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Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:33 PM Aug 2022

How long before TFG goes full Jim Jones?

What if he sent a message to his cult that the only way America could be great again is if he were restored to the presidency through a mass suicide demonstration? “Come to Mierda Loco and I’ll supply the Kool Aid”. How would this benefit him, you might ask, since it would kill off some of his most devoted contributors? He’d probably ask them to leave all their assets to him in their wills, which they would do, of course; more importantly he’d see it as a demonstration of his enormous power over his followers. This is probably a pretty far-fetched scenario but TFG really does seem to be losing the plot these days, and I wouldn’t put anything past him anymore.

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How long before TFG goes full Jim Jones? (Original Post) Ocelot II Aug 2022 OP
No loss!!! LeftInTX Aug 2022 #1
How do we make this happen? Preferably not with the assets to him in their will though. LiberalFighter Aug 2022 #2
Televise it!! Resistance1 Aug 2022 #37
Televise it!! Resistance1 Aug 2022 #39
That would certainly raise the AVG IQ of the nation HAB911 Aug 2022 #3
I really don't care, do you? Meadowoak Aug 2022 #4
Ha! True. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #6
He's gonna try to run. Question is will he make it out of the U.S.? Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #5
I doubt he could maintain a trot for more than two minutes. alphafemale Aug 2022 #21
Bye Felicia!! we can do it Aug 2022 #7
He already did when he convinced his people to not wear masks unblock Aug 2022 #8
And to refuse the vaccine. Meadowoak Aug 2022 #10
Yup. Fighting for the right to kill grandma unblock Aug 2022 #13
Why don't you hear Jonestown jokes anymore? VGNonly Aug 2022 #9
OMFG PCIntern Aug 2022 #31
Tasteless.... VGNonly Aug 2022 #34
Alex Jones more likely. Sneederbunk Aug 2022 #11
Oh, puulleezzee get the MAGATS to drink the real Kool-Aid! Less R votes, for sure! machoneman Aug 2022 #12
He'd never do himself in. He's far too much in love with himself; too "special." catbyte Aug 2022 #14
Exactly. He'd never drink the real Kool-Aid, though he's partaken heavily Ocelot II Aug 2022 #15
Only difference is he'd charge them for the Kool-Aid Nevilledog Aug 2022 #38
Not in his personality to lead a suicide pact. onenote Aug 2022 #16
He wouldn't do it himself, he'd get ego jollies from seeing others do it for him. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #18
Well, unless he doesn't himself in, it wouldn't be "full" Jim Jones. onenote Aug 2022 #19
Flavor-Aid! Jones was too cheap to buy KoolAid. 😉🙃 nt Ilsa Aug 2022 #17
Maybe reason Ivanka's keeping her distance delisen Aug 2022 #20
Congressperson Leo Ryan was murdered, & (now) Congressperson Jackie Speier was shot AnotherMother4Peace Aug 2022 #22
There's only one way I differ from you EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #23
When they come to arrest him Fullduplexxx Aug 2022 #24
When they come to arrest him Fullduplexxx Aug 2022 #25
Special offer::: we will bury you on my golf course... for a donation. keithbvadu2 Aug 2022 #26
Everything Dump touches dies. roamer65 Aug 2022 #27
Never. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2022 #28
Check the RTump store... ultralite001 Aug 2022 #29
As horrible as Jones was, he never spent four years as the most powerful dude on the planet. nt allegorical oracle Aug 2022 #30
Jones cult killed themselves, Trump's wants to kill others. Runningdawg Aug 2022 #32
No way because they could not enjoy owning the libs treestar Aug 2022 #33
They're using AR-15s instead of Kool-Aid -- it's a murder-suicide cult. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #35
he will ask them to fight a civil war for him, not suicide themselves Takket Aug 2022 #36
Do you know who the followers of Jim Jones were? BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #40
Yes. I am old enough to remember when it happened; Ocelot II Aug 2022 #41
 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
21. I doubt he could maintain a trot for more than two minutes.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:05 PM
Aug 2022

Face dripping sweat and bright red.

Wheeze gasp Wheeze

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
14. He'd never do himself in. He's far too much in love with himself; too "special."
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:55 PM
Aug 2022

His cult, however, doing themselves in would be another ego boost.

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)
15. Exactly. He'd never drink the real Kool-Aid, though he's partaken heavily
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 01:57 PM
Aug 2022

of his own psychological brew. He’d want to be able to watch the manifestation of his power.

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)
18. He wouldn't do it himself, he'd get ego jollies from seeing others do it for him.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:00 PM
Aug 2022

And I agree that he wouldn’t leave the country.

delisen

(6,043 posts)
20. Maybe reason Ivanka's keeping her distance
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:03 PM
Aug 2022

The family circle is getting smaller with Ivan’s dead and Ivanka’s and Jared seeming distant.

If I were a family member those unfilled burial plots at Bedminster might encourage me to take a long trip until the current crisis abates.

I might not even show up for the Tiffany wedding in November.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,244 posts)
22. Congressperson Leo Ryan was murdered, & (now) Congressperson Jackie Speier was shot
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:12 PM
Aug 2022

5 times by Jim Jones cult members. They were in a delegation that went to Jonestown to investigate. Others in the delegation were shot, some died. Defectors from the cult that wanted to leave with the delegation were shot, some died. Jim Jones made the call - the time was now for his cult to kill and commit suicide. That's what trump is doing - making the call, and that's what scares the hell out of me. If they just committed suicide - fine, but the have far too much fire power and hate.

keithbvadu2

(36,806 posts)
26. Special offer::: we will bury you on my golf course... for a donation.
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 02:41 PM
Aug 2022

Special offer::: we will bury you on my golf course... for a donation.

Mass grave?

Gotta keep it cheap.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
33. No way because they could not enjoy owning the libs
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 04:29 PM
Aug 2022

if they were dead. TFG needs them to keep working and multiply. He wants to be King of the World. That wouldn't happen if he's dead.

Ocelot II

(115,693 posts)
41. Yes. I am old enough to remember when it happened;
Sun Aug 14, 2022, 07:40 PM
Aug 2022

it was front page news for some time, so I didn’t need to research it. He had some weird quasi-Marxist thing going on but it became just as much an authoritarian cult as any other. He abused and exploited his followers, many of whom were Black.

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