I hate people that call themselves "free thinkers." They're nothing but grifters pushing a pyramid scheme. There's nothing free about it. Hooking up with a free thinker will cost you big-time in the long run.
what makes you associate free thinking with pyramid schemes?
Every person who's aever told me to be more of a free thinker has tried to rope me into a pyramid scheme.
I get that the interaction you've had with "free thinkers" has been negative but I'm sure they all aren't like that. Lumping them all together is a mindset you should try to avoid. At some point I'm sure you're just going to miss out on talking to someone you might really like just because of your close minded thinking.
I just don't want to get taken to the cleaners in pyramid scheme.
You're right to be wary of pyramid schemes, but the expression "free thinker" has been around a lot longer than Amway and Mary Kay. The schemers used the word to imbue their self-serving grift with the the patina of legitimacy.