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SpankMe

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27. Response: Jim Jones did NOT use Kool-Aid/Flavor-Aid to kill 909 people

Reply to Deep State Witch (Original post)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 10:46 PM

Jun 2022

He used cyanide. The fruit punch component didn't do the killing. The poison did. Try to buy cyanide today and see what happens.

If we disguise guns with knitted tea cozies, do we say the tea cozy did the killin'?

I can't say it enough: today's crop of Republicans are so stupid, it's a wonder they even know how to breathe.

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And Now They're Invoking Jim Jones [View all] Deep State Witch Jun 2022 OP

Easy to put down this asinine talking point. wnylib Jun 2022 #1

Plus they used guns to shoot sitting congresspersons... Probatim Jun 2022 #32

And others. Many tried to run and were shot. Some took the poison at gunpoint. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #33

Recently, in the USA, some sick fuck cult leader caused hundreds of thousands of follower deaths. TheBlackAdder Jun 2022 #45

They used Flavor Aid temporary311 Jun 2022 #2

Thanks! Deep State Witch Jun 2022 #8

Wasn't there people with guns who helped force the people to drink the Kool aid MacKasey Jun 2022 #3

+100! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #12

+1 musette_sf Jun 2022 #16

What stupid logic. Karadeniz Jun 2022 #4

That's effed up! madinmaryland Jun 2022 #5

Vlad Tepesh impaled thousands on stakes! dchill Jun 2022 #6

TFG's lies about covid CloudWatcher Jun 2022 #24

I know, right? dchill Jun 2022 #29

+1 Hugin Jun 2022 #36

Jackie Speier (now a Democratic congresswoman from CA) was shot at Jonestown. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2022 #7

And didn't she lie there on the tarmac until the next day? Leith Jun 2022 #21

Yes. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2022 #25

Superstupid. moondust Jun 2022 #9

Good word,,,,, I plan to use it. Thank you! n/t KarenS Jun 2022 #11

YW moondust Jun 2022 #14

Well, it worked with cult followers. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #10

May I have gun nuts for $500 ? Pobeka Jun 2022 #13

Sounds like something... 2naSalit Jun 2022 #15

Cannabis must have been a leading cause - just ask NoMoreRepugs Jun 2022 #17

I said there was an overlap between Jim Jones and Trump when Trump "came down the escalator." Patterson Jun 2022 #18

Maybe the Q nuts and GQPpers can follow that example relayerbob Jun 2022 #19

What the hell did TFG give his cult? SergeStorms Jun 2022 #20

Even so.....how many THOUSANDS have died in our society by AR-15's and the like RECENTLY. Hulk Jun 2022 #22

Absolutely kacekwl Jun 2022 #30

my response: What is the primary purpose for kool aid? What is the primary purpose of a gun? AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #23

kool aid destroys people's lives permanently IronLionZion Jun 2022 #35

Oh for fuck's sake! Initech Jun 2022 #26

Response: Jim Jones did NOT use Kool-Aid/Flavor-Aid to kill 909 people SpankMe Jun 2022 #27

He actually killed them with cyanide. LudwigPastorius Jun 2022 #28

And he had to get a permit. calimary Jun 2022 #41

The purveyor of this most recent myth is probably Lapierre himself. He's had quite a lot to do with Ford_Prefect Jun 2022 #31

GOP killed a million Americans with COVID IronLionZion Jun 2022 #34

Well if Trump TOLD them to drink cyanide Kool-ade ThoughtCriminal Jun 2022 #37

Good argument Shoonra Jun 2022 #38

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2022 #39

Can't argue with stupid. We just can't engage with them, it's not worth it. Cozmo Jun 2022 #40

But There Isn't Any Correlation There DallasNE Jun 2022 #42

HEY KOOL-AID!!! Blue Owl Jun 2022 #43

Why not? If anyone knows anything about cults, it's the modern day QOP IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #44