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>>tagoll+(OP)
IIRC Jonn Kerry's campaign for President was plagued by too much nuance in both his and the campaign's communications.

And the Romney critique as the "flipping Mormon" can also be seen as a rejection of nuance.

>>funstu+1a
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.

>>orzig+Ia
I 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.

>>Tigeri+3k
I think maybe you mean misinterpret? Or maybe we need a new word: disinterpret.

>>guerri+pn
I think interpret was accurate already. I will definitely interpret something differently from someone else without either of us necessarily being guilty of active perversion.

>>Brian_+Rx
Then 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.