: the record to suggest he ever used anything
: like them.
Well, that's a different assertion!
There is plenty of evidence that he did use 'something like them'.
: As a one-time dropper of this mis-quote, I
: fully get your now reluctant, qualified
: scepticism regarding its authenticity.
Reluctant? Hardly. Qualified? Sure! Sceptical? 'Nothing on the record' is 'sceptical'?
: It is not a matter of opinion, but of fact,
: that this quote has been taken out of
: context inappropriately.
Wikipedia on 'fact':A fact is a statement that is true or can be proven with evidence. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability — that is, whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience. Standard reference works are often used to check facts ...
Your opinion, no matter how strongly held or repeated, about the appropriateness of a quote, is just that.
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