I remember many years ago when I was a young naive lib, I was one day walking down the street in my neighbourhood when an Asian woman handed me a Shen Yun Pamphlet, telling me to check out the show and how it shows "authentic Chinese culture".

Me being the naive lib who at the time thought the evil CPC destroyed 'real' Chinese culture which orgs like Falun Gong preserved, accepted the pamphlet happily and later on in the day went to visit my Chinese grandmother to tell her about this cool Chinese theatre play.

She immediately shut me down and told me that Shen Yun is a cult that you shouldn't trust whatsoever. I didn't become a communist until years later, but that day taught me to rethink my position on Falun Gong and to not blindly trust reactionary religious organizations.

Thanks grandma.