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It was amusing to see the American Revolution’s often-forgotten founder, Thomas Paine, transformed in recent years by the Tea Party movement as a right-wing icon. This likely had to do with his role in the American Revolution, and his plain-speaking prose aiming at ordinary folks, extolling their common sense. Paine’s radical aspect has been hastily appropriated by people inclined to cry “tyranny” when a governing officer enacts any policy they …

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