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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
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.
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That just sounds like a justification to dismiss an argument without having to engage with it. And that's why political dialogue is becoming so dysfunctional - both the left and right engage in poisoning the well as a systematic practice. "Of course you can't believe what a [lefty/neo-con] says. All they want is do is [sinister agenda], so everything they say is probably a lie." And back to the group-think echo-chambers everyone goes, to signal their righteousness to their fellow believers.