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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
No one cares who he is, we all know. An appeal to authority argument is ridiculous.
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Appeal to authority is only a fallacy if the authority is irrelevant.
Timbit is, in fact, an authority on this subject. He is well qualified to point out when someone's opinion is unsubstantiated.
I, on the other hand, am not an authority on hockey. But I am well qualified to point out the difference between ‘shutting down discussion’ and laughing at someone who says foolish things. You have not been silenced, only butthurt.