Everybody has standards for whether an argument is good or bad. Reasonable people will refute an argument only if it is bad, as reasonable people wouldn't reject a claim just because of who said it; they are both almost one and the same. In other cases, whether the argument is good or bad is solely on the person who feels that way.
For example:
Jamie: I went to Jackie’s house to talk about my guy problems. She said that the best way to start talking to new people and meet great guys is to put myself out there more.
Anna: You can’t be serious. She can’t even keep a guy herself!
Anna is making an implicit argument: “Don’t listen to what Jackie has to say about guys because she can’t get a boyfriend.” In order to make her argument strong, we need the premise to be implausible. “(Almost) any argument that someone who can’t find a guy gives about getting one is bad.
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