Former President Donald Trump’s supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.

  • @webadict
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    710 months ago

    It was, in fact, a cult. The only people you could reasonably assume were “hostages” were the children that were forced to drink cyanide because they didn’t understand what was happening. You can hear them on the recording.

    There were people who left Jonestown that spoke about the practice sessions. Most people were not in any way forced to drink it because they were brainwashed.

    • @TrismegistusMx
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      -710 months ago

      You can actually hear a lot of people crying, not just the children. You’ve heard it was a cult, but all that information was filtered through the US government.

      • @webadict
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        310 months ago

        It’s really convenient that you can simply refuse any information as it being from the government with no proof because it allows you to never be wrong.

        • @TrismegistusMx
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          -310 months ago

          It’s really convenient that you can simply accept any information from the government with no proof because it allows you to never be wrong.

          • @webadict
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            010 months ago

            Right, but you never said anything about the people that left Jonestown who talked about their experience. Were they government agents?

              • @webadict
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                110 months ago

                So, which part of that article suggests the CIA forced them to drink poison?

                • @TrismegistusMx
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                  110 months ago

                  It doesn’t name the CIA. It does suggest they were rounded up by some kind of enforcers against their will. I was asked about the perspective of the survivors. I answered that the only conflict I see the common belief that they killed themselves willingly.