They are in an impossible position. The Scriptures are wide spread. Literacy is widespread and growing. Communication via the Internet makes interaction with people from all over possible. All these things act to present the truth. Thus, when we hear the tired old falsehoods "we formed, edited the canon", "these things were always believed", "the first Pope was Peter", etc. those that want to know the truth of it can actually find out these claims aren't true and never have been.
It would seem that if the above is true that the only refuge that is left in discussing these falsehoods would be to accuse those that are pointing out how they are not consistent with Scripture and not historically accurate of being hateful bigots. Time and again I think we have all seen this play out.
How they play out?
They are an obsessive, knee-jerk
MANTRA
more common than “OOOOHMMMMMMMMMM!”