Objections to Bayesian Statistics: Lars Syll pulls a fast one on his readers

Since my original post on Keynes, Bayes, and the law, Lars Syll has posted 5 subsequent entries on his blog about Bayesianism, so by frequency alone it's fair to infer that the subject is close to his heart. The general problem is that, when expressed in his own words his objections are baseless (e.g saying here that "The Bayesian rule of thumb is to simply assume that all outcomes are equally likely"), whereas when quoting from others it's impossible to know what is the argument he is trying to make. But apart from this, as I wrote in the comment section of his blog, this last post of his is, in my opinion, irredeemably misleading.

Syll borrows the title for the blog post from a 2008 article by Andrew Gelman and proceeds to quote very strong criticisms to Bayesian inference. The thing is, these are NOT Gelman's criticisms, but rather those of a hypothetical anti-Bayesian created by him to voice the objections. There are several passages in the article where this is clearly explained by Gelman, but all passages were purposefully omitted by Syll. Someone reading the blog post and not the article would rightly assume that these are criticisms that Gelman is raising himself (much like the April fool's joke on which the article is based). Worse, Syll does not make any reference whatsoever to the follow up article where Gelman presents a spirited defence of Bayesian methods.

Syll says that his purpose was to quote from an eminent statistician (Andrew Gelman) who "realized that these are strong arguments [against Bayesianism] to be taken seriously—and ultimately accepted in some settings and refuted in others." That is fine, but why do so in a way that implies that said statistician is trying to attack Bayesian inference, when in fact he is defending it?

Finally, in response to my comment Syll says: "A quote is — yes — a quote. Nothing more, nothing less." Oh yeah? Well start with this quote:

“Here follows the list of objections from a hypothetical or paradigmatic non-Bayesian:

Bayesian inference is a coherent mathematical theory but I don’t trust it in scientific applications.” Andrew Gelman

and compare it with:

“Bayesian inference is a coherent mathematical theory but I don’t trust it in scientific applications.” Andrew Gelman

Same thing right? I don't think so.