It seems from your response that you have at least some desire to educate... Why must that also come with derision?

It isn't that hard to convey a message without such a contemptuous tone, and I'd venture to guess it would be more likely to persuade. Someone has seen some good in a thing. You can disagree without scorn.

I've lurked on Lemmy for over a year and this post, for whatever reason, compelled me to register an account to respond; I took your comment to be a tad critical. It seems I may've misread the room here - my apologies if so. I agree wholeheartedly with pretty much all you've said. Thanks for the response.