On the other hand, while they seek a monolithic thought control, to dictate values, they remind me more of harridans cackling or gobbling while the teen aged daughters of wealthy landowners are having their heads cut off, than they suggest those actually able to organize the slaughter. I think I have actually seen that comparison somewhere in some Historical writings... Now I remember. Some Fellow had published a book of mathematics (in the 1850s) in which he makes this very point about the Puritan Harridans imposing their will on others.
Now I wonder if I still have that tab open somewhere? Hmmm....
Speaking of the Puritans--and their fanatical approach to social & political issues. Are you familiar with Bancroft's description of their laws against preaching the Quaker religion in the 1650s? I am not sure what the penalty was for a first offense--perhaps being confined in the stocks for a day. But the third offense--assuming any Quaker dared same--was a red hot poker through the offender's tongue.
I doubt if even the closed minds at Google would propose that. But maybe I am giving them more credit for compassion than they merit.