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When the Communist party persecutes Falun Gong practitioners, where are the Chinese activists ? Now, I invite you to imagine the outrage that would follow if th
by enupten 12y ago
When the Communist party persecutes Falun Gong practitioners, where are the Chinese activists ? Now, I invite you to imagine the outrage that would follow if the US started persecuting Yoga instructors because they were not "Christian" enough.
- xnull2guest 12y agoDiscussions of Falun Gong needs to be couched in the context of its withdrawl from the CQRS and its political power to organize its tens of millions of supporters, and in fact crack downs truly only came when mass demonstrations were launched. Many parallels can be seen between the abuse of Falun Gong practitioners by police and the abuse of Occupy protestors, Ferguson protestors or by the abuse of those in the civil rights movement and the harassment of those known to be involved, or historically the abuse of union workers in America and countless other examples. I don't think your comparison of Falun Gong to Yoga and Communism to Christianity is one that is aligned with the facts. When the state persecutes Muslim people in America where are the American activists?
- enupten 12y agoEver heard of ACLU ? EFF ?
- xnull2guest 12y agoI assume you agree with the prior analysis of the Falun Gong? If by 'activists' you meant a group of lawyers willing to represent civil rights causes, I suppose you've never heard of the Weiquan?
- enupten 12y agoTouche. No, I don't agree with your view of Falun gong; the line that you take is that of the CCP. There may be some truth to these allegations, but I wouldn't believe it, given that it is the CCP. I did not mean to portray China as some "evil" machine, but I do think China has some way to go still, when it come to civil liberty. Frankly, I think that Maoism befell China is a tragic mistake, even if the outcome has lately been positive. In that I also give away my colours.