‘Surge City’

Re “Why so mad, Huntington Beach?” column, Nov. 24

I’m thankful every time I read a piece in The Times by columnist Gustavo Arellano. He accurately describes the conservative Huntington Beach protesters as angry.

Consider that since the late 1990s, this population has been influenced by right-wing media, which have deployed a laser-focused message: The left is dangerous, lazy (we’re apparently all on welfare), violent, amoral and unpatriotic. Leftist politicians are all Venezuela-like socialists.

With regard to COVID-19, in right-wing news Gov. Gavin Newsom is not responding to a pandemic; he is slashing the Constitution to ribbons. He is not trying to control infection and mortality rates; he has his mighty boot on the necks of their freedoms.

They are misinformed. They are triggered by outrageous propaganda. And yes, they are angry. Bethia Sheean-Wallace

Fullerton

Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times AS COVID-19 cases hit new highs nationally, protesters gathered in Huntington Beach on Nov. 21.