To the Freethinker, faith and revelation are invalid and orthodoxy is no guarantee of truth. Freethinkers make up their own minds on issues. They can be of any political persuasion, and have widely differing views on a wide range of subjects. Freethinkers do not blindly follow the beliefs of anyone. Freethought groups are collections of independently thinking individuals who happen to agree on issues that are important to them.
Freethought groups are the opposite of religious cults.
Freethinkers do not subscribe to 'collective thinking'. Freethinkers are proud to be in control of their own thoughts. Freethought allows you to examine these ideas and come to your own conclusions. Freethought is respectable. Freethought is reasonable.