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‘Speedrunning’ Scientology Centers is as ugly as invading any place of worship

At a moment of rising intolerance against religious minorities, the new social media trend of “speedrunning” through Scientology churches is an ugly and cheap opening for broader hate.

It’s another misbegotten TikTok-level fad, as (mostly) kids storm a Scientology facility with a GoPro and see how far they can get before security nabs them.

What started in Los Angeles has spread and become a minor sensation.

One jokester assembled a group of dwarves to race through the LA........

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