• ramble81@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    What the hell is it? There’s a giant billboard in town that just says something like #1 trusted source and has some guys picture I don’t recognize and… that’s it.

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      11 months ago

      It’s part of the media wing of a cult. Shen Yun is another part of it that a lot of people are familiar with - they perform all over the place doing “ancient Chinese dance” (which was invented in the 1950s). Epoch Times is the “news” piece. It’s all propaganda.

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        11 months ago

        I did catch Shen Yun show once. I saw some dancing. What I have heard from everyone else is that my session was unusual and it’s usually loaded with politics.

        Also I have a friend who holds dual citizenship and she told me the PRC takes pics of Chinese ethnic people who attend the shows and refuses to let them come back to the China, so she has never gone.

        It’s such a weird situation.

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      11 months ago

      They’re very popular in right-wing circles. They also give away their paper for free in boxes on street corners, so people will just pick it up for something to read.

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      11 months ago

      Do you live in Denver or do they have those same billboards posted everywhere? I suppose it must work, if you’re an idiot. So it does work…