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April 28, 2025

QotD: “Redpill poisoning”

Filed under: Media, Politics, Quotations, USA — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 01:00

    Hunter Ash @ArtemisConsort
    There is a phenomenon I call redpill poisoning where someone sees through the establishment matrix, but then starts assuming the exact opposite of that narrative is always true. This oneshots a lot of smart people.

Absolutely. Among other things, I think this explains why a large minority of conservatives have become suckers for Russian propaganda about the Ukraine war.

I like your term “redpill poisoning” and will adopt it.

ESR, Twitter, 2025-01-25.

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7 Comments

  1. […] I’VE SEEN IT:  Redpill poisoning. […]

    Pingback by Instapundit » Blog Archive » I’VE SEEN IT:  Redpill poisoning. — April 29, 2025 @ 01:32

  2. Believing everything the media tells you is a lie may not be right, but it’s the way to bet.

    Comment by Ralph Gizzip — April 29, 2025 @ 07:09

  3. As the Latin tag pithily puts it – Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus – and the media have long since been in the habit of falsely testifying to favour the narrative.

    Comment by Nicholas — April 29, 2025 @ 11:56

  4. And here I was thinking that people who believed the official narrative were suckers for globalists propaganda. It’s always interesting to hear what the other side thinks.

    Comment by Arty — April 29, 2025 @ 07:43

  5. You know that what you’re hearing has been — at the very least — slanted or shaded to favour one particular viewpoint. Taking that into account helps to discern something closer to the facts (which is why social media echo chambers are so toxic).

    Comment by Nicholas — April 29, 2025 @ 11:59

  6. I have a friend that’s like that. I consider myself red-pilled, but if the government made an announcement that the sky is blue, I wouldn’t automatically assume that they were lying. He would.

    Comment by Michael Baker — April 29, 2025 @ 19:21

  7. Sounds like a good opportunity for the “Mudd Maneuver“:

    NORMAN: But there was no explosion.
    MUDD: I lied.
    NORMAN: What?
    KIRK: He lied. Everything Harry tells you is a lie. Remember that. Everything Harry tells you is a lie.
    MUDD: Listen to this carefully, Norman. I am lying.
    NORMAN: You say you are lying, but if everything you say is a lie then you are telling the truth, but you cannot tell the truth because everything you say is a lie. You lie. You tell the truth. But you cannot for. Illogical! Illogical! Please explain.
    (Smoke comes out of Norman’s head.)
    NORMAN: You are human. Only humans can explain their behaviour. Please explain.
    KIRK: I am not programmed to respond in that area.
    (Norman goes blank.)
    SPOCK: I believe they are all immobilised, Captain.
    KIRK: Good.

    Comment by Nicholas — April 29, 2025 @ 20:26

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