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Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China - "on demand" executions of political prisoners to provide organs for transplant. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemmy.ml moment

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Gong

No he's actually right about this one, I had to check

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Them being fanatics doesn't make China executing people for organ harvesting on demand anything more OK and this information was rumored way before that statemen, even with HK Protesters.

The .ml troll is wanting to discredit the backed allegations of this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody said it makes it okay to do that, but that does thoroughly discredit this particular source, quite obviously

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really, even fanatics can tell the truth about oppression.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

...can anything discredit a source more than what I linked??

"Led by Li Hongzhi, who is viewed by adherents as a deity-like figure, Falun Gong practitioners operate a variety of organizations in the United States and elsewhere, including the dance troupe Shen Yun.[14][15] They are known for their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), espousing anti-evolutionary views, opposition to homosexuality and feminism, and rejection of modern medicine, among other views described as "ultra-conservative".[16][24]"

of course it's possible, but they have no credibility at all

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It obviously makes them look like clowns, wich they are, however in the great scheme of thing's regarding China this claim fits not just right in but also is backed by several other things like that China is testing drugs and possibly bio weapons in their concentration camps

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who's the crazy conspiracy theorist now? Jeez...