[counterpunch]

Before you go, let me disabuse you of your entire false premise.
These so-called "free thinkers" on the left are not free thinkers at all. They all march in lockstep conformity on most if not all things, and are the least tolerant among us of dissenting opinions.

Try this little exercise at your "Freethinkers" group.
Proclaim "I believe Marxism is a bankrupt ideology," or "I think George W. Bush is a good President."

I know you won't, though, properly fearing the violent reaction you would receive.

[alwaysconservative]

I couldn't have said it better.