Comments on: The Thomas Paine Affair

By: Ted Gonder

Ted Gonder — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:25:27 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:24:32 +0000

You are right, Leslie. It was supposed to read William Blake and William Godwin. Thomas Hardy was part of another paragraph including later thinkers who were influenced by Paine, including Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison. My mistake. Thanks for pointing it out

By: Leslie Friedrich

Leslie Friedrich — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:52:10 +0000

William Blake and Thomas Hardy–the author of Far from the Madding Crowd–were not contemporaries. Thomas Hardy wasn’t born until 1840.

By: AuthorOfDust

AuthorOfDust — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:48 +0000

I used to think that if you wanted to be a Christian, fine, go at it, leave us in peace. No longer! It is un-acceptable to allow fraud portrayed as conscience to linger as anything more than the despicable hatred that it is.

Christians (All) spread their brand to embilish their pockets. Look around, how many churches are there? How many luxury jets have been purchased? How many innocent lives have been bought by the ‘hope’ of a God that stands in their corner?

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:42:47 +0000

Wonderful! I have to say I always sensed Paine to be a great person but only knew him from college professors and quotes. I am definitely going to educate myself more deeply on this man’s life and ideas. Thanks again! Wonderful article!!

By: freethinker

freethinker — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:53:28 +0000

I’ve read hundreds of biographies…actors, military leaders, authors, politicians…and you always find something that turns you off…Jefferson slept with a slave, Franklin was a lousy husband, Washington was a gutless egoist, etcetera…And I’m not being judgmental, I ain’t no saint myself. But Paine was on a different level…
And if Beck thinks he’s gonna hijack my hero’s name….

By: Bronkko

Bronkko — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:47:38 +0000

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By: Ray McIntyre

Ray McIntyre — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:20:28 +0000

Thomas Paine, the thinking person’s thinker!

By: InMyMind

InMyMind — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:04:53 +0000

All the more sad and disgusting that Glenn Beck has appropriated Paine as a symbol of the Tea Party.

By: Chris Love

Chris Love — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:27:51 +0000

I get the feeling that, while Mr. Paine didn’t always drink beer, when he did… he preferred Dos Equis.