My dear fellow user, there is no need to be so defensive. No one is going to kill you or shame you because you express your views. I and many others here may even be convinced by you. Your opinion does matter, and so does you, so, there is no need to disregard someone open to discussion just because you diverge in something. If you don't want to discuss on something, there is always the option to not give these quick-witted responses, saying few words and assuming positions from "the enemy" that the person has never said. No one here is your "enemy".

If you really think u/Cowbee is wrong, and wish for other people to understand you, articulate your answers. Say in a comprehensible way WHY he is wrong, instead of making arguments like "oh yes because my opinion is shit and you are the only pure socialist" or some ironic weak shit like that. We are (mostly) all adults, there is no need to engage in childish behavior, and you should not expect that we will understand what you mean by saying "his definition is wrong" without saying what "definition".

If you really think that there is no convincing anyone here, because we are all hopeless mfs or smth, just stop arguing and save yourself the time and sanity.

[+] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I think that condescending users who only care to label and deride aren't worth talking to, so I finally blocked that guy. It's unfortunate that his attitude is so common.

[–] _lunar@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

what attitude? cowbee has been nothing but polite in every reply to you. and what do you mean by label and deride? it's as though you're replying to the wrong comments because none of this makes any sense.

[+] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The post's existence is what I'm talking about; that user spends their life hating "liberals" and assigning that label to people they've exchanged a sentence with. I'm done here, you can stop responding now.

[–] prototype_g2@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 hours ago

Funny you put quotes on the word liberal. You know words have meanings and definitions right? I know many people don't bother to check a term's meaning and end up miss using it, but that does not detract from the fact that the word still has meaning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, the right to private property and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually warring views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion. Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.

Note that liberalism defends the right to private property (AKA Capitalism). (Also, private property and personal property are two different things.)

[–] _lunar@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 hours ago