In Reply to: RE: Internal Speaker wire/cablevs external posted by Bill Fitzmaurice on November 29, 2013 at 19:25:22:
Offensive, and discouraging of conversation, that's how I find the use of the Kool-Aide metaphor.
From Wikipedia:
"Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a metaphor commonly used in the United States that refers to a person or group holding an unquestioned belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination. It could also refer to knowingly going along with a doomed or dangerous idea because of peer pressure. The phrase typically carries a negative connotation when applied to an individual or group. The phrase derives from the November 1978 Jonestown Massacre,[1][2][3] where members of the Peoples Temple, who were followers of the pro-Communist cult leader Reverend Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking a mixture of a powdered soft drink flavoring agent laced with cyanide.[4][5]
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Follow Ups
- Not so Kool, IMHO. - Mats Gunnars 05:05:39 11/30/13 (18)
- RE: Not so Kool, IMHO. - Bill Fitzmaurice 09:53:06 11/30/13 (14)
- A Question Only. - thetubeguy1954 18:33:51 11/30/13 (13)
- RE: A Question Only. - Bill Fitzmaurice 06:18:46 12/01/13 (9)
- RE: A Question Only. - claudej1@aol.com 17:06:28 12/01/13 (0)
- But - unclestu 16:28:26 12/01/13 (7)
- RE: But - Bill Fitzmaurice 17:00:44 12/01/13 (6)
- RE: A Question Only. - Tre' 20:55:41 11/30/13 (2)
- agreed - Kloss 05:48:00 12/01/13 (1)
- RE: agreed - mosin 22:17:17 12/02/13 (0)
- Over time the term has come to describe something far less drastic than the original event... - Steve O 07:56:04 11/30/13 (2)
- What I prefer? - Mats Gunnars 13:46:41 11/30/13 (1)
- You've completely misunderstood my question... - Steve O 14:28:40 11/30/13 (0)