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[โ€“] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a little complicated actually because it describes both a specific movement and a general moral-police trend, in the way Luddite has two meanings. Skimming the wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puritans should cover the major points but the short version is they believed the government should enforce Proper Christian behavior and they hated Catholics (and most other Christians). Also they banned Christmas.

[โ€“] silica@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for your patience and help, in teaching me something new. :)