Fallacy of quoting out of context "The practice of "quoting out of context", sometimes referred to as "contextomy" or "quote mining" is a logical fallacy and type of false attribution in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.
Arguments based on this fallacy typically take two forms. As a straw man argument, which is frequently found in politics, it involves quoting an opponent out of context in order to misrepresent their position (typically to make it seem more simplistic or extreme) in order to make it easier to refute. As an appeal to authority, it involves quoting an authority on the subject out of context, in order to misrepresent that authority as supporting some position." Wikipedia http://tinyurl.com/ml7xcj http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_quoting_out_of_context In other words from a previous post: "So you see folks, azgrey, twists words, and meanings in same mean spirited way that Barry does. Such is the behavior of sociopaths. They lie with impunity, but everyone else is crazy. Just watch how indignant and huffy azgrey gets if I say, "Hey! Dickwad, you just threw a pie in Judy's face for no apparent reason." HE IS SO STUPID HE WILL TRY TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE. [Emphasis added.] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/224358 --- In [email protected], azgrey <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], azgrey <no_reply@> wrote: > > <snip> > > > "I've been reading it for 15 years. I've been > > > reading *most* of Barry's posts over and over and > > > over again for 15 years." > > > ---Judy Stein > > > > My goodness. You got busted *yesterday* for taking > > this out of context, and now you're doing it *again*. > > But it's such a cute lil bija-mantra for you. > > It is interesting you are embarrassed by your own words. > After all, they are all the award winning Andrew Skolnick > has to work with. > http://www.aaskolnick.com/junkyarddog/ > All he does is post your words. > Oh yeah, then he laughs. Those are all anybody needs to > get a good laugh. > > > Why do you snip my post and take *it* out of context? > > irony---the expression of one's meaning by using > language that normally signifies the opposite, typically > for humorous or emphatic effect. > {Isn't Mr. Dictionary nice? You should get one.} > > Here it is again: > > "You really need to learn to calm down, relax, and > not get so wound-up by your own imaginings. > Maybe take up meditation. I bet it would help you. > > "I've been reading it for 15 years. I've been > reading *most* of Barry's posts over and over and > over again for 15 years." > ---Judy Stein > > over and over and over > > You come across as a stalker. > > Aaahoo, Werewolves of Jersey > Aaahoo, Werewolves of Jersey > Ya hear her howlin around your kitchen door, > ya better not let her in. > Aaahoo, Werewolves of Jersey" > > > > > > Here it is again, in context: > > > > "We've read this particular rant of Barry's many > > scores of times, in different guises. Those of us who > > participated in alt.m.t have read it scores more > > times. I've been reading it for 15 years. I've been > > reading *most* of Barry's posts over and over and > > over again for 15 years. There aren't that many of > > them. They're a few lines incised in stone, engraved > > ever more deeply with each repetition." > > > > Allow me to give you the benefit of the doubt: You > > aren't being dishonest, you're just too stupid to > > grasp what I was saying: > > > > *Anybody*--including you--who's on a forum with Barry > > and reads his posts reads them over and over and over > > BECAUSE HE WRITES THE SAME POSTS over and over and over. > > > > Get it now? Or would you like me to type it again more > > slowly? > > > > Are you just the sweetest?< patty patting on the head> > Where is your little remora fish Raunchy today? > Oops, sorry,<blush> from what I've heard she isn't so little. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnjF1O4eH0 > > Not that there's anything wrong with that. > > Maybe she went out to round-up some other faux- > feminists to demand the DNC seat the entire > delegations from Michigan and Florida. bahaha > Won't that be fun? > > over and over and over > > > I saw a Werewolf with a chinese menu in her hand > walkin' through the streets of Bayonne in the rain. > She was lookin' for a place called New Tung Hing, > gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein. > Aaahoo, Werewolves of Jersey > Aaahoo, Werewolves of Jersey >
