People typically resort to misquoting and misconstruing only if they can't find a good counterargument to one's actual views. So if someone has a post respondin

People typically resort to misquoting and misconstruing only if they can't find a good counterargument to one's actual views. So if someone has a post responding to being misconstrued, I take it as an indicator of good (and possibly controversial) thinking. Sam Harris is often the victim of this sort of attack. He's become quite experienced at handling it, although he's had to spend significant time doing so. [1][2] 1. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/on-the-mechanics-of-defamation http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/on-the-mechanics-of-defam... 2. http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/response-to-controversy2 http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/response-to-controve...