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tcfrogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:52 PM Original message |
When did "drinking the Kool-Aid" become such a popular phrase? |
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boobooday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. People said it a lot after the Jim Jones thing |
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taxidriver (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. its an attempt by both sides to infer extremism on their adversaries. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think it's more accurate to say it infers blind obedience to dogma |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Implies, not infers. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Irregardless... |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. ugh |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. She must have loved the movie "Roger and me" |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Owie! |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep,Jonestown!!!!! |
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billybob537 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Why don'r we call it georgetown? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Despite Jimmie Walker who coined the term in 1974... |
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tcfrogs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. I knew the meaning - but appreciate the input |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Journalists started using it about each other |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's a good question ... |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. well, the bush/jim jones connection doesn't exactly |
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MikeG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Pigboy said it in 92. |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-12-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. It was the Jonestown mass suicide that started it... |
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name not needed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. It wasn't actually kool aid |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. After "The Kool-Aid Acid Test" |
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