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Talk:Quoting out of context (view source)
Revision as of 16:03, April 21, 2007
, 16:03, April 21, 2007Let's do it!
:::I think quote mining '''is''' an example of taking quotations out of context, but I don't think we should use the phrase in this article, at least not in the lead, because it is not in general use outside of a narrow arena... and because that narrow arena is the locale for some fighting in this neighborhood. The phrase seems to have originated in the USENET group talk.origins, and is used ''almost'' exclusively by evolutionists as a name for what they say is a dishonest tactic widely used by creationists. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 11:56, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
:::I think quote mining '''is''' an example of taking quotations out of context, but I don't think we should use the phrase in this article, at least not in the lead, because it is not in general use outside of a narrow arena... and because that narrow arena is the locale for some fighting in this neighborhood. The phrase seems to have originated in the USENET group talk.origins, and is used ''almost'' exclusively by evolutionists as a name for what they say is a dishonest tactic widely used by creationists. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 11:56, 21 April 2007 (EDT)
I'm juggling several half-formed ideas in my mind here. The term [[discrediting attack]] comes to mind. "Reagan was a buffoon, Coulter is biased and ignorant, Republicans and conservatives are heartless racist pigs, etc."
Coulter wrote:
*Cultlike in their behavior, vicious in their attacks on Republicans, and in almost complete control of mainstream national media, the left has been merciless in portraying
How many people here think that US conservatives are dumb, racist, power hungry, homophobic and downright scary?
I gotta go take a walk, but I trust you'll have this whole thing sewn up by the time I get back. :-) --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:03, 21 April 2007 (EDT)