Thank you for admitting to this. I won't judge you, you are human just like I am.
I don't want to take some kind of moral high ground here - however, I tend to skip topics I don't know about.
I've had my share of arguing with people online who, by my personal assertion, had no clue what they're talking about. To put it in context: developers who talk bad about PHP.
In the end I gave up doing so. I notice that if I'm perceived as a bad guy (i.e. I try to discredit you based on facts, I'll appear as bully and other people will get the noble instinct to defend the one being bullied). That gave me no credibility and all the credibility went to the other people.
Years later, I read stackoverflow.com questions and answers and I consistently run into absolute falsities related to PHP. I just don't have the energy to try to convince someone what's factually true and what's factually false, having been on the receiving end of discussions.
I used to care about correct information or how to give people means to try to assert if something sounds plausible or not, but at this point - I've no inclination to do so, my energy's gone and I don't even see what the gain is if I waste my precious energy to forcibly improve someone's understanding of the world.
I understand what your motives were, it was refreshing to read what you wrote. I repeat - I don't judge you as evil or bad, but it took some guts to admit to this. I salute you because of that!