That's precisely what Erickson's not so carefully planned spin is on this - the good old "context" argument.
In response to criticism, CNN's Erick Erickson is claiming that liberals are "misconstruing" his remark about pulling out a shotgun if the government tries to arrest him for not filling out the American Community Survey. Erickson also lashed out at "people" who "linger on every word I say" by stating: "You people are nuts. Absolute nuts. Where do you get off misconstruing that I'm agitating for killing Census workers when you people are out there advocating for the killing of the unborn on a regular basis. You have no shame."
I'll pass on the "advocating for the killing of the unborn" schtick, as that it hardly grounded in any form of reality.
Does anyone remember how O'Reilly used his "context" argument when trying to defend his racially ignorant prattling regarding Sylvia's restaurant? That didn't work out so well, did it?
Erickson's "you kidz get off muh propurtee" speech does tend to prove that he isn't quite ready for his job as a political pundit on one of the most well known news networks in the world. Does he seriously believe that advocating the use of weapons against a census worker has no consequences?
Is Erickson going to be doing his best Hannibal impersonation soon?
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