Comments on: Remembering Jonestown

By: Cult Awareness « I Took The Red Pill (and escaped the Matrix)

Cult Awareness « I Took The Red Pill (and escaped the Matrix) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:30:07 +0000

[...] By itooktheredpill On November 19th, 2008 at 12:11 am, ITookTheRedPill said: …cult leader who led 909 followers to their deaths in Jonestown, Guyana, having them drink from [...]

By: “Liberation Theology” – Orwellian, Indeed. « I Took The Red Pill (and escaped the Matrix)

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:14:25 +0000

[...] Orwellian, Indeed. By itooktheredpill There were many influences on Peoples Temple and on Jonestown. Peoples Temple was a blend of the beliefs and movements of the 1960’s and 1970’s, and [...]

By: JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Another Failed Socialistic Utopia « FactReal

JONESTOWN MASSACRE - Another Failed Socialistic Utopia « FactReal — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:02:02 +0000

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By: Remembering Jonestown « Top Daily Digest Reading

Remembering Jonestown « Top Daily Digest Reading — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:25:22 +0000

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By: At least it was Socialism… » Winds Of Jihad

At least it was Socialism… » Winds Of Jihad — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:18:29 +0000

[...] care to Jonestown citizens; cradle to grave, you might say. Further on the Jonestown horror from Michelle Malkin and Daniel Flynn, who writes: “On November 17, 1978, Jim Jones was a hero to American leftists. [...]

By: combat18

combat18 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:27:07 +0000

Don’t forget DiFi, who hates real Christians, but works with any kook who comes out of the woodwork and is a Marxist who supports “spreading the wealth around’. And the Obama regime who will impose Jones’ vision on all of us, just replacing Jones with the Koran. Be very very afraid.

By: nlebou

nlebou — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:02 +0000

opps. Wrong mini-series. Tales of The City had a charachter that lost family members at Jonestown but I don’t think that was the one refered to above.

By: 4USA

4USA — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:48:00 +0000

I wonder if Jim Jones had been from the south and headquartered in, say, Greenville, SC, would the media be pointing toward the ignorance of the population? Nah. They wouldn’t be that biased.

Fast forward and fill in the blank.

Our media is just a bunch of shameless hypocrites.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:30:54 +0000

I thought this thread was about Jim Jones! Gosh how we have gotten off track. BTW, I just looked at the NY Times from a few days after Jonestown in 1978 and sure enough, there was an article about Jesse Jackson blaming the crimes in Jonestown on “white racism”. Jackson was claiming even back then that Whites had turned Blacks into helpless sheep following a white master and that resulted in Blacks going to Jonestown with Reverend Jones. I wonder how many members of the MSM have ever called Jackson to account for that whopper.

By: nlebou

nlebou — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:28:03 +0000

does anyone remember the miniseries they made about this story?

Yes, Tales of The City.

By: ITookTheRedPill

ITookTheRedPill — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:14:41 +0000

Saint Obama, or Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

By: ITookTheRedPill

ITookTheRedPill — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:37 +0000

On November 19th, 2008 at 5:28 am, graysonret said:

I heard it wasn’t Kool-aid, as we know it.

In fairness to the makers of Kool-aid.

By: greenfairie

greenfairie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:56:11 +0000

And on a lighter (?) note, does anyone remember the miniseries they made about this story? I’ve never been able to watch Powers Boothe in anything since then without being completely creeped out.

Yes, I did see that!

I was nine when this happened and it is one of those things I will never forget. 900 people dead–even little kids like me–just because some guy told them to kill themselves. It was really hard to wrap my mind around it. But it taught me something very early on in life…don’t put blind trust in anyone or anything.

Interestingly enough, the fallout from Jonestown was mostly focused on religious cults that gained popularity during the 1970s. Based on what happened later to the likes of The Temple of the Sun or Heaven’s Gate, it was for good reason.

But the radical leftist aspects to the People’s Temple church and its support from the liberal San Francisco elites were not talked about until fairly recently. This is unfortunate because they are key to understanding this whole tragedy.

BTW, “drinking the Kool Aid” originated with Jonestown. The expression means anyone who does something or believes something out of blind adherence to an ideology or person. It has nothing to do with LSD.

By: The Messiah, 1978 Jonestown Style (When Followers Convince Followers) « Zipline Conservative

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:46:14 +0000

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By: cubbiegal

cubbiegal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:15:53 +0000

I was eight when Jonestown happened.
My folks had subscriptions to “Newsweek” and “Time” and I just kept staring at the photos and re-reading the stories.
My third grade mind just couldn’t believe that there was that type of evil.