alt Hacker News> (Make claim that something is "critical".)
> (Get challenged on that.)
> omg you don't know anything, being without the thing is primitive and everyone sophisticated uses it.
You can see how you can be accused of not actually presenting any arguments here, right? If you're gonna appeal to authority, at least back that appeal up with something.
My comment is fine. Appeals to authority are not inherently bad when the person doesn't know what they're talking about. Again, your doctor is more of an authority than you on medicine. It'd be hubris to think you'd understand the field better, no matter how smart you are.
It's not my job to write an essay in the comments about why mutual authn with RA is desirable in corporate networks, and why the complaints about "freedom" are totally and utterly nonsensical in this context. This is something he can look up very quickly.