Kirk Cameron criticized the ‘Gestapo mask’ for criticizing his two protests singing without a mask in California.
The 50-year-old actor organized a second potential overspread event on Tuesday outside a coronavirus testing center in Thousand Oaks, California.
About 100 unmasked singers gathered after the Growing Pains star posted on social media: ‘Let your voice be heard in this peaceful protest of praise to the Prince of Peace.’
After that protest, several people accessed Twitter calling Cameron a “growing pain”.
During an interview with Newsmax on Wednesday, he addressed these critics with a joke, saying, ‘You know, we’ve all heard about it and it’s a big rage, but ever since we started these peaceful Christmas protests, I’ve been affectionately dubbing it the singer unmasked and unleashed an entirely different kind of anger. ‘
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Kirk Cameron (during an interview on Wednesday) criticized the ‘Gestapo mask’ for criticizing his two protests singing without a mask in California
Cameron was asked how he reacts to people saying he is ‘helping to spread the disease’. He responded by saying, ‘I am not the policeman in the mask. This is America. We shouldn’t have a Gestapo mask and remote monitoring going on ‘
Cameron was criticized as a ‘growing pain’ on Twitter after the actor organized another unmasked Christmas music protest in California on Tuesday
Cameron was then asked how he reacts to people saying that he is ‘helping to spread the disease’ and ‘making things worse’.
“I’m not the policeman in the mask,” he told Newsmax. ‘This is America. We shouldn’t have a Gestapo mask and remote monitoring happening when people are adults, they are not babies. ‘
The Los Angeles native, who is best known for his portrayal of Mike Seaver on the ABC Growing Pains sitcom from 1985 to 1992, was criticized on social media for his singing protests last week.
‘Kirk Cameron ended up being a’ Growing Pain ‘. smh ‘, wrote a Twitter user.
Another Twitter user noticed that Cameron went from Growing Pains to ‘Breathing Pains’.
And Bette Midler tweeted: ‘#KirkCameron has been organizing unmasked Christmas carols in protest of COVID’s mandates. In SOUTH CALIFORNIA, where there is 0% of the ICU capacity. God, if you’re really there, come and get your son. He’s sticking his finger in your eye! ‘
Twitter response: Twitter users criticized Cameron and called him ‘growing pain’
Thumb up: ‘#KirkCameron What better way to celebrate the birth of Jesus than to send people to meet him’, said a post referencing the evangelical Christian along with an animated graphic of a smiling nun giving a thumbs up
Cameron, an evangelical Christian, was also criticized on Twitter for hosting the meeting, while coronavirus cases were increasing across the state.
‘#KirkCameron What better way to celebrate the birth of Jesus than by sending people to find him,’ said a post along with an animated graphic of a smiling nun giving a thumbs up.
The carol protest was held outdoors in a parking lot at The Oaks mall.
Oaks Mall posted a statement on social media on Tuesday saying the event was not authorized by the mall.
‘We do not tolerate this irresponsible – although constitutionally protected – planned peaceful protest event. We share your concern and notify the sheriff’s office. In addition, we contacted the event planner to ask them not to use The Oaks as their meeting place, ‘the statement said.
Cameron wore a Santa Claus beard during the maskless Christmas carols protest
Carolers sang Joy To The World without masks amid rising coronavirus cases in California
On Wednesday night, Cameron told Tucker Carlson that ‘the blockages are doing a lot more damage than the viruses themselves. There is immunity in the community ‘.
“We are not afraid of a virus that has a survival rate above 99%,” he added.
He said more than a thousand people attended the events.
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer was questioned on Wednesday about Cameron’s Christmas event, with unmasked singers ignoring the social detachment in Ventura County, where cases of COVID-19 have increased.
– I’m speechless right now. It is very irresponsible, very dangerous and unnecessary. We are in the middle of a pandemic, ‘said Ferrer according to Deadline.
Cameron earlier this month joined Sing It Louder USA to host Sunday demonstrations expressing his frustration that California Governor Gavin Newsom had banned mass meetings, like Christmas carols, during the holiday season.
California imposed a new regional order for stay at home earlier this month that is based on the capacity of the ICU and the levels of closed or restricted capacity for a large number of companies.