A relevant digression rather than a drift, I think ~~

Re: "cherry picking"; a phrase unworthily and tendentiously used here in a pejorative way, when it is, in fact, a process, as DtG has just demonstrated, essential for concentrating on the most relevant part of an argument.

Cherries are, after all, there to be picked. And selecting the best of them is a skilful operation.

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