• CoolYori [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    These types of events in Utah are used to exclude non-mormon kids and make them feel like outsiders. Its the norm to do this and is used as a mechanism for recruitment to make people feel like they belong to a "community."

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yep, while trunk or treat has gone a bit mainstream I'm pretty sure it started in religious conservative communities who thought celebrating Halloween was satanic.

      • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Mother fuckers going on about some fake ass 'War on Christmas' for decades to distract us from the real War on Halloween they themselves were waging