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Probably starting with Puritan (proper noun, religious sect) witch hunts.

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  In 1627 they got on Thomas Morten's case for a whole bunch of nothing that basically amounted to being too friendly with the natives. There's a reason "puritanical" has a derogatory connotation. I'm gonna stop short of calling them the Christian Taliban but only because the Taliban haven't yet gotten onboard with female literacy. It suffices to say that there were good reasons the Puritans were unwelcome in Europe. Rhode Island basically popped up overnight because there were just that many people that wanted out and were willing to throw in their lot with the first guy to flip everyone the bird on his way out. These weren't good people. The OG Pilgrims were a tiny bit better but not much. The early history of New England is a good read. Amazing how quickly the cultural differences between the various regions developed and how little things have changed since. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(colonist)#Mount_Wollaston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(colonist)#Mount...