When we say someone is ‘drinking the Kool-Aid,’ we mean their blind or obsequious loyalty to a person or a cause will end in their ruin.
The sad irony: the origins of this phrase neglect the facts. A factual error took on a life of its own. Try steering the phrase to the truth. Too late! Nobody will listen. Perhaps they’ve drunk the Kool-Aid.
As you may know, the phrase comes from the Jonestown Massacre, Guyana, in 1978. Cult leader Jim Jones, or rather his minions, murdered U.S. representative Leo Ryan and his party in nearby Port Kaituma.
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