his father thought he is stupid vs his father thought he was stupid

Some examples from the web:

• Well his father thought he was wasting your life, so... persuaded... that, so say, entering the academy.
• His father thought that we'd brainwashed him or some such nonsense.
• My father thought he could protect his family too, Will.
• I don't think my father thought he'd outlive me.
• I thought he died with his father on that plane, but he didn't.
• As Michael set out to find his father, Gob thought he was doing the same.
• But he kept asking me questions about his father, and I thought he was old enough to know the truth.
• I thought he was with his father, that's what we thought.
• Well, I thought he'd had a sudden growth spurt, well, but, his father didn't, uh, buy into that for a minute.
• Your father thought he's slipping one by me too, right?
• You killed his father before him.
• You belonged to his father once.
• His father is a factory owner.
• Alex said Myshkin murdered his father.
• And Eamon needs his father back.
• Called once after his father died.
• Compelled by his father's dying confession...
• Tell Edward... his father screamed like a child.
• Especially seeing his father get beaten up.
• Michael returned home to confront his father.

Some examples from the web:

• Well his father thought he was wasting your life, so... persuaded... that, so say, entering the academy.
• His father thought that we'd brainwashed him or some such nonsense.
• My father thought he could protect his family too, Will.
• I don't think my father thought he'd outlive me.
• No, I thought he was stupid to have it on him.
• I thought he died with his father on that plane, but he didn't.
• As Michael set out to find his father, Gob thought he was doing the same.
• But he kept asking me questions about his father, and I thought he was old enough to know the truth.
• I thought he was with his father, that's what we thought.
• Well, I thought he'd had a sudden growth spurt, well, but, his father didn't, uh, buy into that for a minute.
• Your father thought he's slipping one by me too, right?
• You thought he was gonna be the only one who thought that was stupid?
• You thought he was gonna be the only one who thought that was stupid?
• Taking a bullet for me was stupid.
• What you did today was stupid.
• You said Leonard's experiment was stupid.
• You killed his father before him.
• You belonged to his father once.
• His father is a factory owner.
• Alex said Myshkin murdered his father.