[pthomas551]

Shen Yun is run by Falun Gong, which is a Scientology-like cult. Their followers may be heavily oppressed in China, which is wrong, but it's still a cult. We're not talking about traditional performers who fled during the Cultural Revolution or something.

[dionian]

The CCP is 10x the cult that FLG could ever dream of being. Stop lapping up/repeating the antiFLG propaganda. Yes they have some weird philosophical beliefs, at least they are pro-love and anti-torture.

[chillacy]

But anti homosexual love, just to be clear.

Here's the article's quote that I think sums it all up:

> The fact that both Falun Gong and the Communist Party communicate via propaganda makes it almost impossible to understand what’s really happening

[Kalium]

Fortunately for us all, this isn't a contest. Both can be weird, crazy, and cult-y.

[Frqy3]

Their similarity to Scientology is quite striking. Complete with alien conspiracy theories [0].

[0] http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053761,00...