r/SealBeach

I was thinking of doing a little bar hopping at some of the bars on Main St but saw another post about a MAGA store antagonizing people. Now I'm wondering if I should rethink my plans. I have a very mixed group of friends and don't want anyone feeling uncomfortable.

There is a store on Main Street called Beachin’. It’s labeled as a surf shop but the appeal has absolutely nothing to do with surfing but everything to do with their parasocial relationship with Donald Trump. But it’s not even the MAGA merch that I take issue with. It’s the fact that the store owners are clearly looking for trouble with others. They have a camera planted in their store window to record the reactions of people who are disgusted without their consent and then they post these reactions on their Instagram with commentary from the shop owner (who looks like he peaked in high school) so that the store followers can bully these people (Thankfully when I passed the store, I was wise enough to not give them what they wanted, I was like “these guys definitely love the smell of their own farts”). This is deadass bullying, I really don’t know what else to call it. How can a store on MAIN STREET pride itself on bullying and have a huge chunk of the city’s population lick their boots (those followers are just as bad for encouraging this)? Seriously, am I alone in my outrage? Again, it’s not just the MAGA merch I have issue with. It’s recording people without their consent and subjecting them to social media bullying

Make it make sense, Seal Beach