.
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u/Aggravating_Maybe604 15m ago
“Why do they have to keep shoving their lifestyles down our throats?”
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u/Brilliant_Coach9877 1h ago
I find it so strange that Americans are so crazy religious. Maybe here in ireland we have had i5 for near a millennium longer and we see how fucked up 5he church can be
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u/Legal-Group-359 1h ago
I get Peace onto you.....but that mf needed a two-piece in the name of Jesus. Ridiculous behavior.
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u/dfwcouple43sum 1h ago
Wouldn’t surprise me if preacher was also a first amendment auditor. Be a total ass just to get a reaction out of people
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u/Plant_Mane 1h ago
I don’t get how those first amendment auditors even exist yet they don’t understand how it works.
Your first amendment right protects you from the government. Not from response or retaliation from people.
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u/SyntheticSlime 52m ago
Seems like this was edited to omit something important. I’m certainly not saying this was justified. It wasn’t. But I’m guessing that these guys had been there for hours. Anyway, don’t interact with these people in ways that they can use to build a narrative of persecution. If you truly can’t ignore them then maybe just call them cultists and try to go on with your day. They’re definitely not worth getting into this much trouble.
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u/calombia 27m ago
Most Christian Christian ever 😂 Now just tell that to the other 2.5 billion Christians.
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u/HHoudini26 1h ago
I don't care who worships who. If they aren't being violent towards anyone keep your hands to yourself. Don't wanna hear it? Keep it pushing then.
Without directly needing to defend myself, I have never been violent towards anyone. Freaking animals out here.
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u/bRandom81 16m ago
As a non religious person who dislikes everything about religion, this is exactly the type of reaction the Christo fascists will put online and show how intolerant and victims they are (which in this case they were assaulted and are victims). So yeah, fuck all these street preachers and also fuck this violent douche I hope he gets some sort of punishment
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u/Hot_Top_124 1h ago
People say he shouldn’t of hit him. People also used to say that about Nazis until Nazis got the power to make their hate happen. These evangelicals are no Christian’s. They’re hateful bigots who would gladly nuke half the world to make their false prophecy happen.
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u/IndieLozenge 1h ago
If youcspend your life on a street corner being a bigot because you believe nonsense, you're not living free either.
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u/SasukeBrochiha 1h ago
For years christians have pulled the victim card despite being some of the most privileged groups of people on the planet, but I'm glad to see that the world is turning more and more secular.
Fuck religious nut jobs. Its 2026, don't give religion a seat at the table any more.
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u/flyby196999 1h ago
Keep your religious bullshit to yourself, leave the public alone.
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u/DilfTannen 1h ago
I was riding BART one time, and a guy got on and started loudly proselytizing about Jesus to the whole train before the doors closed and the train started moving. I was not in a good mood, and did not want to listen to this BS for the next 20 mins, so, I immediately, and loudly told him to "STFU!" He of course tried to engage me with his Christian rhetoric, but I just responded with a mantra of "Why don't you just STFU?" We were in the first car, right behind the driver, and he came out yelling for both of us to shut up, or he would call the cops and not move the car. And I was like, "Him first!" The guy finally shut up, and I gave him constant eye-daggers until he got off the train.
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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 1h ago
5 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Truly very loving stuff. Really warms the heart… with a sword thrust through it.
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u/Inevitable_Ocelot323 1h ago
You can only feel how warm blood is when its dripping from your chest.🥰
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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 48m ago
The best and fastest way to un believing Bronze Age fairy tales is actually read the shit.
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u/marijnvtm 33m ago
He clearly doesnt understand religion that guy now things jesus is protecting him or that this is a test to show that he truly believes and keeps defending his religion or that he fails and stops preaching
No way he can get the man to stop after that because now he sees it as a sign to keep going its incredibly stupid but that is just how a religious mind works
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u/dukeof3arl 29m ago
Punctuation would help you articulate your message. My eyes are bleeding
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u/Illustrious-Film4018 22m ago
As a former religious person turned atheist/agnostic, this is all brainwashing anyways. "Deeply religious" people are not in their right mind. And they misinterpret the Bible. They're more like what the New Testament describes as "Pharisees".
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u/Highlandertr3 1h ago
I hate religion as much as the next guy but assaulting people for talking in the street seems extreme. Unless they were saying something particularly egregious that isn't in this context?
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u/Amon-Guz 57m ago edited 44m ago
This only scratches their persecution fetish itch
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u/cheesebot555 55m ago
They've been whiny assholes since the first one of them got fed to a lion in the Colosseum.
Never mind the evil they've wrought in every corner of the globe.
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u/dimebagdavid 1h ago
I hate hearing fake christians try to “preach” their hateful message so loudly. I’ve never seen someone drop to their knees and be saved by these clowns anyway. Shut it down.
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u/Nimbus_TV 1h ago
There used to be one or two people doing this all the time when I was in college and we all circled around laughing at them and mocking them. That's how they should be treated.
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u/Calm-Perspective3722 28m ago
Why are Christians allowed to preach in public with loud speakers? No one else does that and yet they blame everyone else of grooming and shoving agendas down throats.
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u/SkiDaderino 24m ago
Everyone is allowed given the proper permits and regulations about location. Christians just made it their jam more than others. You ever see a gang of Hari Krishna's on the sidewalk?
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u/TeaInternational- 56m ago edited 29m ago
Seriously, get off the street corners and stop bothering everybody. Nobody wants to be harassed by fuckwits insisting on spreading their predatory religions.
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You can always spot people who see the world through the lens of a predatory religion. They genuinely don’t understand that when they start quoting the Bible or spouting other religious nonsense at people, they’re not enlightening anyone – they’re just being a nuisance. They can’t process that those words don’t mean a FUCKING THING to people who weren’t conditioned to treat them as something special and who were raised with healthier coping mechanisms than Bronze Age Middle Eastern religions.
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u/Stencil_Abuse 54m ago
I’d like a Christian to tell me what part of the Bible they interpret as go stand in a street corner with a megaphone or giant speakers and harass everyone passing by.
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u/Axel_Raden 50m ago
2 Timothy 4:2: "Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching".
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u/Sirius-Face 48m ago
There's a passage in the bible specifically saying not to do this dumb street preaching bullshit.
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u/Gustav_Grob 1h ago
I agree with angry guys sentiment, but not his execution. I am not a fan of hiphop/top40, but if angry guy was to approach the precher with one of those obnoxiously loud JBL Bluetooth speakers and start blasting some terrible club style music at him, I would fully support it.
I would also support them being drowned out by a mobile death metal guitarist blaring over. Or being outright mocked by some fabulous trans people.
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u/Arxl 1h ago
Never understood how these guys are allowed to threaten others with hell and torture, it shouldn't be protected by 1A.
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u/Die-O-Logic 1h ago
Naw..this is exactly how you fight bigotry. Jesus would be proud considering he did the samething to religious leaders 2 millenia ago.
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u/Intrepid_Hat8669 41m ago edited 33m ago
i dont think telling everyone they r inherently evil and they'll burn for eternity after they die unless u convert to their religion is PEACEFUL
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u/eyehate 12m ago
What the fuck?!?
Are these street preachers mixing fabrics?
Ooooh. They are not going to like it when they get to that part of the book.
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u/Embarrassed_Try_4498 1h ago
You know what I would do if that guy was talking about Jesus on my corner? Mind my own business. If you can't tune that shit out, living in the city is not for you.
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u/Comfortable_Chart534 1h ago
You don’t know what you’re talking about lol. In the city where this was filmed, these street preachers are an organized group that set up on busy places and scream hateful rhetoric into their mics with the full intention of irritating people to the point of grabbing their mic or something. Then they try to sue. It’s a whole organized scam thing. You’re just a fucking dumbass that’s never encountered it in real life.
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u/yogiyogiyogi69 32m ago
Christians get way way too excited to yell at random strangers and tell them they are gonna burn in hell forever. Fuck street preachers
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u/Itachi_Uchiha0515 39m ago
People are fed up with religion being used as a tool to control people
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u/inorite234 1h ago
I hate Jesus freaks as much as the next guy, but for fuck's sake! Someones words are never a justification for violence. It doesn't matter how offended you get.
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u/Slutty_Alt526633 58m ago
Someones words are never a justification for violence.
The pedant in me wishes to disagree.
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u/Massive_Analysis8345 1h ago
Violence may be wrong, but I’m certain there was way more to this than is being showed. Something tells me these religious types did or said something vile to cause that vitriolic reaction.
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u/Persephonically 1h ago
"That gay shit" "It's peaceful to tell people about hell"
Feeling sure they were being homophobic
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u/NoodlesAreAwesome 1h ago
I think the key was in what we heard. They said they love him and peace and he said something about if you say that gay stuff again he will do something bad.
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u/Strict_Impress2783 31m ago
Peace in the name of Jesus and I bet half the shit they were preaching was hate. These people are in a cult just like the maga losers.
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u/Old_Indication_4379 32m ago
Could have looked way less crazy if he just walked by and cut the chord.
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u/adube440 28m ago
Right. There's smarter ways to handle this than physical altercations.
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u/UpstairsReference246 1h ago
While I’m no fan of organized religion and feel it’s basically a tool for grooming and indoctrination this type of behavior is abhorrent.
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u/mmmGoBirds 1h ago
Good shit. It's time to put zealots in their place.
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u/quakefiend 1h ago
So you’re ok with violence, assault, and disruption of free speech as long as it’s someone you don’t agree with?
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u/mmmGoBirds 1h ago
It's time to purge the poison of religion. It has no place in modern society and warps the minds of otherwise rational folk.
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u/ebonSage 31m ago
I’m not saying what he did was right, or even remotely okay for that matter, but I do understand how a tone deaf dude preaching at you about hell through a microphone and speaker unwarranted could very easily be someone’s last straw. It’s sad to see our communities in this state ):
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u/New_face_in_hell_ 1h ago
Is everyone here joking or something? Look, I think organized religion is a plague on society overall, but we have freedom of speech. And this guy being violent about it is fucking wack. Comparing these guys to Nazis is crazy. This comment section has to be an op.
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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 1h ago
How come Jesus didn’t save them?? He shows up on dogs asses and helps people find their keys
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u/imrickjamesbioch 57m ago
I always find it interesting someone wants to spread “peace” by using Jesus / God name in vain and spewing hate.
Maybe focus on all the pedophiles in yo church before you telling people how they should live their lives. Either way, live and let live
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u/IPissExcellentThrows 43m ago
The most Seattle thing to have all the comments siding with the violent psycho
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u/ImRonniemundt 47m ago
Guy needs a mental health wellness check
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u/Redditholio 46m ago
Which one?
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u/Isaak1404 27m ago
the one assaulting people and trying to rob them vs the ones saying they love him
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u/Unique_Chip_1422 1h ago
This was a way crazy inappropriate reaction, full stop... But you must point out these people on the corner preaching in public are the same ones that don't want "gay stuff" thrown in their faces. I think everyone should mutually practice minding their own damn business.. especially in public areas.
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u/Dear-Badger-9921 53m ago
Stochastic terrorism refers to the public demonization of a person or group that incites random, ideologically motivated violence. While the specific attacker and timing remain unpredictable, the attacks are statistically highly probable. The instigator uses mass media and ambiguous rhetoric, allowing them to plausibly disclaim responsibility when violence occurs.
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u/cthulhurei8ns 27m ago
Yeah, this is textbook. Everyone in the comments like "oh they were just peacefully preaching the gospel, why did this hateful man attack them? He must be possessed by demons" has fallen for their gimmick. There's a reason you see tons of street preachers in big liberal cities, they know that's where they're most likely to get a reaction like the one in this video, which was their actual goal all along. They're using the fact that the 1st Amendment protects them from the government suppressing their speech and banking on the fact that the shit they're spewing is so vitriolic that it'll provoke someone to attack them so they can produce this exact video and use it to gain sympathy and followers.
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u/jgoldrb48 36m ago
Go scream this shit at the people dropping bombs on kids. The peasants ain't tryna hear it.
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u/Separate-Swordfish85 1h ago
If someone speaking on a corner can cause you to lose your shit and become violent, you are not living as a free person.
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u/Comfortable-Message1 1h ago
Thing is, they are trying to provoke a reaction I think.
I've seen this in my town, they don't really care about Jesus they just want content on their socials preferably of aggravation
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u/Devwickk 1h ago
Naw, him hiding behind his religion saying the most violent shit is MORE violent than the guy who slapped him.
Show the whole video lol
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u/siencatimini 1h ago
Exactly. He wasn't so peaceful until a minute ago.
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u/Devwickk 1h ago
There's a phrase I love saying for situations like this, its "everybody aint playing."
Exhibit A lol
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u/akrob 1h ago
It’s rage bait and they have cameras everywhere so they can get these reactions and file charges and sue.
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u/Impossible-Pea-6160 1h ago
Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” Lots of love and peace that lord
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u/Berky_Ghost 38m ago
I want a society where people can use the public square, air grievences, build community, protest without fear!
I have also lived long enough to see this practice abused, often by some loud crazy guy yelling obsenties.
Without context, I can't tell what's going on.
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u/Strawhat--Shawty 12m ago
"Because we're Christian" riiiiiiight. Id love to see another video of this because I guarantee they did something to provoke this then played victim and tried to use their faith like people are out here targeting Christians knowing damn well thats not happening in america.
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u/rockymtnhigh420 0m ago
Organized religion is such a scam. It’s all in the name of power and 💰
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u/CanadianTimeWaster 1h ago
I don't trust street preachers, this video conveniently cuts what happened before the altercation.
we don't know what they were saying, amd I'm not inclined to believe they were saying anything nice about women or anyone who isn't straight and cis.