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Buckeye_Democrat

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4. The Jim Jones mass suicide and murders scared the crap out of me as a kid!

Reply to GoDawgs (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 10:50 PM

Aug 2016

My older brothers were amazed that I never got frightened by their claims of monsters being under my bed or by "horror movies."

That Jim Jones story was different because I realized it was REAL!

The "SALT talks" over nuclear weapons was another major eye-opener for me! I was basically like...

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That is the America they want liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1

You can barely taste the cyanide! n/t GoDawgs Aug 2016 #2

The Jim Jones mass suicide and murders scared the crap out of me as a kid! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #4

A true-life cautionary tale of following a leader 'no matter what' GoDawgs Aug 2016 #6

I have those memories too! I must've started paying attention to the news... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #7

Yup I remember that to, in fact I had to write a report on it and the influence he had cstanleytech Aug 2016 #11

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