With a third writing: “Drinking the Kool-Aid' is a reference to the [Jim Jones massacre]. Ironically, the flavoring used was apparently Flavor Aid. “Of course, not everyone at Jonestown went to their ...

The Jonestown massacre was the largest mass suicide ... Congressman and then telling his followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid, the proposal is stirring up old wounds. Critics have argued it ...

But the first draft of history depicted the political fanatics as Christian fanatics, despite the group’s explicit atheism and distribution of Bibles in Jonestown for bathroom use. The words “ ...

drinking the Kool-Aid.' Oddly enough, the powdery substance used was actually Flavor Aid, a less popular brand of sugary powdered drinks. Many Americans have forgotten about the Jonestown ...