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What kind of minority group? They're religious kooks. That doesn't mean they deserve to be stamped out, necessarily, but they're also not a "minority group" b
by yourbandsucks 8y ago
What kind of minority group?
They're religious kooks. That doesn't mean they deserve to be stamped out, necessarily, but they're also not a "minority group" by the common definition of the term.
- will4274 8y ago> they're also not a "minority group" by the common definition of the term. How not? The Chinese government locks them up, murders them, and harvests their organs because they disagree with the communist party. Sounds like pretty classic "authoritarian government vs minority group" to me.
- withhighprod 8y agoI read my grandma’s FaLun Gong book when I was 8. Eye opening that it’s completely bullshit and lies(the founder claimed he is omnipotent and could cure cancer). However China has a large gullible and uneducated population and you can’t imagine the harm such nonsense group could cause. And hell yes they definitively used it to profit. It’s freaking a hoax. It’s not a religion and It has nothing to do with “disagree with authoritarian” at all
- yourbandsucks 8y agoI don't think you engaged with my comment in good faith, here. Falun gong are han Chinese who chose to identify with a particular religious offshoot. That doesn't make them a minority group as westerners understand it. Would you call Mormons minorities?
- prawn 8y agoOutside of Utah, yes.
- indigo945 8y agoI think it is pretty common to refer to Jews or Muslims as minorities, and it doesn't seem weird to me to call Mormons a minority group as well.
- zaphirplane 8y agoIn general, You are defining minority group as minority ethnicity only
- will4274 8y agoYes. I'm an American and America was founded by a bunch of religious offshoots who were being persecuted in their home country for being offshoots (protestants) rather than having the majority religion of their peers (Catholic). Religious minorities are minorities too.