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Ping Tung

(4,141 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 12:32 PM Jun 2025

True?

The MAGAs don't have to worry about this conundrum. They think that "open minds" indicate weakness.

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.” Thomas Paine


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True? (Original Post) Ping Tung Jun 2025 OP
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Thomas Paine had a significant influence anciano Jun 2025 #2

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anciano

(2,193 posts)
2. Thomas Paine had a significant influence
Sun Jun 1, 2025, 12:52 PM
Jun 2025

in his historical era. His treatise "The Age of Reason" is one of my favorite books.

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