RE: and bringing them up in public only helps Liberals in the notion that all Conservatives are hypocrites in one way or another.
So, you honestly believe that a person who thinks like these liberals you describe will like conservatives more if we never brought them up?
Who cares if they like you; but don't give them ammo; Libs love it when a person does something Conservative and there ripped a new one for some thing that made no difference historically. Libs, and RINO's love it when the messenger is ripped and try to see that the message is tarnished with the messenger.