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Julia Scheeres: "Saya pikir orang-orang yang bergabung dengan gereja J...

"Saya pikir orang-orang yang bergabung dengan gereja Jim Jones melakukannya karena mereka benar-benar percaya pada cita-cita yang dinyatakannya tentang persamaan ras dan keadilan sosial. Itu sebabnya dia bisa meyakinkan seribu dari mereka untuk berimigrasi ke hutan Guyana. Meskipun sejarah telah mengecam penduduk Jonestown sebagai orang-orang yang "meminum bantuan Kool," saya berpendapat bahwa mereka adalah idealis yang mulia. Selanjutnya, mereka dibunuh. Mereka tidak mau minum racun - mereka terpaksa melakukannya dengan todongan senjata. Mereka mencari yang ideal, hanya agar pemimpin mereka mengkhianati mereka."

--- Julia Scheeres

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I think the folks who joined Jim Jones's church did so because they truly believed in his stated ideals of racial equality and social justice. That's why he was able to convince one thousand of them to immigrate to the jungle of Guyana. Although history has stigmatized Jonestown residents as the people who "drank the Kool-aid," I'd argue that they were noble idealists. Furthermore, they were murdered. They didn't willingly drink poison - they were forced to do so at gunpoint. They sought the ideal, only to have their leader horribly betray them.