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extra surprising given how Falun Gong have been treated in China, including being killed en-masse and having their organs harvested (sounds like a conspiracy th
by beaconstudios 5y ago
extra surprising given how Falun Gong have been treated in China, including being killed en-masse and having their organs harvested (sounds like a conspiracy theory; it isn't - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Go...).
- aww_dang 5y agoExactly. I've always understood Falun Gong as an oppressed religious movement. Apparently the "deplorable" political parallels are more interesting to the author. Hard to take the article seriously. It reads as a political screed.
- qshaman 5y agoYou can be a crazy cult and have your member's organs harvested at the same time.
- aww_dang 5y ago>David Ownby similarly wrote that "the entire issue of the supposed cultic nature of Falun Gong was a red herring from the beginning, cleverly exploited by the Chinese state... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#:~:text=the%20entire%20issue%20of%20the%20supposed%20cultic%20nature%20of%20Falun%20Gong%20was%20a%20red%20herring%20from%20the%20beginning,%20cleverly%20exploited%20by%20the%20Chinese%20state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong#:~:text=the%20entir...