Despite the testimony, persecution against Quakers and other dissenters continued. The three dissenters were conservative Republicans. Many Puritans were unwilling to conform and became dissenters. VVAW changed its emphasis to include advocating amnesty for draft resisters and dissenters. The Marian Persecutions of Protestants and dissenters took place at this time. He believes that the attacks were a pretext to repress dissenters. Carlist dissenters, temporarily silenced, started to make themselves heard again. He also advocated tolerance towards the dissenters. Charles reacted to the plot by increasing repression of Whigs and dissenters. In the same year, hostility towards Dissenters increased. The first test of Lincoln's thesis for silencing dissenters occurred in the spring of 1863. Cowdery and the dissenters fled the county. Andropov's proposal to use psychiatry for struggle against dissenters was adopted and implemented. In Britain the movement was driven by dissenters and public health concerns. However, there are some dissenters from this theory.