“It was still a poor but deliberate choice that threw his message off course with many readers.”
Road apples. There is only so much a writer can do to prevent the stupid from misunderstanding and the malicious from misquoting.
“It was his fault”
Arrant nonsense.
“and blaming others for his poor choice seems Alinksy to me.”
No, it doesn’t. It’s impossible to imagine that a person in your position is unaware that he is lying.
“No, it doesn’t. It’s impossible to imagine that a person in your position is unaware that he is lying.”
Your lack of imagination does nothing to convince me that you, and the original author are both in the wrong on this one.
I’ll say it again, it was a very poor choice of an example and the fact the author chose it anyways makes me wonder what underlying motives drove him to use such a horrible example...