[Califreak]

Out of context?

Nobody had to cherry pick anything. All you had to do is stand there and let it land in the catcher’s mitt!

[x]

Well, if it wasn't, surely there was a ready remedy. Let Wright simply quote some of that omitted context -- the parts that softened those searing words. The part, for instance, where he went on to say, "Now, my friends, that of course isn't my whole view of America. Our country has done many good things." But he didn't tell Moyers about that part -- for the very good reason that it isn't there. The omitted "context" simply doesn't exist, and Wright is lying when he suggests that it does.

A "context" can also be an occasion.

You can say the same thing at a political rally and a sports rally -- "Tear them limb from limb!" -- and it can mean two different things.

A lot of the time, "I was taken out of context" means "Things I said privately have been made public and treated as if I said them to a crowd."

Look at the instant messaging scandal in Detroit for examples.

It doesn't look like that helps Rev. Wright much, though.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Taking words out of context is a mainstay of democrats, which is probably why they accuse republicans of doing it.

My very favorite example was propagated by scores of liberals, most notably Ted Kennedy, who chastened George W. Bush for attacking Saddam Hussein because there was an “imminent threat.”

Bush did, in fact, use the words “imminent threat.” Here’s the context (from his 2003 State of The Union Address):

“Some have said we must not act until the threat is imminent. Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike? If this threat is permitted to fully and suddenly emerge, all actions, all words, and all recriminations would come too late. Trusting in the sanity and restraint of Saddam Hussein is not a strategy, and it is not an option.”

In other words, we could not afford to wait until there was an imminent threat. This is the complete opposite of declaring that Saddam was, in fact, already an imminent threat. And this little bit of syntactical legerdemain has been embellished in a million “Bush lied, people died” slogans.

[Terabitten]

My favorite explanation of context is these two Bible verses:

Genesis 4:8 “and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”

Luke 10:37 “Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”

Context is important....

[FrankR]

Wright and obama are "out of context" with America.

Both of them should be put into an ongoing political cartoon strip entitled "SOUND BITES", with an endless cheering and dancing audience until their "15-minutes of fame" itch dies away...which could be a long while.

It's all about the attention...so long as they are both rallying the cameras and reporters around them, they will be wallowing in egocentric B.S.

We should never lose the focus that the main culprit in the liberalism debacle in this country is the Main Stream Media...they are doing their best to choke democracy and freedom at the source, and the idiots don't even realize that if they succeed, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS will be the first thing to go.

[Robert DeLong]

But is that really true?

Sometimes it absolutely is.

[Oztrich Boy]

"science leads you to killing people" - Ben Stein Interview with Paul Crouch, Jr. on Trinity Broadcasting Network