Isn't what Hoffer says as true of the Norwegian monster as the craziest of Republicans?
Though there are obvious differences between the fanatical Christian, the fanatical Mohammedan, the fanatical nationalists, the fanatical Communist and the fanatical Nazi, it is yet true that the fanaticism which animates them may be viewed and treated as one… However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing," - Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements."
