Jamal Awil

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Isolated quotes misrepresent views held with qualifications and context [craft]

My point is not that, in these three examples, Professor Tushnet has simply misconstrued my texts. Rather, the views attributed to me are views I hold-but only partially, only in conjunction with other views, and without these accompanying views, the attribution amounts to a mistake (and not simply a misreading).

SEED: This is a useful distinction for writing about intellectual honesty and how to characterize others' positions fairly — quoting coheres to the view only when accompanying views are included.

Philip Chase Bobbitt, Philip Chase Bobbitt - Refl…, loc. 639