"Matt" wrote
The proper response was: "Hey, this is Usenet. Facts and truth are
secondary to having a good time and being able to say anything you want
without anybody caring much. Correcting somebody's errors of fact on
Usenet is like pointing out their spelling or punctuation errors."

I don't see it that way.
We all make typos and the occasional spelling or punctuation error. I'd
never bother with correcting them, but if someone says the sky is red or the
capitol of New York is Syracuse, it should be corrected.

The real issue here is a bruised ego.