A recent poll conducted on Gen Z revealed that Puritanism is once again “in” and “hip with the kids.” Analysts report that an unprecedented 70% of online respondents want to “go back to pre-Reformation times.”
“We need to bring witch hunts out of the online sphere and back into the public,” said survey participant Michelle Brookes. “I just think that everyone’s morals need to align exactly to my own!
“I think that calling it a black-and-white mentality is insulting to those with colorblindness!” Brookes continued. When asked if this statement came from the colorblind community, Brookes replied, “Well, if they don’t agree with me then they just don’t know what’s good for them! Luckily I’m around to save them from themselves!”
The “Neo-Puritan” movement has spread from online discourse to local communities, with people calling for book banning and threatening librarians and teachers for carrying or mentioning any books with a villain in it. “Having an author write about bad behavior, even if it’s from the ‘antagonist,’ is condoning and encouraging that ideology,” said Brookes, during an anti-literacy protest. When asked about using context, nuance, and reading comprehension skills, the protestors exclaimed that it “wasn’t fair to make them have to think critically” as it was “too hard.”
