I'm not a fan of the consensus based argument either, but the reality is that it is used quite often to bully "skeptics".

Related from today's news: http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/69623

Yeah, it's really annoying when people expect me to just fall in line without any kind of convincing rationale. Is there a good way to respond to this sort of thing? It is very hard to constructively question heavily politicized issues since all actions are automatically considered to be driven by some kind of agenda instead of honest. While quite often the case, there is usually some honesty mixed in, and it is a shame that this is ignored.