Battery Park

The Brownian motion of a spirit through this myth called reality.

2006/11/16

Hey, one generic question to anyone who might wander by...

@ 11:38 AM (23 months, 6 days ago)

I have heard Cate, and maybe some other posters there, use the phrase "stop drinking the koolaid." 

What the heck is that supposed to mean?? 

It made no sense to me, until one day I saw Bill O'Reilly use that phrase, as typical in some supposed take-down of the secular progressives (hmm- you mean 'liberal' isn't a bad word anymore??)  It still makes no sense to me- the only connotation I can make is to the Jonestown tragedy, but boy that's kind of a weak one.  But at least I understood: "Ah- a secret code-phrase conservatives use to recognize each other!"

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  1. This is from Wikipedia and comes from the DailyKOS (liberal blog) dictionary of blog terms

    Kool-Aid, Drinking the
    Originally from the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, referring to Kool-Aid at parties being spiked with LSD, so that one had to drink the Kool-Aid to be "tuned in". Also connected in people's minds to Jim Jones' followers' use of Flavor-Aid containing cyanide to kill themselves. Now used in political circles to refer to people who have bought into a candidacy or a cause wholeheartedly.

    (pyrrho, ogre)

    It's used on both sides of the aisle.

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/11/16 @ 11:52 AM — (Reply)

  2. and now for a classic example of a kool aid drinker

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/11/16 @ 11:53 AM — (Reply)

  3. Hey, Kool-aid...
    you a gypsy, tramp or thief?

    Comment by Cate— 2006/11/16 @ 12:55 PM — (Reply)

  4. Here's a picture for you... :lol::lol::lol:

    And a web site where you can free your mind. Or at least laugh your butt off.

    Comment by Cate— 2006/11/16 @ 12:59 PM — (Reply)

  5. I loved it when Cher was on that piano...oohh lala...but the battleship video made me want to barf

    Comment by Elmers Brother— 2006/11/16 @ 01:56 PM — (Reply)

  6. Harry Truman?

    Comment by Barry G.— 2006/11/16 @ 03:08 PM — (Reply)

  7. Yeah, it's "Give 'em hell" Harry. Thought you might have been asking WHY Harry... which is a more complex answer that ought to be self-evident. :)

    Comment by Michael— 2006/11/16 @ 08:42 PM — (Reply)

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