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by yesenadam 1252 days ago
I think he's referring to misunderstanding their message, which is...orthogonal to understanding them as people or not.

Related: The entire introduction to the first edition of GK Chesterton's book on his friend George Bernard Shaw (1909): “Most people say that they agree with Bernard Shaw or that they do not understand him. I am the only person who understands him, and I do not agree with him.”

https://archive.org/details/georgebernardsha0000unse/page/n9...