Iconoclast : A person who attacks a cherished belief or institution.
It was Marjorie Harris, Canada's most knowledgeable and best garden writer who first characterized me as an iconoclast.
As a reluctant convert to the use of a personal computor and the wonders of the Internet, I did not google the meaning of the word but consulted the Oxford English Dictionary and had to agree with her assessment.
Being a Scot probably helps. Canadians are so notoriously polite; whereas I am all too outspoken at the sight of a grievous error.
Blunders abound and mistakes, misunderstandings and myths are endlessly repeated.
It will be my self-appointed task to correct the most egregious.
( I always wanted to use the word, egregious, I will try not to do it again.)
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