So I watched a documentary on Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. How many of you knew his supporters were mainly black folks? Remind you of anything?

[Diondon]

I watched several documentaries
Not everyone drunk the Kool Aid
some were forced under threat with rifles.
They killed a US Congressman that flew down there to investigate
Some of the craziest shyt ever

 

[Splakavellie504]

That video of them singing EWF Thats The Way Of The World the night before the suicide

 

[Brolic]

Did he promise them something tangible in Jonestown?

 

[zayk35]

I remember being very disappointed when I read up on the Jonestown massacre, and discovering it was mostly blacks. To this day I still wonder how otherwise smart ppl can cling to religious fairy tales. Mfs will bust their azz to achieve something and then turn around and say its all because of the man above. Mfs be starving and can't pay bills and praying all their life and it never happens for them, but will still say some dumb shyt "God don't make no mistakes, I will be blessed in heaven".

 

[Rembrandt]

Not the most accurate but a fun movie that has some vice reporters investigating it during real time

 

[The Realist Perspective]

No it ain't retard

Riveting argument

False Prophets and Wolves in Sheep's clothing are still out there. Always read the bible for yourself and don't blindly believe people's interpretations.

that’s exactly what I did.

 

[LeaveMyHairLineAlone]

Did anyone of them commit suicide with him?

The majority didn't commit suicide like that breh he had soldiers there pointing guns at people, even a US senator got clapped. He was also backed by the CIA.

 

[concise]

Very few people actually killed themselves. They were in the middle of the jungle in a foreign land and surrounded by his most loyal men with guns.



also, Jones was starting to be a political player in the Bay shortly before this happened.


This incident has been simplified to just be some crazy man who brainwashed people but it is more complicated than that.

 

[concise]

How San Francisco’s Democrats made Jim Jones, and then made his memory vanish - Washington Examiner

Do you remember that time the entire Democratic Party in California behaved like cultists, enraptured by Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones? If you lived through the bizarre suicides of 918 people in Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978, it’s hard not to remember where you were when you heard the news. It would...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Also,

the audio of that ceremony was recorded and is available on youtube.

 

[Wiseborn]

Don’t ever trust white people.

 

[concise]

nbc footage

 

[Don De Dieu]

If you want an excellent overview on Jonestown, pick this up:

The Road to Jonestown

2018 Edgar Award Finalist—Best Fact Crime“A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey...

www.simonandschuster.com

 

[Clayton Endicott]

I watched several documentaries
Not everyone drunk the Kool Aid
some were forced under threat with rifles.
They killed a US Congressman that flew down there to investigate
Some of the craziest shyt ever

Those recordings where you can hear the kids screaming and crying are absolutely bone chilling

 

[concise]

2025 and nikkas is still sippin' the kool aid

Dont drink the Kool-Aid!!!

It wasn't even Kool-Aid.

It was Flavor Aid.

 

[Dave24]

I remember being very disappointed when I read up on the Jonestown massacre, and discovering it was mostly blacks. To this day I still wonder how otherwise smart ppl can cling to religious fairy tales. Mfs will bust their azz to achieve something and then turn around and say its all because of the man above. Mfs be starving and can't pay bills and praying all their life and it never happens for them, but will still say some dumb shyt "God don't make no mistakes, I will be blessed in heaven".

@CopiousX

@africngiant