Anyone else sick of the word "context" by now?

"Out of context" is being used out of context. By the time November rolls around, the phrase will be so exhausted we will have to retire it from modern English.

Absolutely. The fact is that they take a tiny little piece of something bigger and either use it for themselves or against someone else. So everything is always taken out of context when you use three words to describe someone's foreign policy experience from a menu at a restaurant in Bosnia. Sure the three words look good, but the whole document doesn't make anyone look good. Maybe we should start quoting things word for word as they happened instead of cutting and pasting and then getting on the defensive when the cut and paste is discovered.

No.

Complex things have a certain context in which they are meant to be viewed. Simpletons can only deal with 5 second soundbites and do not see the context and cannot hope to understand what is going on. Cynical politicos take advantage of that by quoting things out of context.

Look at it this way - If I were to characterize your question by saying that regarding Rev Wright and Hillary, Nikki S said people should "pardon the speaker" - wouldn't you say that was taken out of context?

No, context is a great word. The problem you are having with the word is that these individuals are using the phrase out of context. "Out of context" means that the entire meaning of an excerpt or claim is different than the excerpt or claim implies; the people you are referring to are just lying and using this phrase to cover their tracks.

No, I don't agree with you. It is important to quote someone in the proper context to get the just of what they are saying.

You could take someone words out of context and apply it to mean anything. That is wrong.

The word "context" doesn't particularly irritate me. However, the overuse of hyperbole in calling Hillary a "liar" does.

No I am not sick of it, I am sick of covering up lie after lie and then burying it in history and if anyone has a hiccup over it then just toast them.

Like Wright's paranoia over HIV in the context of unethical and illegal experiments by infecting the Tuskegee airmen with contagious disease. Does the word context bother you in that sentence?

I'm sick of the word "narrative" the reporters act like their reporting a fairy tale to a bunch of three-year-olds instead of a Presidential election.

it doesn't serve to pardon the speaker ...

IT SERVES TO KNOW WHAT THE SPEAKER WAS ACTUALLY SAYING!

I agree with you dear.