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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I'm interested in those things too, but it doesn't impact upon the truth content of the statements themselves and for some reason the predilection is for ignoring the statement and just skipping to a discussion of motive. These are separate questions entirely.
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To that, I'd say there are two checks: a relevance check, and a truth check. Relevance checks come first. If it doesn't pass that then it's truth content doesn't matter. Homeless people are not immediately relevant to Syrian Refugees, so some justification of relevance is required. If you can't justify the relevance, it doesn't matter if it's true. That's where things like an understanding of funding levels is something you should care about.
That's all "questioning the motive" is, a relevance check. That's why it matters a lot. You can absolutely skip the truth of a statement if the motive for presenting it isn't justifiable.