That guy is doing the opposite - Falun Gong is a notorious cult, it's like a Chinese Sciencetology. It damages the actual critique his message might contain.
Regardless of whether this is true or not, I fail to see how it in any way justifies the level of persecution (extrajudicial imprisonment, torture, killing, organ harvesting etc.) endured by the group:
Is that fact? Not that I really care: I would protects church of Scientology if they were persecuted same way as Falun Gong. Just curious.
> It damages the actual critique his message might contain.
How so?
Pretty much, among other things they advocate that 'race mixing' is the result of aliens trying to exterminate humanity[1], they're pretty much out of their minds and also super homophobic.
>How so?
If you came to my country and tried to promote a cult I doubt you're going to convince people of what you're trying to convince them off, in fact it would probably make them less receptive to your notion of freedom and more enthusiastic about the crackdown on minorities with distinct cultures
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachings_of_Falun_Gong#On_rac...