Yes, lots of people are wrong about lots of things. Lots of people are ignorant about lots of things. You can keep complaining about this until you're blue in the face and it will change exactly nothing.

Venting to friends, other activists, etc. is fine, given that the listener is okay with it, don't get me wrong. But telling people that they are wrong does not, *in and of itself*, change anything about them being wrong!

If you want people to stop being wrong and ignorant, you need to find an actual way to fix that problem. Sometimes that's going to mean confrontational conversations.

Usually, though, it means working around biases, preconceived notions, and mental defenses. Often by doing things that "shouldn't be necessary" like provisionally agreeing with something or hearing out their views and motivations (that you've heard a thousand times before), even just to put someone at ease.

And yes, it *shouldn't* be necessary, but often it is. And are you just venting, or do you actually want the problem to be fixed?