It is when you intentionally misinterpret the context of what that person is saying.
Let's face it, she was right and actual historians have said so. The morons are the folks that keep claiming she got it wrong.
I do find it somewhat amusing that Democrats and liberal leaning posters here are so fired up about context of quotations, videos, etc. when it's THEIR guy that's getting raked over the coals... but not so much when it's not.
Councilman... you do know that your link demonstrates that Palin GOT IT WRONG. Only way anyone could see it differently is by spinning the story to fit their agenda.
Revere's ride was about warning colonists... specifically Hancock and Adams, that the British were coming. NOT to tell the British anything. Whatever happened after he was captured was meaningless according to the purpose of his ride. Claiming different is the SPIN that I and others are talking about. Palin was WRONG.
I do find it somewhat amusing that Democrats and liberal leaning posters here are so fired up about context of quotations, videos, etc. when it's THEIR guy that's getting raked over the coals... but not so much when it's not.
Whovian said:I do find it somewhat amusing that Democrats and liberal leaning posters here are so fired up about context of quotations, videos, etc. when it's THEIR guy that's getting raked over the coals... but not so much when it's not.
The same can be said for both sides. It certainly isn't just Democrats. Partisan hacks are partisan hacks, regardless of the side they choose.
In general I would agree. However, from reading posts on DP, I have seen far more of that from the liberal leaning side of the board.
If someone asked Obama about the 57 states, I don't think he'd say, "You know, I didn't get it wrong... if you break Hawaii's islands into states...". That's the difference between a slip of the tongue and a Sarah Palin of the tongue. She either actually believes the idiocy that she spews or she is too arrogant and stubborn to admit a mistake.
I don't see anyone misunderstanding the context of Palin's comments. :shrug:
Nope. The people defending the comments are defending her gaffe because they cannot admit that one of their own made a mistake.
That you can't answer the question ...What was her mistake?
This thread is chocka-block full of people that misunderstood what Palin said.
That you can't answer the question ...
... answers your question for you.Exactly what do you think she meant when she said he warned the British "BY ringing those bells?"
What was her mistake?
If you quoted the entire answer he gave, you'd have your answer. But from the link he responded to:
Sarah Palin's much-ridiculed story of Paul Revere isn't entirely wrong, but it's badly twisted. Revere didn't ring bells or fire shots, and he was riding to warn two fellow rebels that the British were coming to arrest them, not to warn the British "that they weren't going to be taking away our arms."
More from the same article:
So how does Palin's version compare with, say, Paul Revere's? Not very well.
So, while you can link somethings that happened, after was caught for example, it was not his purpose, and she is factually wrong overall.
Revere was captured, at which time he warned the British not to attempt to confiscate the arms that the militia had stockpiled.
Post your next misconception so I can clear that up, too.
She never said, "he warned the British by ringing those bells".
What point is that? To keep repeating the same bull**** over and over, hoping it will magically become true?
Would you mind quoting him saying that? Shouldn't be hard since he wrote about his adventure in several letters and never, ever, said that.Revere was captured, at which time he warned the British not to attempt to confiscate the arms that the militia had stockpiled.
Yes, but that isn't what she said. She said that is what his ride was about, what his purpose was. It wasn't.
Do read what I wrote again. You seem to misunderstand it.
Would you mind quoting him saying that? Shouldn't be hard since he wrote about his adventure in several letters and never, ever, said that.
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"He demanded what time I left Boston? I told him; and added that their troops had catched aground in passing the River, and that there would be five hundred Americans there in a short time, for I had alarmed the Country all the way up. He imediately rode towards those who stoppd us, when all five of them came down upon a full gallop; one of them, whom I afterwards found to be Major Mitchel, of the 5th Regiment, Clapped his pistol to my head, called me by name, & told me he was going to ask me some questions, & if I did not give him true answers, he would blow my brains out. He then asked me similar questions to those above."
Since when is using a quote bull****? You are extremely dishonest.
No, that's not what she said. You just didn't know enough about the history of the period to understand what she was talking about. Now that you do, you can't bring yourself to admit that she didn't **** it up, as much as you say.
Umm, yeah, that's exactly what she said...Boo Radley said:Yes, but that isn't what she said. She said that is what his ride was about, what his purpose was. It wasn't.
No, that's not what she said. You just didn't know enough about the history of the period to understand what she was talking about. Now that you do, you can't bring yourself to admit that she didn't **** it up, as much as you say.
Umm, yeah, that's exactly what she said...
No part of his ride was to warn the British. In fact, every part of his ride was to avoid the British."Part of his ride was to warn the British that we we're already there, that hey, you’re not going to succeed. You’re not gonna take American arms." ~ Sarah Palin
Well, he’s not firing warning shots. He is telling people so that they can ring bells to alert others. What he’s doing is going from house to house, knocking on doors of members of the Committees of Safety, saying the regulars are out. That is, he knew that General Gage was sending troops out to Lexington and Concord, really Concord, to seize the weapons being stockpiled there, but also perhaps to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams, leaders of the Continental Congress who were staying in the town of Lexington.
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