Some issues that seem to be controversial are really taboo, or arise due to an underlying taboo. For this case I have two general recommendations here.
Related to this: Some opinions may be often expressed because of virtue signalling; e.g. because the opposite is taboo, or for other reasons. Hearing such opinions doesn’t provide significant testimonial evidence for their truth, since people don’t hold them because of evidence they encountered, but because they feel virtuous. Though it is not easy to recognize why particular opinions are being expressed, whether they are motivated by signalling or not.
Some issues that seem to be controversial are really taboo, or arise due to an underlying taboo. For this case I have two general recommendations here.
Related to this: Some opinions may be often expressed because of virtue signalling; e.g. because the opposite is taboo, or for other reasons. Hearing such opinions doesn’t provide significant testimonial evidence for their truth, since people don’t hold them because of evidence they encountered, but because they feel virtuous. Though it is not easy to recognize why particular opinions are being expressed, whether they are motivated by signalling or not.