The basics of Goofy American Sectarianism haven't changed in 400 years.
Remember, this all started with John Endecott ripping the St George's Cross off its white background and hanging four Quakers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ende…
Remember, this all started with John Endecott ripping the St George's Cross off its white background and hanging four Quakers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ende…
https://twitter.com/GarlandNixon/status/1505333894303920134
Endecott was a zealous and somewhat hotheaded Puritan, with Separatist attitudes toward the Anglican Church. This sometimes put him at odds with Nonconformist views that were dominant among the colony's early leaders, which became apparent when he gave shelter ...
to the vocally Separatist Roger Williams. Endecott also argued that women should dress modestly and that men should keep their hair short, and issued judicial decisions banishing individuals who held religious views that did not accord well with those of the Puritans.
He notoriously defaced the English flag because he saw St George's Cross as a symbol of the papacy, and had four Quakers put to death for returning to the colony after their banishment. An expedition he led in 1636 is considered the opening offensive in the Pequot War...
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