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Line 1: − + − Alternatively, you might wish to make it appear that the person being quoted supports your point of view. − − It's not easy to distinguish quote mining, which is a form of deception, from honest reporting of a person's views. To distinguish a "mined" from an "honest" quote, we must be familiar with the person's previously published ideas. Quote miners take advantage of this to get other people to dismiss or accept a person and their ideas entirely. − In some cases they hope that a few supposedly representative quotations will cause the reader to write the author off as a coherent or reliable source; the book ''[[Bushism]]'' had that intent. − − In academic disputes, quote mining is all too common. Dishonest academics, instead of presenting research in a straightforward fashion, frequently distort other people's published writings to garner support for questionable views. Equally damaging to the [[marketplace of ideas]] and the advance of human knowledge is falsely accusing someone else of quote mining. − − ---- − − − It is a [[pejorative]] term, not recognized by major dictionaries, which expresses objection to using someone's quotes against him. While the entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to [[discrediting attack|discredit]] him, [[evolutionist]]s do not feel their quotes should be used against them and have invented the term "quote mining" to criticize that practice.
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'''Quote mining''' is the practice of looking through a person's published remarks or writings, looking for something that can be quoted out of context which support one's own point of view. It is a akin to putting words in someone's mouth, but it's more effective when an exact quotation is used. Often the point you wish to make is that the speaker or author is incoherent, stupid, politically incorrect; holds abhorrent views, etc. (see [[character assassination]]).
'''Quote mining''' is is a [[pejorative]] term, not recognized by major dictionaries, which expresses objection to using someone's quotes against him. While the entire fields of law and politics encourage quoting an adversary to [[discrediting attack|discredit]] him, [[evolutionist]]s do not feel their quotes should be used against them and have invented the term "quote mining" to criticize that practice.
==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org==
==Origin, in TalkOrigins.org==