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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I noticed you chose not to highlight - twice - the most important part “Falun Dafa”. Researching them probably would have helped you decide to not go to the performance. [/quote]
I was somewhat aware of Falun Dafa because I often see them meditating and exercising very slowly in parks. I never thought that they were as fundamentalist as the religious right. [/quote]
I think your only recourse is to contact the box office. Not sure you would get a refund but what else do you want at this point?[/quote]
I have serious doubts that I would get a refund. Probably raising awareness would be more successful. I was considering an open letter to Kennedy Center to terminate their association with Shen Yun. If Kennedy Center wants to be seen as a progressive institution they should not provide a respectable platform to a retrograde group. [/quote]

I thought being "progressive" meant accepting different religions (and cultures) whether or not you agree with it or not.

I don't understand why you think the Kennedy Ctr ahoukd distance themselves from them? Bc you personally found it insulting?
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Because they are promoting an anti-science message. I can be accepting of any nonsense you believe in until you want me to accept it as a universal truth. We've been through dark times when the religious right was trying to teach religion in schools as an alternative to evolution. I don't want to relitigate that. [/quote]

So freedom of speech as long as you agree with the message?[/quote]
Where did I say that? I keep saying and I will say it again: spread your nonsense, but don't mislead me into supporting you spread your nonsense. [/quote]

Right here

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I can be accepting of any nonsense you believe in until you want me to accept it as a universal truth
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Freedom of speech requires you to accept their right to tell you to believe. Further, their freedom of religion allows them to apostolize. If you don't like it, you need to find another country.[/quote]

Why are you giving op a hard time? She isn’t asking for them to be banned from performing- just that the advertisements, on their face are misleading. Which it seems they are.[/quote]

Thank you for the support, but this poster doesn't really give me a hard time. They are twisting themselves into a pretzel to make it look like this is a freedom of speech issue, when it is clearly not. [/quote]

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