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I don’t disagree, but an important distinction relative to the OP is that political communication is in an overtly adversarial environment. It’s a whole other b
by orzig 5y ago
I don’t disagree, but an important distinction relative to the OP is that political communication is in an overtly adversarial environment. It’s a whole other ballgame.
- funstuff007 5y agoyes, but the scale of the audience size is similar.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoI suspect "overtly adversarial environment" applies to a large chunk of all communication. Perhaps even most. People will willfully interpret any communication to suit their own agendas.
- guerrilla 5y agoI think maybe you mean misinterpret? Or maybe we need a new word: disinterpret.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoI think interpret was accurate already. I will definitely interpret something differently from someone else without either of us necessarily being guilty of active perversion.
- guerrilla 5y agoThen you're "interpreting differently" = misinterpret. Everyone interprets everything to understand it at all but you misinterpret it when you understand it differently than intended. And maybe you disinterpret when you do so intentionally.
- Brian_K_White 5y agoIncorrect.