I almost completely agree. However, in my profession and social life I often find myself in a group where a small number of conservatives are discussing topics with a large number of liberals.
It kills the ability to discuss topics when a fellow conservative starts spouting 'facts' that are demonstrably false, particularly when the source of those 'facts' is Rush Limbaugh. It's embarrassing and if there were open minds to the conservative viewpoint, you've lost an opportunity to sway them to your side.
On this board we still have countless people repeating things Sandra Fluke "said" that she didn't say. Limbaugh said she said them, but he made it up.
I don't know about you, but I'm already suffering from friendly fire at work and in social events by fellow conservatives who 'know' what Fluke said. And they don't.
So what would you do? Is it appropriate to try and educate people so they don't make conservatives look like idiots in the discussion by repeating 'truths' that were 'spoken' by that gasbag Fluke, but she never said?
This is our "I can see Alaska from my backyard" moment. And conservatives are being as gullible as people who watched Saturday Night Live and think Sarah Palin actually said that. Don't you flinch when people claim Palin said that? Do you correct them? Do you think they are morons for believing that? Are you prepared to set up a bunch of conservatives to go forth looking like 'backyard Alaska' idiots? A hefty chunk of FR posters still believe Fluke talked about her sex life and how she was a slut.