Posted On: Tuesday - June 27th 2023 12:29PM MST
In Topics: Immigration Stupidity China Bible/Religion World Political Stupidity
Who did I happen to run into on a beautiful afternoon in downtown Toronto, Canada but many hundreds of yellow-clad Chinese people of the Falun Gong. No, they are not actually a gang, per se. Cans of spray paint were nowhere to be found, there was nary a facial tattoo on the lot of them, and I saw no one's hands placed in some sort of stupid contorted position. They did all wear that shiny yellow clothing. Is that a gangland thing? I think it's a Chinese thing.
The massive Falun Gong movement became such about 30 years ago in China. Their thing is doing slow calisthenics and meditation in large groups in the outdoors. Per the Wiki page:
The practice emphasizes morality and the cultivation of virtue, and identifies as a practice of the Buddhist school, though its teachings also incorporate elements drawn from Taoist traditions. Through moral rectitude and the practice of meditation, practitioners of Falun Gong aspire to eliminate attachments, and ultimately to achieve spiritual enlightenment.Yeah, that's pretty much what I said.
That particular Wiki page, BTW, is reasonably unbiased when it comes to the Chinese politics - to be discussed shortly - but, not in regard to American politics. Wiki bemoans:
Falun Gong administers a variety of outreach organizations in the United States and elsewhere, including the dance troupe Shen Yun*. They are known for their views against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their anti-evolutionary stance. They also operate Epoch Media Group, which is known for its subsidiaries, New Tang Dynasty Television and The Epoch Times newspaper. The latter has been broadly noted as a politically far-right media entity, and it has received significant attention in the United States for promoting conspiracy theories, such as QAnon and anti-vaccine misinformation, and producing advertisements for former U.S. President Donald Trump.OMG! I kind of like The Epoch Times. Plus:
It has also drawn attention in Europe for promoting far-right politicians, primarily in France and Germany.There are far-right politicians in France and Germany? Who knew? We could use some in America too!
Well, that Wiki excerpt is stomping on my post, as I was about to relate that the Falun Gong folks were supported by the Chinese Communist Party up through the mid-1990s sometime. I was not paying attention to anything in China then, but by the late 1990s, I'd been reading continual news items and editorials about the Falun Gong in the Wall Street Journal. The writers were somewhat aloof but generally supportive of this group. I remember the news about these people being thrown in jail in large numbers and such things. (That could never happen here though, no way ... we're a free coun... oh, never mind.)
The loss of that LUV from the CCP was likely due to the CCP not wanting any large group of people in the country to be unified on any matter besides CCP ideas, even if they did just stand around breathing slowly and doing yoga. Additionally, it's very possible that one's mind might get clear enough during this meditation to realize that a CCP is not a good thing to have.
Well, moving ahead 2 1/2 decades, there were definitely hundreds, if not upwards from a thousand, Chinese Falun Gong members marching through downtown Toronto. These are Canadian residents - you don't leave China together as a Falun Gong group in matching T-Shirts (or whatever) to do a protest tour.
In the words of Jerry Seinfeld, "Good luck with all that ..."
I talked to a few of them, and gave a thumbs up to others. It was all pretty friendly. A lady I talked to gave me a flyer, but I told her that I already hated the CCP, so she should save the paper hence the planet. There was something specific they were protesting too, which was that there are apparently Chinese Communist Party-run police stations IN CANADA. I guess what's left of the English-speaking population there may still see the familiar RCMP signs, whereas the readers of Mandarin understand that's actually the Radical Communist Mandarin-speaking Pot-sticker mongers. (Work in progress.)
Then, a non-yellow-clad lady, with the group but not in the march, came up to us pedestrians with a clipboard. It was a petition: "Sign here to support the elimination of the CCP."
I felt the need to speak up here: "Uhhh, yeah, I think you're gonna need more than a clipboard to eliminate the CCP. You're gonna need a whole lot of guns." That didn't sit well with her, so this lady decided to seek signatures elsewhere.
I ended up hanging out in a park nearby. Toronto is no longer the Great White North, and I don't write that because the weather was nice that day. It was as diverse as they seem to want it. Then I did see a group of White people. There were 50 to 100 of them in a group. This was another protest/demonstration, albeit smaller, and also about China. The main chant was: "Get the CCP out of Canada!" Well, yeah... It turned out this was also about the police station thing.
They were moving right along, so I didn't get up from the park bench in time to be able to have a word. I have nothing against their "demand", but then, I was going to make my own chant. That'd be something along the lines of: "If you hadn't have let millions of Chinese people into Canada, the CCP WOULDN'T BE in Canada." along with "... You dumbasses!"
PS: I will note here that I learned something about doing effective chants in a protest from these guys, the White Canadians. One guy would say a line through the bullhorn, and another guy, I think at the far end, would chant it back. I don't know what it is about that method, but it's good. I wonder if that's the Communist's ancient Chinese secret.
* Peak Stupidity's * to note that we have mentioned that Shen Yun business before. See here and here. Shen Yun is kind of a ballet with politics. Hopefully they tiptoe around the really controversial stuff. (Yes, pun intended! I mean, why wouldn't I ...)
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The Alarmist
Wednesday - June 28th 2023 5:30AM MST
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I think the h/t goes to Mr. Smith, who apparently has gone to Beijing.
武当派，武当派 !
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I think the h/t goes to Mr. Smith, who apparently has gone to Beijing.
武当派，武当派 !
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Moderator
Wednesday - June 28th 2023 5:04AM MST
PS: SafeNow, your doc is probably lots more assimilated than the Chinese CCP police station personnel and also those Chinese people who are more personally aware that there are damn CCP operation going on in America.
On TUR, there are people who will bitch if you say anything nice at all about the Chinese and others if you say anything the least bit derogatory. That doesn't stop me, haha...
On TUR, there are people who will bitch if you say anything nice at all about the Chinese and others if you say anything the least bit derogatory. That doesn't stop me, haha...
Moderator
Wednesday - June 28th 2023 5:01AM MST
PS: Nice find, Alarmist! 22 bucks plus shipping, though. I'm afraid it might be infected too...
Thanks, Peter. There have been Chinatowns for a long time now, but there are more of them since the mainland opened up for "exports". There's not much assimilation going on in those places. Being there, you would not know you aren't in China other than by seeing more American vehicles.
There are "little Italy's" and "Greek towns" left, but they are nothing more than restaurant districts.
Importing entire foreign cultures wholesale and the civil wars and other clashes they contain is not a great idea.
Thanks, Peter. There have been Chinatowns for a long time now, but there are more of them since the mainland opened up for "exports". There's not much assimilation going on in those places. Being there, you would not know you aren't in China other than by seeing more American vehicles.
There are "little Italy's" and "Greek towns" left, but they are nothing more than restaurant districts.
Importing entire foreign cultures wholesale and the civil wars and other clashes they contain is not a great idea.
SafeNow
Tuesday - June 27th 2023 5:33PM MST
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What, no dragons at a Chinese parade?! And they purport to be Chinese?
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Velly surprising. But I forgive them for being dragonless, because here in S. Calif we have a lot of Chinese-Americans, and they are fine people. They offset, alas only in part, the unraveling caused by the migrants who walked here, and their descendants. The Chinese self-segregate recreationally and residentially, but so what. My Chinese doc deals with my many stupid questions with infinite politeness, patience, non-arrogance, and knowledge. On Unz (overall a great website) when I say the above, sometimes a few replies tell me I am an evil traitor to my race. I think no one here will say that.
What, no dragons at a Chinese parade?! And they purport to be Chinese?
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Velly surprising. But I forgive them for being dragonless, because here in S. Calif we have a lot of Chinese-Americans, and they are fine people. They offset, alas only in part, the unraveling caused by the migrants who walked here, and their descendants. The Chinese self-segregate recreationally and residentially, but so what. My Chinese doc deals with my many stupid questions with infinite politeness, patience, non-arrogance, and knowledge. On Unz (overall a great website) when I say the above, sometimes a few replies tell me I am an evil traitor to my race. I think no one here will say that.
PeterIke
Tuesday - June 27th 2023 2:57PM MST
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There are Chinese police stations in America too.
http://www.danielgreenfield.org/2023/04/a-secret-police-station-grows-in.html?m=1
There are Chinese police stations in America too.
http://www.danielgreenfield.org/2023/04/a-secret-police-station-grows-in.html?m=1
武当派
Tuesday - June 27th 2023 2:28PM MST
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The Alarmist
Tuesday - June 27th 2023 2:06PM MST
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I wonder what the ChiComs say about the Wu-Tang-Clan.
不太好
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I wonder what the ChiComs say about the Wu-Tang-Clan.
不太好
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65864164
CCP police stations in Canada seem to be used to keep Chinese in Canada looking over their shoulders.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alleged-chinese-police-stations-still-open-1.6828345