I’ve argued that counterfactually we should go a bit easy on unpopular views, even if the reasoning seems incorrect on further examination, since it’s hard to predict in advance whether someone will find flaws in your reasoning, but they’ll go especially hard on you if you present flawed reasoning for an unpopular position (relative to a popular one), discouraging arguing for unpopular positions.
I’ve argued that counterfactually we should go a bit easy on unpopular views, even if the reasoning seems incorrect on further examination, since it’s hard to predict in advance whether someone will find flaws in your reasoning, but they’ll go especially hard on you if you present flawed reasoning for an unpopular position (relative to a popular one), discouraging arguing for unpopular positions.