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Ping Tung

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15. "I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever

Reply to Autumn (Reply #2)

Sun May 25, 2025, 02:29 PM

May 2025

"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all." Thomas Jefferson

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Have you ever been accused of not being a REAL Democrat? [View all] Ping Tung May 2025 OP

Reminiscent of being in Temple and no_hypocrisy May 2025 #1

That's Evangelical bread and butter too Ponietz May 2025 #4

Yes i have. Frequently. Been called a Bernie bro more often than not. Autumn May 2025 #2

I would write letters to the editor in my local red neck newspaper gab13by13 May 2025 #5

"I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever Ping Tung May 2025 #15

He was a smart man for his time. Autumn May 2025 #16

No. sakabatou May 2025 #3

Recommended. H2O Man May 2025 #6

Strict conformity is the required end for the purists. Ping Tung May 2025 #12

Funny Clouds Passing May 2025 #19

Only on DU TnDem May 2025 #7

Same here. Go figure. Dave Bowman May 2025 #26

When I talked to friend/neighbor about Covid leaking from a lab womanofthehills May 2025 #8

I have seen people here called that simply for posting legit, mainstream news-sourced discussions on the same issue. Celerity May 2025 #17

How is being a real democrat defined? SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #9

I don't belong to an organized politiical party. I'm a Democrat. Will Rogers Ping Tung May 2025 #14

Gary Larson!!! 🤣❤ FakeNoose May 2025 #10

Yep PJMcK May 2025 #11

Happens all the time. Mosby May 2025 #13

I've been called a MIC-friendly anti-socialist centrist, anti-feminist by so-called radicals - haele May 2025 #18

No. Clouds Passing May 2025 #20

Differences sof opinions are what makes horse races. Mark Twain Ping Tung May 2025 #21

Please define what the HELL is a "REAL Democrat". republianmushroom May 2025 #22

That's the point. There is no such critter. Ping Tung May 2025 #24

The last person who said I was a troll is now herself FFR'd Kaleva May 2025 #23

Yes Raine May 2025 #25

I've been called a both Tree Hugging Marxist and a Coorporatist Democrat Chasstev365 May 2025 #27

Sure. I've been called all sorts of things here. MineralMan May 2025 #28