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Taken Out Of Context.

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The four most abused, mangled, adulterated words being used over and over again in America currently, and actually, for some time now. Its heard loudest within the political headlines and voices, but thats just because they get the most air time. I’m hearing it everywhere, in myriad situations from gossip between friends to criminal court cases.
Sure enough, words and actions can be ‘taken out of context’ when one snips a brief moment from a video or audio clip and presents it as hard core proof of whatever point. But all one usually has to do is watch/listen to the full recording and get the whole picture. In these cases, its very easy to see/hear that what someone said, is, actually, exactly what they said. Why then do they still go on and on about how what they said is being ‘taken out of context’?
Bullshit. How stupid do I look, seriously? Everytime you utter this phrase you insult my intelligence even more and not only piss me off, but hack away at any respect I should have for you as a person, let alone what ever position you have.
To me, as soon as I hear someone going for the ‘taken out of context’ flag, my ‘bullshit’ flag gets thrown first.
Its very, very simple, people;
Say what you mean and mean what you say.Own your words.
Own your actions.
Clean up your own bullshit,
or flail in you own bullshit, but don’t expect me to jump in there with you.

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