I've seen them get called a psyop by MLs, and my interest is piqued. I know Epoch Times is very right wing, but what else is there?

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I promised one a while ago, and its coming soon! I have actually started to write down my research which I usually dont do. Keep an eye on the effort com. The Falun Gong is pretty wild

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      This is about my understanding as well, except that in addition to the virulent homophobia of Scientology, they have the virulent homophobia of Scientology plus an equal amount of outrageous unhinged racism.

      I mean, I'm sure scientology is racist in practice, because why not, but I mean doctrinally.

      • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Scientology except plus an equal amount of outrageous unhinged racism.

        should we tell him?

        Falun Gong is anti race-mixing, but unlike L Ron, Li Hongzhi has never said anything explicitly racist towards so-called "pure" races (although if we follow his statements to their logical conclusion, it's clear that he's implicitly racist towards mixed race people). Not defending FG, just stressing how stupid scientology is.

        • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Holy shit some of those statements.

          Invent sci-fi clone resurrection so we can bring LRH back and then cut his head off.

          • kristina [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            yeah even as a socialist i halfway believed it cause i thought it was shady that china was selling medical cadavers through russia to the usa

            turns out they were getting permission to do it, second these were more like really lifelike plasticized skeletons that would trade hands a lot because they cost a lot of money to make. the reason they exist is you dont need as many cadavers for studying, you can just trade these cadavers that have been plasticized around

            meanwhile in the USA we use old grannies who donated their bodies to science getting blown up in weapons tests. they never said what science!

    • plov_mix [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      the most civilized and western country

      Such a good one :lenin-laugh:

  • Weedian [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    they're an anti race mixing UFO cult and they claim ancient Chinese exercises can teach you to fly

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Mr. Li differentiated himself from other qigong masters by wrapping his regimen in a cosmology that promises salvation through the refinement of one's character until the body literally evolves into another form of matter. At that point, the saved person is capable of flying to paradise, which may exist out in the cosmos, or in another dimension.

        He said interracial children are the spawn of the ''Dharma Ending Period,'' a Buddhist phrase that refers to an era of moral degeneration. In an interview last year, he said each race has its own paradise, and he later told followers in Australia that, ''The yellow people, the white people, and the black people have corresponding races in heaven.'' As a result, he said, interracial children have no place in heaven without his intervention.

        https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/30/weekinreview/the-world-rooting-out-falun-gong-china-makes-war-on-mysticism.html

      • Weedian [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        http://www.theserenity.net/

        well this is some PR straight from a falun gong follower who PMed me on :reddit-logo:, funny too because I checked his history and he never participated in genzdong where I was commenting on how falun gong sucks so he must be searching for threads on falun gong to try to message people.

        here's my favorite part:

        "Supernatural Abilities

        Supernatural abilities are usually connected with Qigong practices in China. Falun gong is seen as a Qigong practice as well and they talk about supernatural abilities. Doing cultivation practices is thought to bring about abilities but it can't be display clearly among society because it involves secrecy and people having to come to terms with people having to awaken on their own to their spiritual journey. If everyone can see a cultivator levitate then everyone would practice. It is not a big deal though since people believed Jesus Christ performed miracles, and the general population didn't have problems with it."

        also I forgot to add that falun gong are partially behind the "Chinese organ harvesting" propaganda as they claim practicing falun gong makes your organs super good and strong which is why the CPC targets them for organ harvesting. The other main reason for the harvesting narrative is that China has had an opt-OUT system for organ donations, where being a donor upon death is the default as opposed to opting into donation after death.

  • sedated [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They have one of the most astroturfed wikipedia pages I've ever seen.

  • OldMole [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    They are strange enough that just reading what they themselves put out is pretty entertaining. This is one of my favorites, just skim the questions to find the interesting parts.

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    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

  • pppp1000 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Loool I just posted about this. They have started advertising in small towns too. About how evil communism ruined a beautiful country. Not sure about fundings but it's sold in the US as this "innocent" anti communist group but their beliefs include race science shit.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    3 years ago

    Just read some of their central texts, I'm not joking. I decided to look into it maybe a decade ago...

    https://www.falundafa.org/eng/eng/zfl_14.htm

    Truth, Compassion, Temperance, sure, that's all fine. But Li Hongzhi was on a real :jesse-wtf: streak.

  • LoudMuffin [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    What does it take to understand Falun Gong? It takes a mind of steel...

  • mao_zedonk [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    AFAIK there is no reliable evidence they're CIA-funded, but how could they not be you know?