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* AmbiguousDisorder: To say Jim Jones wasn't right in the head is putting it mildly. His anti-social and manipulate tendencies are off the chart, and he has no problem wanting to kill his followers so they'll follow him in death.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: DiagnosedByTheAudience: To say Jim Jones wasn't right in the head is putting it mildly. His anti-social and manipulate tendencies are off the chart, and he has no problem wanting to kill his followers followers, so they'll follow him in death.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: To say Jim Jones wasn't right in the head is putting it mildly. His anti-social and manipulate tendencies are off the chart, and he has no problem wanting to kill his followers so they'll follow him in death.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Jim Jones a good man who went mad with power, or was he always a manipulative psychopath who gained too much power for comfort?

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** The death tape.

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** The death tape.tape, ''especially'' the screaming babies and children.



-->'''Jones:''' Do you want to go home?
-->'''Jonestown resident:''' ''(Meekly)'' No...
-->'''Jones:''' [[{{Jerkass}} Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.]]

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-->'''Jones:''' --->'''Jones:''' Do you want to go home?
-->'''Jonestown resident:''' ''(Meekly)'' No...
-->'''Jones:'''
home?\\
'''Jonestown Resident:''' ''[meekly]'' No...\\
'''Jones:'''
[[{{Jerkass}} Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.]]
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* BeamMeUpScotty / PopCultureOsmosis: Some Temple members protest the description of the incident as a mass suicide, with one of them emphatically saying, "[Jones] was killing us."
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* BeamMeUpScotty / PopCultureOsmosis: Some Temple members protest the description of the incident as a mass suicide, with one of them emphatically saying, "Jones was killing us."

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* BeamMeUpScotty / PopCultureOsmosis: Some Temple members protest the description of the incident as a mass suicide, with one of them emphatically saying, "Jones "[Jones] was killing us."



-->'''Jones:''' Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.

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-->'''Jones:''' [[{{Jerkass}} Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.
anymore.]]

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* NightmareFuel: The death tape.

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* NightmareFuel: NightmareFuel:
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The death tape.



* TearJerker: Watching Temple survivors describe seeing their loved ones die. Also watching captions listing just ''how many'' family members they lost.

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* TearJerker: TearJerker:
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Watching Temple survivors describe seeing their loved ones die. Also watching captions listing just ''how many'' family members they lost.
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-->'''Jones:''' Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.

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-->'''Jones:''' Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.anymore.

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** The entire history and topic of Jonestown is definitely this.
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* TearJerker: Watching Temple survivors describe seeing their loved ones die. Also watching captions listing just ''how many'' family members they lost.

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* TearJerker: Watching Temple survivors describe seeing their loved ones die. Also watching captions listing just ''how many'' family members they lost.lost.
** Jones berating an old man who wants to go home to his family for Christmas.
-->'''Jones:''' Do you want to go home?
-->'''Jonestown resident:''' ''(Meekly)'' No...
-->'''Jones:''' Well then, be seated and shut your mouth and don't be in my face anymore.
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* BeamMeUpScotty / PopCultureOsmosis: Some Temple members protest the description of the incident as a mass suicide, with one of them emphatically saying, "Jones was killing us."
* NightmareFuel: The death tape.
* TearJerker: Watching Temple survivors describe seeing their loved ones die. Also watching captions listing just ''how many'' family members they lost.

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