Ethics

OMG! Obama is Jim Jones!

By Ed Brayton

So says our old pal Gribbit. He's just repeating the latest silly meme that says that being a charismatic speaker makes one on the verge of being the next David Koresh (unless, of course, it's a charismatic speaker that one agrees with). And Gribbit's basis for this comparison? Quotes from two celebrities talking about how he inspires them to get involved and work to get him elected. Seriously.

Jim Jones had what Clooney and Berry are falling for. It is called "the Cult of Personality" and it leads to situations that produce over 900 poisoned corpses because they drank Koolaid concocted with a formula specially selected by Jones. Or a compound full of burned bodies in Waco, TX because the weak minded are willing to follow anyone who is audacious enough to tell them what they want to hear.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).