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abelenkpe

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20. Surely news media selling fear fear fear didn't influence them

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2015, 03:03 PM

Jan 2015

Religion? Yeah, maybe that too. Either way these parents were very gullible and needed help. Feel very sad for the children. Wish someone had reached out and tried to help that family.

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Utah parents, fearing apocalypse, fatally drugged children, themselves, police say [View all] brooklynite Jan 2015 OP

And inside the house, it seemed an apocalypse had come with a vengeance . . . Journeyman Jan 2015 #1

More stigmatizing nonsense phil89 Jan 2015 #3

What? You think these people were not "mentally ill"? Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #6

Have to agree with Phil's post... Moostache Jan 2015 #14

I stand by my statement Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #23

Why can't it be both a religious problem christx30 Jan 2015 #27

You believe a mentally healthy person would kill their children and themselves over nonsense? Bandit Jan 2015 #26

"... and the tv was turned to Fox. Or a local religious channel ..." Myrina Jan 2015 #2

You can thank right wing radio and the Christian right all over our TV's and radios for a lot of geretogo Jan 2015 #4

Wow. Others knew they had suicidal ideas and did nothing. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #5

Wow. HappyMe Jan 2015 #15

They'll have to live with this development for the rest of their lives. closeupready Jan 2015 #17

religious heroin addicts Sunlei Jan 2015 #7

Cults, extremists, charlatans and zealots are parasites on religion, whatever your view of any religion. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

This happened four months ago..... ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2015 #9

The deaths did...the police determination of cause was now brooklynite Jan 2015 #11

If the nuts want to kill themselves, go for it. But leave the children alone! Vinca Jan 2015 #10

At least they didn't take anyone else out with them. tridim Jan 2015 #12

Since I'm rereading Barabara Tuchman's 'Distant Mirror', this story sounds normal. byronius Jan 2015 #13

Whoa, there, byronius. staggerleem Jan 2015 #16

"So do all who live to see such times." -- Gandalf byronius Jan 2015 #18

Sure, can you make change for a Tesseract? Kelvin Mace Jan 2015 #19

Sorry, I've only got three polytopes on me. byronius Jan 2015 #25

Surely news media selling fear fear fear didn't influence them abelenkpe Jan 2015 #20

suicidal religious pacts are pretty common while Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #22

Teh Stoooooopid is Blessed. nt valerief Jan 2015 #21

But will the purveyors of hate speech and apocalyptic nonsense take any responsibility? riqster Jan 2015 #24

I wonder if the heroin d_r Jan 2015 #28

--and blessed are the ignorant, for they shall not know the difference. Monty Python Hoppy Jan 2015 #29