He was a freethinker, at a time when the American Republic allowed freedom of thought. (Witness the popularity of Walt Whitman, who the Gays have curiously bypassed as an early prophet.) The flame of the First Amendment burned bright in the hearts of the people. Now when the disinformational and misgovernance elites shamelessly exploit young people’s innocence, they encourage the young to despise the ideals that made the American Revolution the light that would take us through the age of the Reign of Terror, into a new era in which there could be loyalty to God, family and country.
It would be important to add to your comments, that Henry George was one of the first major topics of indoctrination among college students by professors with ill intent.
The idea of ‘freedom of thought’ is somewhat misused in your context as typed.
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3374248/posts