Trump Voters Trust Ex-President More Than Their Family and Friends: Poll

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Trump voters trust ex-president more than their family and friends: Poll
newsweek.com

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Nothing from this Times article conflicts with my alternative narrative. In fact, it supports the idea that they were rounded up and exterminated. Maybe Jim Jones was in on it, or maybe he was a hostage too.

https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/

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

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.