Proverbs 23:9 is wise counsel.
Jesus (Matthew 7:15), John in his letters (esp. 1 John 4:1), and Jude had something to say about false prophets; individuals who are not so much fools as wolves in sheep's clothing. At some point NOT confronting the BS is only enabling the BS, and this Forum has been dealing with Ed's lies and BS since about 2006.
And unfortunately, pathologic narcissists and sociopaths like to play the victim, as does Ed, and other cowards hiding behind internet anonymity here. Particularly unpleasant coming from an adult male.
Then again
C.H. Spurgeon certainly understood ecclesiastical conflict and confronting false doctrine in The Down-Grade controversy
https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-29/down-grade-controversy.htmlBut in
Lectures To My Students, “The Necessity of Ministerial Progress”
We are not to go about the world searching out heresies, like terrier dogs sniffing for rats; nor are we to be so confident of our own infallibility as to erect ecclesiastical stakes at which to roast (torch?
) all who differ from us.
https://sites.google.com/site/anotherdaysjourneybackhome/false-doctrine-truth 
