‘A lot of fallacious forms of argument cluster around the use of “authorities”. It is often necessary in argument to make use of some kind of authority â if only because we want to refer to facts and findings. But authorities can also be used as a way to bully opponents by suggesting that in failing to agree with some venerated source they must themselves be weak-minded, ignorant or wildly and dangerously at odds with common standards.’
– “Can you spot a rhetorical fallacy?” The Guardian, 13 September 2013
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That’s exactly what happened when I dared to question “Hitchens’ razor” in an atheist forum, by the way.