Delegitimisation

For most people Socialism is an opinion on what best suits human societies with which they might agree or disagree. The modern Socialist (who might, in fact, be closer to being a Marxist Communist), though, believes that Socialism is not merely an opinion but an action or a démarche that must come into existence regardless, or in spite, of opposition. For this to happen, those with opposing opinions must be delegitimised, not by reasonable debate with their positions, but on the simple grounds that they are not Socialist and all that is not Socialist is wicked and does not, therefore, deserve the dignity of being debated with. The argument is over before it's begun. For this reason opposing opinions are discredited on the grounds of who utters them (ie non-Socialists) and not on the grounds of what they are, something to which little attention is paid.

Another notable part of this process is the way in which Socialist opinions are elevated from the realm of opinion to that of incontestable fact or axiom. The whole process is a strong-arm, bullying one.