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'''Quote mining''' is the practice of using the words of partisans against them to undermine support for the viewpoint held by the partisans.
'''Quote mining''' is a knee jerk claim made my evolutionists that a quote is taken out of context when all that is happening in most cases is that the testimony of evolutionists admitting the various weaknesses of the evolutionary paradigm is being pointed out.
Quote mining does not refer simply to taking a [[quote out of context]], as there is already a well-understood phrase for that. Rather, the charge of "quote mining" reflects an objection to quoting someone for criticizing his own belief system, on the theory that if he still believes in the system then it is somehow unfair to quote his criticism of it.
Quote mining does not refer simply to taking a [[quote out of context]], as there is already a well-understood phrase for that. Rather, the charge of "quote mining" reflects an objection to quoting someone for criticizing his own belief system, on the theory that if he still believes in the system then it is somehow unfair to quote his criticism of it.