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To: ManyMoose who wrote (69870)	6/2/2008 11:42:10 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) of 540997

MM, I know you feel a tad picked on here, but this is why. This morning while checking on the Larry Johnson rumors, I saw a post on another thread that just amazed me. It listed out of context O. quotes, including the one about defending the rights of American Muslims, exactly the problem we were discussing here, and only ONE person had the intellectual curiosity and honesty to check the full quote and context and post it. The out of context post received 11 recs, and some comments about how O. shouldn't be elected on that basis right there! Not one did what you did, which is admit it read quite differently in context. It also included at least one other quote that was on the list and placed in context in the post I sent Lane. Even after the contexted quote was posted, people obviously failed to read it and discriminate between Muslims and the rights of American Muslims. Frankly, the readiness to believe without factchecking or thought just stunned me.

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