Free thinker: What does it mean to you?

My mother, an aging hippy, calls me a free thinker. The freest thinker she has ever known by her recollection. A moniker her aging Vietnam Vet husband, and my stepfather, agrees with in total.

In fact, he summarized me as being the only man he ever knew that confound my drill instructor grandfather (biological) to the point of bring him to tears of laughter.

I believe in God, but shun religion. I embrace racial difference, but am by no means a multicultural dogmatist. I believe our government to be too powerful and out of control, but by no means wish to see it violently overthrown.

I support the Second Amendment wholeheartedly, but am concerned for the environment.

I support free trade, but admonish the little expounded thoughts of Adam Smith, that little guy needs protection, and that a safety net for the poor and indigent is necessary.

I seek facts and truth, but love a good yarn. I know that half of our conspiracies here are utter tripe and that ten percent are terrifyingly real.

Am I free thinker? I don't know about that. The only thing I am sure of is that, I am.




Last Edited by Mad Scientist (aka AmJedi) on 02/26/2012 03:02 PM