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2 days ago · Although Jones used poisoned Flavor Aid, the drink mix was also commonly (mistakenly) referred to as Kool-Aid. This has led to the phrase " drinking the Kool-Aid ", referring to a person or group holding an unquestioned belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination.
2 days ago · A drink mixture of Flavor Aid and cyanide was handed out to the members of the community to drink. Those who refused to drink were injected with cyanide via syringe. The crowd was also surrounded by armed guards, offering members the basic dilemma of death by poison or death by a guard's hand.
When people refer to Jonestown now, it's mostly some "drink the Kool aid" joke about cult followers. The vast majority of the people who died there were not realizing they were about to die, and in fact many of them were forcibly injected to kill them.
May 24, 2024 · After cult members attacked Congressman Leo Ryan, who was investigating the cult, Jones enacted a suicide plan at the Jonestown compound. A fruit drink laced with cyanide was given to children and adult members, killing more than 900 people.
- Alison Eldridge
- Jonestown was a remote compound in Guyana built by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones. With little interference from the Guyanese government, Jon...
- More than 900 people died in the Jonestown massacre, including some 300 who were age 17 or under. It is one of the largest mass deaths in American...
- Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple cult who initiated a mass murder-suicide at the Jonestown compound in Guyana. He opened his first ch...
- Jim Jones orchestrated the mass murder-suicide of Peoples Temple cult members on November 18, 1978.
May 23, 2024 · During this horrific event, hundreds of people in a cult called the People's Temple died by drinking poison-laced drinks or being forced to consume poison. According to popular mythology, the poison was mixed with Kool-Aid.
May 27, 2024 · Many people use the expression “drink the kool-aid” and vaguely know it means to surrender one’s free will and believe whatever they are told to do. However, the absolute horror of parents lining up to give deadly cyanide poison to their beloved children demonstrates the power of the cult mind control.
May 18, 2024 · Fittingly, it was the CBS comedian Stephen Colbert who first suggested that MAGA is a death cult. And Colbert made that fateful prediction seven full days before election day in 2020. “Alright...
