It’s never a good idea to make assumptions about FReepers, but if you insist on doing so, you should play it safe and assume they’re ahead of you.
None of that has anything to do with the word in question.
The word in question does, very much apply to those who might intellectually know they’re constantly being lied to by the media but emotionally and/or psychologically constantly fall for the lies anyway.
We all need to start paying real close attention. This cultural war just starting to hot up. It only gets worse from here.