You recall wrong, the ‘church goers’ were portrayed as redneck racist bigots, but then that is probably what liberals think Conservatives are.
that’s right, perhaps you phrased it better than i could lol. in any case it was odd to me that they were in effect condemned to death by the hero in effect for being “bigoted” in an overgeneralized way and being induced to violence by the villain without their knowledge or consent.
Funny how the scene only became “vile and horrific” once THEY were the victims instead of a church full of white people.