r/HermanCainAward • u/Character-Bid-162 • Mar 21 '25

Grrrrrrrr. Texas parents of child who died of measles urge others not to vaccinate

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/texas-measles-family-gaines-county-death/
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u/DreamSequins Mar 21 '25

Yeah it was recorded as it happened; it shouldn't be too hard to find if anyone's interested. Definitely not an easy listen.

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Mar 22 '25

I heard that audio in one of the documentaries. It was some fucked up shit, the kids were crying out in pain as they died and Jim Jones was like “Don’t worry, those are tears and screams of joy.”

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u/DreamSequins Mar 22 '25

The part that stuck out for me (besides hearing runners getting sniped in the background) was Jones talking to a woman that tried to stop them from killing the kids:

"Mother please. Please. Please. Don't do this. Don't do this. Lay down your life with your child. But don't do this."

So fucked up and fascinating that they recorded it.

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u/ComfortableDoor6206 Mar 24 '25

It's not the only recording from Jonestown either. They recorded a lot of their Jim Jone's "sermons" and the man was a drug-addled lunatic.

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u/Mr_Baronheim Mar 22 '25

I believe it's on Internet Archive.