‘Poisoning the well’
is a term used to describe when
a person or idea is doubted
before even understood.
‘Poisoning the well’
creates an atmosphere of prejudice
where premature distrust
poisons opposing views.
We can certainly agree that
there is no ‘freedom of speech’
if the mandates of controlled-media
drown the voices of opposing ideas.
Equally, there is no ‘freedom of speech’
if the thunder of controlled-media
‘poisons the wells’,
making critical-thought on the matter
all but impossible.
In our culture,
there are limits to your ‘freedom to speak’:
you may speak free IF you speak impotently
(no one listens or, at least, no one cares).
However, disobedient ideas
that are NOT impotent
will be filtered by the controlled-media
and mis-contextualized.
This will ‘poison your well’.
Then, you will be a scapegoated pariah.
