Anti-Catholicism has always been the pornography of the Puritan.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Anti-Catholic sentiment in Puritan culture served as a substitute for repressed desires.
- In plain terms
- Puritans hated Catholics to vent feelings they hid.
- What can you take from it?
- Hatred often hides deeper suppressed feelings.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What hidden motives drive public hatred?
Another view
The comparison to pornography is provocative and subjective.
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