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"Just asking questions" isn't about cowardice, it's about lowering your guard to make you more receptive to their ideas. If someone presents their ideas very forcefully you will naturally be resistant to them, and this is the opposite approach. Joe Rogan does it all the time, for example. "I'm just some guy, don't listen to me, but..."
Comment by HAM_N_CHEESE_SLIDER at 16/08/2020 at 18:27 UTC
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Yes, it is a tactic, but it's due to the speaker being too cowardly to present their beliefs to you and argue them on their merits.
They want your guard down because they know their beliefs are fragile and easily attacked.
It's why Leftists such as myself don't generally do that, from what I've seen. Maybe we're wrong, but we are firm in our beliefs, and if you disagree, that's your choice.