I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks this is "oppression" clearly has no idea what that really means, and those Christians who experience real oppression (think China and similar places) would probably roll their eyes at you.
When they do the exact same thing to the restaurants, and they are, are the restaurants being oppressed? When they don't allow the hair dressers to open for business, and they are, are they oppressing hair dressers? When they break up a house party of young people, and they are, are they oppressing youth? When they prevent people from crossing borders or taking flights, are they oppressing travelers?
Sure, it's not always fair. Costco and Walmart here are chock full of people. They may be wearing masks but they sure aren't staying 6 feet apart. But they are allowed to operate. And sure, a church or restaurant or hair dresser etc. may be able to pull off the masking and distancing to a better degree and may technically be safer than a Big Store, but don't kid yourself that anyone is targeting churches specifically, or that anyone is using the pandemic as an excuse to deliberately harm religion or small business. I would guess those that do believe this are of the same ilk as those who think the pandemic is a hoax, vaccines are bad, the earth is flat, and the moon landing was faked.
And calling the officers who are tasked with breaking up these meetings "gestapo", "Nazi", and so on is highly offensive, especially to people who have had to deal with the real thing.
I'd like to get back to regular in-person church services as soon as anyone, but I'm not going to defy *temporary* restrictions that are legal, meant to help stop the spread of a deadly pandemic, and based on sound scientific reasoning to do so.
Real oppression would be trying to *permanently* shut down churches *specifically*, arresting people who practice Christianity (or worse), etc. I hope you never have to experience real oppression, and I'm thankful I never have either.
