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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (23481)3/18/2012 4:20:36 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Don't you think it's hypocritical of people to invoke Locke on behalf of not tolerating the Catholic church, but not when in the same document cited, he opposed tolerating atheists?

It would be hypocritical if they are using Locke as an authority for an argument from authority, and then telling people that he isn't an authority when its found that he disagrees with them on something, but then they continue to use him as an authority when it helps them.

Its not hypocritical if they quote him because they like the argument he makes, or they think he's persuasive, and so they quote him, but they don't quote him on other topics and don't agree with him on those topics. Just because you quote someone doesn't mean you have to agree with them on everything, your just presenting a good argument and giving credit for it, rather than plagiarizing it.
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