Ripple is misunderstood because no one can understand it.
It will take time. Much like Bitcoin itself, it moves in a radical new direction.
No, that's the huge difference people are explaining, and you keep ignoring. It does not "take time" for someone to understand Bitcoin to a reasonable extent. Someone with a basic understanding of cryptography and computers can read the original Bitcoin paper from five years ago (as I did 3 years ago) and understand it pretty well. There is no such 8-page Ripple paper.