Sure, I don’t think what you’re saying is technically incorrect it is just for me rhetorically, I would read you as being less sincere and therefore less convincing in engagement with critics if there seems to be some implication that comes across a bit like ‘unless people believe something stupid, then their critiques don’t make sense’ - but this may also be a reaction to seeing only the excerpted quote and not the whole text
Sure, I don’t think what you’re saying is technically incorrect it is just for me rhetorically, I would read you as being less sincere and therefore less convincing in engagement with critics if there seems to be some implication that comes across a bit like ‘unless people believe something stupid, then their critiques don’t make sense’ - but this may also be a reaction to seeing only the excerpted quote and not the whole text