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“… 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”
“The term is used pejoratively to accuse the "quote miner" of contextomy and misquotation, where favorable positions are amplified or falsely suggested, and unfavorable positions in the same text are excluded or otherwise obscured.”
“Quoting an opponent's words out of context -- i.e., choosing quotations that are not representative of the opponent's actual intentions see contextomy and quote mining.”
“Lastly, Fox concludes that no court would ever set aside the 16th Amendment, making the quote as displayed in the film a contextomy.”
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“This unreviewed article is full of pseudo-science, fake expertise, contextomy, untruths, distortions of facts, and other bogus, obviously aiming to con your members and the less attentive public on the issue of climatology in support of delaying action against global warming.”
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Tawkward
Verbal 'wtf' exchanges; odd moments of conversation and socializing.
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linguistics
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whichbe The practice of "quoting out of context," 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. Quoting out of context is often a means to set up "straw man" arguments. Straw man arguments are arguments against a position which is not held by an opponent, but which may bear superficial similarity to the views of the opponent. (Wikipedia) May 28, 2008