[Antoninus]

You are perpetuating the moral equivalence lie that the mainstream media and the left have been pushing ever since 9/11.

No, as a Catholic, I chose my words very precisely.

The Puritans were heroic and we owe them an enormous debt.

Some no doubt were. But you will admit that there was a sub-set of them who were every bit as willing to persecute breaches of scrupulosity as modern Muslims.

[achilles2000]

The Puritans, as a whole, were heroic, and we owe them an enormous debt; not merely “some.” As for choosing words carefully, I would suggest that “persecuting breaches of scrupulousity” consists of words carefully chosen to obfuscate.

[1000 silverlings]

one word— Inquisition