Accusations like this shouldn't be based on "hedges", as long as they do they only serve to do exactly what you describe: Lead people down predefined conclusion

Accusations like this shouldn't be based on "hedges", as long as they do they only serve to do exactly what you describe: Lead people down predefined conclusions. That's why it's important to point out the difficulties of attribution or else people will simply take it as they see it, without even questioning it. In that context questioning it is not "hedging" anything, it's inquiring about actual evidence, which most rational people should be asking for instead of "hedging" based on political beliefs.