I didn’t cherry pick anything. I used the word as defined in the dictionary.
So you picked the exact version of the definition which supports you argument, in favor of the more appropriate definitions which are right there for you to see, which don’t support your argument. But you’re not cherry picking. If I ask you how that’s not literally cherry picking will you respond with
Noun 2a cherry picking: the act of harvesting cherries from a cherry orchard
There are 8 definitions of the noun and 2 definitions of the verb.
In the sentence “abolish the state”, which definition is best? I would posit 4a fits best. That is how I use the word in a political context. Based on context clues, you assumed I was using the more broad 5a.
Just because you’re operating under a different assumption doesn’t make it cherry picking
So you picked the exact version of the definition which supports you argument, in favor of the more appropriate definitions which are right there for you to see, which don’t support your argument. But you’re not cherry picking. If I ask you how that’s not literally cherry picking will you respond with
Definition of the word state
There are 8 definitions of the noun and 2 definitions of the verb.
In the sentence “abolish the state”, which definition is best? I would posit 4a fits best. That is how I use the word in a political context. Based on context clues, you assumed I was using the more broad 5a.
Just because you’re operating under a different assumption doesn’t make it cherry picking