text: Any fundamentalist--Right or Left, religious, political, interest, whatever--is distinguished by A) INORDINATE or B) SCRUPULOUS
  
  . Unquestioned and unquestioning submission to authority
  . Obsessive fear of punishment and other reprisal
  . Group-think
  . Homogenized activities
  . Strict hierarchy of bosses
  . Inside spies commissioned to report deviant behavior 
  . Absence of permitted dissent
  . Compliance codes
  . Shaming of others
  . Bullying
  . Disdain for the world outside of the organization
  . Banned books, movies, lectures, articles, etc.
  .  Frequent formal and public declarations of assent
  . Loss of conscience rights
  . Outright disdain for subtlety, ambiguity, or nuance
  . Moral superiority of gender, title, pedigree, credential, or rank
  . "We are Right; the rest are Wrong" claims of access to Truth
  . Brand lexicons, terms, and symbols unilaterally granted to only us
  . Erasing of trust in others
  . Prohibitions against internal debate
  . Literal rules on using passions and emotions to love.