how many free thinkers are here?

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Oh come on! 9/11 conspiracy? Hardly likely.

let me give you my interpretation of a free thinker
1. Does not follow organized religion Some do, religion is a moral choice. What's not free thought is being abusive and intolerant about religion or religious issues from either party.
2. Does not blindly agree with the party line (liberal or conservative), but actually questions everything logically from both sides. In other words, no liberals or conservatives, or any political orientation. You don't follow PEOPLE, you follow LOGIC. People can side with such political parties, and influence them. Logical thought according to ones' views is free thought, though.
3. Does not blindly follow social norms, and questions even the most unanimously held beliefs among our society according to decency and morality. Hmm, such as not killing someone?
4. Does not let blind emotions get in the way of making rational, unbiased decisions. Logic is your referee between emotions and calling things straight down the middle (including straight down the middle for heterosexual white males, which isn't "politically correct", but also for all others of any race, gender, creed, sexual orientation, nationality, political orientation, etc).
Emotions are human, and are not to be ignored in the long run. It's what makes people human beings, to a certain extent. They must not get in the way when things really need to be done, however, and feeling for subhuman criminals is wrong.
I'm looking for REAL free thinkers, people who don't label themselves ideologically as anything. People with the ability to question and analyze anything and everything to the bare essentials (common since). I am curious how many on here fall into this category right now.