To be precise, the liberals really do not think that. They know they are lying and distorting the record, as Ann's article demonstrates. Thus "lone dissenter" is stated when the vote is 4-3. It requires making stuff up with no basis or just plain lying. Either is inexcusable. This is how they operate.
It is the present (i.e. "boomer") generation and those they have instructed. No bounds rein them in because they are involved in "direct action" for the truth of their ideology. I knew this back in the 60's/70's when in college these paragons spread the rumor that they had spit in the dining hall salad bowl in order to "persuade" their peers to "support" the migrant alien crop pickers in their lettuce strike. I have seen this ethos repeated over and over through the years. You can not trust liberals younger than 60 because they inwardly believe they have carte blanche with the truth and if they lie and distort it is all right because it is for the "cause" or the "movement." Basta ya!
Isn't that what they say the Koran teaches Muslims, that it is okay to lie to infidels in support of the goal of converting the world to Islam?
-PJ