I think it's still fair to say it's mostly unread if all they remember (and think about) are a few selective parts that twist the original meaning. It's kind o

I think it's still fair to say it's mostly unread if all they remember (and think about) are a few selective parts that twist the original meaning. It's kind of like Every Breath You Take by The Police. People hear the full song plenty of times but they only think about the ones that match the happy love song pattern. Everything else is in one ear, out the other. In some ways, the "misinterpretation" bringing about an oppositional meaning is poetic in and of itself. EDIT: also, I'm not really trying to argue whether it's "unread" or "misread" (I could attribute selective memory to either one). It's that I think there's more to it than "misread" often warrants. Maybe everything I've said is what you meant by misread.