OK, to be fair I think this is a decent topic to be talking about.
In the most simple sense, music written with the intention of expressing the sad feelings of the writer in a way that makes it obvious what their feelings are is what would usually be labelled "depressing", because it's attempting to share something with the listener, in this case an idea of what it's like to be them.
Just for the record, that's what I'd see as good songwriting. In one sense I don't mind what emotion the writer is trying to convey, I'm more interested in them doing it well.
I'd prefer to hear an insightfully written song that conveyed the feelings of sadness over a tacky, inane song about some poorly expressed sense of happiness.
Furthermore, I'd like to question the merit of complaining about something being "unjustly" labelled depressing. When you are unhappy, you want to hear someone who knows what it's like to be you, or who knows what you're going through. I see that as something of value, and would object to that being labelled as a bad thing.
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