The Mind of a Fundamentalist
CONFLICTED
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The Pursuit of Purity in OCD
If we examine the mind of someone who is attracted through good intentions to fundamentalist and radical ideologies, we will find that there is a pursuit of purity there. I think in modern psychological terms, this need for purity tracks with what's called OCD, an obsessive compulsive disorder. People with OCD or on the OCD spectrum, they definitely see the world in terms of purity and purity. They don't really like the dissonance of heterogeneity in any given situation.
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