'Appeal to authority' is generally considered a logical fallacy at the best of times, but particularly when it's someone who is considered by many to be effectively ostracised from the community because of their views about blacklisting and other controversial matters. If Hearn and Wright are your guiding luminaries, you are beyond lost. Your circle is only going to grow smaller over time as people realise that's not the correct path to follow.
I would call it an appeal to sanity but i guess it's hard for you to understand . Read the circumstances that you can't call something an appeal to authority , it's not "one size fits all" .
Ostracised and considered by many ? The many that now start to understand that the 1 MB limit should be raised ? The many that are closing their channels on LN ? The many that face high fees and cry like babies that bad miners are selfish evil entities ? The LN devs that say that unfortunately L2's cannot work ?
Well guess what , these problems were mentioned years ago , but your "authority" claim back then that things will be fine . Aren't 8 years enough to understand that you have been tricked ?