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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Dec 7, 2017, 08:09 PM Dec 2017

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And this whole time I thought the Puritans would be...

...the religious right in politics.

Silly me.

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And this whole time I thought the Puritans would be... (Original Post) SHRED Dec 2017 OP

Yup. LisaM Dec 2017 #1

No they just pretend to be Hayduke Bomgarte Dec 2017 #2

There are Puritans on both sides... regnaD kciN Dec 2017 #3

LisaM

(27,813 posts)

1. Yup.

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 08:11 PM

Dec 2017

These are strange times indeed.

Hayduke Bomgarte

(1,965 posts)

2. No they just pretend to be

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 08:16 PM

Dec 2017

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regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)

3. There are Puritans on both sides...

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Dec 7, 2017, 08:17 PM

Dec 2017

...and each is empowered by the success of the other, because each then feels they have to exceed the other in righteous indignation.

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