…“It’s the oldest… “ “They killed the babies first,” I said. “… religion in the world. We have… “ “Potassium cyanide.” “… members in all… “ “Dead,” I said. “Men,…
…of suicide/murders that occurred. There is even an opportunity to say “drink the Kool-aid” and watch the kids go “Ah…that is where that came from!” The problem is, as it…
…of Guyana, Jim Jones was able to persuade 918 of his followers, most of them poor and black, to drink their lethal Kool-Aid. Fear can do that.” After giving a…
…of the Rev. Jim Jones in the sweltering and nigh-impenetrable Guyanese jungle. “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid” became pop culture’s callous takeaway, often still uttered by people who aren’t aware of…
…course project we have come to gain a deeper understanding of the narrative and the life of Peoples Temple. These were not Kool-Aid drinking zombie cult members; they could have…
…as a fanatical “Kool-Aid” drinking cultist sect was not apt or accurate. As an example of the negative connotation of religious “cults,” the popular powdered fruit drink has managed to…
…expression “drink the Kool-Aid.” (Never mind that the cyanide-laced lethal concoction may have been mostly Flavor-Aid; accuracy and consistency never have been hallmarks of the story of Jones, beginning with…
…as “drinking the Kool-Aid.” Peoples Temple Members Three distinct types of people joined Peoples Temple: white families in Indiana, young whites with higher education in California after 1968, and…
…few childhood memories but this is one of them. The overused phrase, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid” – i.e., never follow any religious fanatic blindly – became a permanent part of…
…brainwashing is only one specific form of mind control, and there were many different forms used to convince the people of Jonestown to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid and murder 304 children….