Now religious extremists are claiming that the coronavirus pandemic started at a "gay conference"

[Behind the Aegis]

Religious extremists and their gullible followers have been circulating a fake video that they say shows “the last gay conference in Italy before the virus attack.”

The video is actually from a Brazilian carnival in 2018, years before the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic started.

The video shows a crowd of men tightly packed together. Most are shirtless and some are kissing.

“God has every right to be angry with humanity, this was the last gay conference in Italy before the virus attack,” one Facebook post read.

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Fucking ASSHOLES!

[In_The_Wind]

1. That's pure BS!

[TheBlackAdder]

16. They should know, they were the only ones in attendance. It was an Evangelical Pastor Convention.

[RGinNJ]

2. Of course they are.

[OhZone]

3. Oh, geez

And at the same time, are they calling it the Chinese Virus?

[gordianot]

4. Given the parishioners and ministers that have succumbed to this disease.

Maybe it started in some fundie Church. I seem to recall a religious sect that spread it from China into South Korea.

[gibraltar72]

5. Think a Floriduh police chief was suspended for telling his officers

that a fellow officer got covid 19 because he was doing gay things at a gay festival.

[sheshe2]

6. I will 2nd your comment, BtA.

Fucking ASSHOLES!

[Arkansas Granny]

7. You can count on every plague, natural disaster or mass shootings being

the fault of gays, abortion or taking God out of the schools.

It's way too predictable.

[Matthew28]

12. And transgender people

which are currently the main target of these idiots.

[Midnight Writer]

17. And feminists practicing witchcraft.

[Blue_true]

18. Yes. It is all built in with them. Facts be damned. nt

[Newest Reality]

8. That seems to be...

What they do. I would call it delusional thinking and it really has nothing to do with the cover of religion they use to excuse or justify it with. In this case, the delusion supports a prejudice that may actually be a projection of a personal fear and then it becomes a confirmation bias where they look for examples to "prove" that they are not delusional, but right.

I mean, there have been people with more severe delusions who were absolutely convinced they were real and true, as per those who sincerely claim to be Jesus Christ, etc. and they end up in psych wards on medication.

[malaise]

9. CPAC?

[gordianot]

10. Mar-a-Lago or the bed bugs in a Trump Hotel.

[malaise]

11. or all three

[Alacritous Crier]

13. Deplorable. -- nt

[ProfessorGAC]

14. They Just Get Dumber!

They posted on the INTERNET using pictures FROM THE INTERNET that could be found by anybody on THE INTERNET! And they thought it was clever.
This is monumentally stupid!

[dickthegrouch]

15. They had better make sure they don't catch it then

If they do, the gay community will know what traitors they are to us, their church community will know what evil people they were for catching it from us 🤣.

We can twist the perceptions against stupid people just as they can.

I’ll never understand how a supposedly benevolent god can create such stupidity and venom.

[roamer65]

19. Multiple hot spots were started by churches.

God is mad at them for being fake Christians.