One of the things I’ve been kicking around today is where, logically, an appeal to authority who can use force falls. It’s not completely the logical Argument From Authority, but appeal to someone else who can do something, forcefully, bad to you.
I am really guilty of this, professionally; we can’t do what you’re trying to do because $rule.
In the political context, however, I think there’s something further. You think X should be a violation of Y law.
What do you want the enforcers to do about it?
Carry it through to the ultimate conclusion.
You’ve snitched; you’ve called the cops, now what do you think the cops should do?
I’m wondering if taking that sort of response is really a bad tack….