Which religious movement did Jim Jones found in 1955?
Correct answer: Peoples Temple
Player #4250921
Blind obedience to anyone is dangerous. Do not be afraid to ask questions and never turn over your thinking to anyone.
Maestro13
Tragic and to think someone can control the minds of so many people. Then to end it with Kill Aid.
Toots
The facts are that it was both mass murder and mass suicide. Those chosing to leave with the Congressman were gunned down at the airstrip. In Jonestown, many did choose to drink the poisoned Koolade and gave it to their children. However, you can clearly hear in the tape recordings, that there,were a number who did not follow the orders and were shot and killed. Jones took his own life by gun shot.
ElixSkipper
Perhaps the expression, "Drinking the Koolaid", comes from this tragedy, when describing a situation where a person or people are loyally following a belief or individual.
Lash1946
lily 21, Many of them were indeed Murdered all of the children were. A lot if not most of the adults were also Murdered. Jones was shot. There are some great documentaries on what happened
luckycatfay
Maestro13, well Hitler had a whole nation brain washed when you think of it. I can never make out how these evil people manage to control others.
( Snail Darter)
Player #4250921, Putting your complete trust and faith in anyone is always a gross mistake.....People will always disappoint.
Ran
luckycatfay, An even better example is present day North Korea.
Player JT
I knew Congressman Ryan when he was, Mr. Ryan, my government teacher at Capuchino HS. Jackie Speier was an aide. She was shot in the back. Survived. She has been representing CA (Dem) in Congress for a lot of years.
UnfilledInertia8
Maestro13, I was young and it scared the crap out of me
Ray
luckycatfay, MAGA anyone?
Mathom
Another tally of lives taken in the name of God.
Wildhorse64
ElixSkipper, Not perhaps, that's exactly where it comes from.
toothless beachrat
I was 17 when the mass suicide/homicide occurred. I recently watched a documentary about it and it was very sad. It's one thing for people to make such a horrible choice, but to include children is unthinkable.
tina
Player #4250921, And this has happened here in Africa Kenya recently imagine people fasting for more than 40 days
Player #90217926
Player JT, Jackie Speier is a wonderful contributor to MSNBC.
Player #90217926
ElixSkipper, it's a common tactic to dull a person's ability to think clearly and used by cults to control their members. there are other tactics which are very interesting.
ТАШУНКО
Player #4250921, wait till the plandemic! You'll see a lot of blind obedience, not asking questions and turning over your thinking to so called "experts".
Lynette
ElixSkipper, that is exactly where the expression "drink the Koolaid" comes from!
Melode
WHEN LEADERS YRY TO PERSUADE FOLLOWERS TO GET AWAY FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS THERE IS A RED FLAG. THEY DONT WANT FAMILY TO TALK YOU OUT OF BEING A MEMBER.
Carol
UnfilledInertia8, I was 17 when this happened, and I 53 years ago, and I and can still remember the first saw a reporter on site and all the bodies
Poekneegurl
People have been BLINDLY (with eyes wide open) 👀 following persuasive leaders, for centuries...for millennia & its happened in the USA as well, despite being the youngest nation on earth, where our "founding fathers" created a unique form of government, a republic, established here over 250 years ago. A system/nation with "checks & balances", giving freedom to its citizens, like no other! Yet people to date follow BLINDLY!
Player #26689613
I witnessed people getting so high with music that if someone had told them to kill each or themselves they would have done it was very scary
Donna
Sad and tragic connection with MY home state!!!
Player #49699886
What a crazy narcisstic man who led people to their deaths without a conscious
Tina
ElixSkipper, Look this up! The drink they took was NOT KoolAid but another brand. KoolAid gets blamed because it's a well known brand.
Player Eldehem
ElixSkipper, sadly, that's exactly where the expression came from: it means to surrender with a fight.
Player #9442102
luckycatfay, weak-minded people and a confident charismatic perverted leader.
Shellback
Maestro13, Drink the koolaid.
Ran
ElixSkipper, That's exactly where it came from.