[Gaffer]

I guess so. But I am not going to let a breath of that crap pass by my door without calling it for what it is. If you don’t remark about an absurdity, you tacitly accept it.

TV comedians, media pundits, politicians create these half-assed myths every day. Unchallenged, they become the folk-truth for idiots.

[Elsie]

But I am not going to let a breath of that crap pass by my door without calling it for what it is. If you don’t remark about an absurdity, you tacitly accept it.

But do NOT waste time DEFENDING yourself!

That's exactly what they want you to do!