i realized i was unable to recite the Niacian creed and mean every word of it

It seems we have more in common than uncommon, Of Troy.

If an iconclast means someone who busies themselves shattering other people's cherished beliefs, for the sake only of ridding the world of a personal annoyance, than they are no better than the original iconclasts, in my opinion, in fact, they are worse, for they have no false god to prick the sides of their intent.

But if an iconoclast is someone who dares to speak their truth with the force of reason, and no other force, tho that reason be anathema to the established truth or the conventional truth or the popular wisdom, then I am an iconoclast, and so are you, I daresay.