Is this our default response to a challenge to a statement or action?

“You just machine-gunned a room full of people.”

“Uh, that was taken out of context…”

~Mark Davis

That was the response of a parent to the outrage about some young girls (7, 8 years old) doing - uh - creepy and inappropriate dance routines in creepy and inappropriate costumes.

I haven’t seen the video, because I don’t want to. I can live with the description. But let’s just say that this doesn’t need context.