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On John Locke and His Woke Catholic Critics

August 10th, 2017 | 14 min read

By John Shelton

The world is going to hell.

This unfortunate development most certainly began with the Enlightenment (or was it Duns Scotus?) and it is entirely the fault of John Locke and his nasty gang of philosophy boys.

Thus proceeds the standard dirge of the Woke Catholic.

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John Shelton

John Shelton is the policy director for Advancing American Freedom. He received degrees from Duke University (M.Div.) and the University of Virginia (B.A), and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Katelyn, and their children.

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