But isn't "the extreme" . . .

... what MAKES an ideological interpretation an ideological interpretation and not a pragmatic interpretation?

Here's today's Idiot Jerkoff Quote of the Day:

Like a college student who gets his first taste of Ayn Rand and then starts
interpreting everything—his government, his professors, his girlfriend—from an
objectivist viewpoint, they’ve taken an ideological interpretation to the
extremes.