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[-] joneskind@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago

Can’t wait to see North Americans come back to Europe to runaway from religious persecution.

Welcome to the Old World my friends !

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 3 years ago

Sorry, we all were educated by the American school system and thus have no useful skills or knowledge Europeans need.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago

Also we're not quite sure where it is.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 3 years ago

Find the nearest pond. I hear it's across it.

[-] Igloojoe@lemm.ee 3 points 3 years ago
[-] IlliteratiDomine@infosec.pub 2 points 3 years ago

And boy are my arms tired.

[-] Tarte@kbin.social 33 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

What you imply is a common misconception. Puritans did not flee to America in the early modern period because they were religiously persecuted. They fled to America because they were not allowed to religiously persecute others anymore. They were scolded because of their religious intolerance not because of their religion per se.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 3 years ago
[-] Tarte@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

I was way too unspecific and have corrected my comment. Thank you for pointing it out.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago

Depends on if you mean Puritans in Massachusetts, or Quakers in Pennsylvania.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Puritans in Massachusetts are the reason Rhode Island exists and maintained indepedence when lots of early small colonies got absorbed into what became the other New England states. Roger Williams was like: fuck these guys, they said they wanted freedom of religion and I believed them. So after he obtained the land, he went back to the king to ratify the transfer which lead to borders that weren't easily dissolved.

[-] Tarte@kbin.social 1 points 3 years ago

I was way too unspecific and have corrected my comment. Thank you for pointing it out.

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Either you phrased that badly, or people are truly ignorant of history lmao

[-] Tarte@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago

Probably both.

[-] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

I'll take the second one

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