Epistemic analingus:
(I) The idea, inferred or stated clearly, that the truth of a proposition rests upon its utility to an adored or politically useful individual.
(II) The practice of distributing charity in interpreting arguments on the basis of a potential interlocutor’s utility, or relationship, to one’s self.
See also: Brown-nosing; self-serving bias.
~ Bruce
Circling The Abyss 