Of course we are "meanies" - simply telling the left they can't have what they want is something they consider "mean"
So every time you point out you are a independent individual with inalienable rights, you are being mean.
Every time you point out reality, that resources are finite and that you can't have your cake and eat it too, or that there are consequences to bad behavior, you are being mean. (or hateful, or racist, or bigoted)
They have to dismiss what you are saying because the alternative is actually listening to and responding to what you say.