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Yes this is closely related to my point below about the effects of the paradigm on the conversation, and it's a counterpoint to @ymeskhout 's point about the value of the cross-examination. When the framesetter is also the interrogator, (99% of the time), their interrogated starts out in an epistemology gravity well.
using your gambling example, as you suggest, starting with the pro-gambling argument is easier (within a particular meta-frame of Western liberal modernity. If your starting meta-paradigm is a traditionaly Christian society, I think it's reversed. There's a trite anti-gambling starting point: "Gambling is immoral and degenerate", and an argument for liberalism is the more complex one).
But even in today's world, starting with either argument makes arguing the other one against it harder.
Suppose I begin an interview with a pro-gambler, even in a modern western liberal context, by saying, "Gambling causes a lot of harm and addiction, and society has a responsibility against throwing its most vulnerable to the wolfs". I've put you several steps away from being able to argue simply "people should be allowed to do what they want unless harming someone” because I didn't allow you to begin with a proposal for liberal law making. You are forced to first debate whether or not my conjecture is true or blast into a non-sequitor to get to your position of libertarian license.
For a fair examination, the interviewer should begin with the examined frame of reference and work out from there.
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