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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, I thought this was going to be a thread warning us not to give money to a cult.

You're literally just offended by religious content onstage?  You need to research every event you attend much more closely!  There are many religions and they inform a huge swatch of art and culture and aren't always explicitly called out in the advertising.[/quote]

New poster. THIS, above.

Also: If OP is going to get into a twist over this show, well, where does that stop? If the Kennedy Center boots this show because of the statements OP cited as being made from the stage, that would mean the Kennedy Center would be overrun by people who object to many other shows on many other grounds. The venue would be mired in endless debate over whether to present this show or that show, to the point of institutional paralysis. Have no doubt, the Kennedy Center (and every other venue) already vet shows before giving them the green light, so within Kennedy Center artistic administration someone has long since checked Shen Yun's shows out and was perfectly aware of the entire script. Feel free to file your objection with them, as is your prerogative, but don't think they were ignorant of the content, OP.

If you don't like religious content you find offensive, you'd better steer clear of most theater, period. And yes, even many dance and music performances. I'm currently finding a lot of [i]anti-[/i]religious content in TV and films and other media objectionable to me personally, but I don't pitch a fit, or [b]pretend I don't know it's coming[/b], or fuss that it shouldn't be on stage or on screen just because I object to it.[/quote]

How would OP "know that it's coming"?

Nowhere in Kennedy Center marketing does it indicate that the show is a performance by a religious cult. 
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Pretty sure the KC doesn’t issue any sort of trigger warnings about content. It’s just a venue. The show itself makes the religious content quite clear.

Are you some pro-China First nutter or something?[/quote]

Where in the KC advertising does it indicate that it's a cult production? Link?

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The only people who characterize Falun Dafa as a cult is the communist Chinese government, which led an oppressive and brutal crackdown on the movement 20 years ago. Your use of that term and your demand that the KC use the same label at the Chinese is truly offensive. You are literally advocating the same thing China did — silence them. Because what? Having your atheism challenged? My goodness, grow a pair already.[/quote]
FYI: Religious people are typically afraid of a challenge because they have a hard time explaining away the creation timeline, talking snakes, floods, and arks. Atheists are simply tired of the evolution denialism that doesn't go away despite ample scientific evidence. The claim that evolution is not real because my book says so is not a significant scientific challenge, but a societal challenge. Your argument that I need to support some religious fundamentalists because they are against China doesn't hold water. [/quote]

I don’t particularly know about what Falun Dafa believes or not, although I am sure it has nothing to do with snakes and arks.

I am just saying you’re pointing a finger and three point back at you. They terrify you for some reason — to the point where you want them silenced or their ability to reach an audience curtailed. Which is very much the same thing China did.

Who cares what they believe? If you can’t deal with the cognitive dissonance of someone expressing a spiritual belief, your own belief system is more fragile than you think. No one tricked you — Falun Dafa clearly identifies as a religious movement. You chose the word “cult.” That’s the same label the Chinese used to ban and silence and try to exterminate them.

Stop being such a terrible person.

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I used examples from a religion I am more familiar with hoping that you get the point. I am not really terrified by religious people because we don't live in the middle ages anymore. I am surprised by their belief system and their ability to spread it despite no evidence. Believing in something without any support in reality is why a majority of Republicans believe that the election was stolen. [/quote]

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