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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·5 天前Brexit was just the first step for the Puritans to show their countrymen the light. With no escape acceptance is inevitable.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 天前Yeah, and the Mayflower was full of Puritans who were too much even for the British …
minus-squareandyburke@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 天前True, but they got overwhelmed pretty quickly by all the other immigrants, willing and unwilling. The UK has seemingly just kept drifting into Puritanism. That and fascism, but who hasn’t been doing that lately? 🤷♂️
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 天前Labour’s roots are in Christian Socialism. Many of its founders were Methodists and other Dissenters. The party has always had a wide social-conservative, authoritarian streak.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 天前That “P” includes the mainstream Protestant groups, most of which are not fanatical idiots.
minus-squareMalica@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 天前They need to speak up more for reason among their peers then imo
Brexit was just the first step for the Puritans to show their countrymen the light. With no escape acceptance is inevitable.
Yeah, and the Mayflower was full of Puritans who were too much even for the British …
True, but they got overwhelmed pretty quickly by all the other immigrants, willing and unwilling.
The UK has seemingly just kept drifting into Puritanism. That and fascism, but who hasn’t been doing that lately? 🤷♂️
Labour’s roots are in Christian Socialism. Many of its founders were Methodists and other Dissenters. The party has always had a wide social-conservative, authoritarian streak.
We call them wasps now
That “P” includes the mainstream Protestant groups, most of which are not fanatical idiots.
They need to speak up more for reason among their peers then imo