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northoftheborder

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3. Free Thinkers in Texas

Reply to beam me up scottie (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 10:08 AM

Sep 2017

Several small towns in central Texas were founded by "free thinkers", even have statues commemorating this history. Now of course, they are mostly all Republicans.

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Freethought of the Day: James Fenimore Cooper [View all] beam me up scottie Sep 2017 OP

Thank you, scottie saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #1

That's understandable but in this context it's quite liberal. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #2

Rand was not a free thinker. In fact and practice Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #4

A bit late scottie saidsimplesimon Sep 2017 #6

Free Thinkers in Texas northoftheborder Sep 2017 #3

They have forgotten the faces of their fathers. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #5

Leatherstocking Tales are SOOOOOOO good. Cuthbert Allgood Sep 2017 #7