by Hugh Manatee Wins » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:58 pm
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>You are <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>taking a fact</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> -- that Jeff is listed as a columnist on a site with anti-Semitic content -- and extrapolating <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>from that fact</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Now I see the problem. This is <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>decontextualizing</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> my original post and all my posts as if they existed in a vacuum and as if only what I put in the post was the only thing supporting my analysis. Hunh. Clever.<br><br>Just like everyone else, I derive my conclusions from a myriad, a plethora, LOTS even, of facts when I post.<br><br>By coming at me as if what was in the post was ALL, you compartmentalize it to nibble it away. This has been what you've done in all the threads where you dispute me and characterize me as paranoid and unable to be rational.<br><br>Now I get it. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Decontextualization. Draining meaning from things. </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> That's something to avoid, PP. That's worse than finding meaning where there might be none.<br><br>Because that's exactly what media mind management does, decontextualizes damaging information plus, of course, ascribes meaning to things in order to sanction them.<br><br>Well, I learned something from this thread. <!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START--><span style="text-decoration:underline"><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Decontextualization</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->.</span><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>When I suggest a theory, I like to get intelligent criticism because it helps me refine my own thinking.<br><br>I guess we just operate differently.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Intelligent criticism does not consist of snarky eye-rolling quips about my mental health with no focus on the many facets of a topic.<br><br>Yes, we certainly do "operate differently." <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hughmanateewins>Hugh Manatee Wins</A> at: 10/12/06 6:26 pm<br></i>