(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners have done a lot of truth clarification since the onset of the persecution, and many have been very effective. However, many could improve what they say when they try to compare the practice to existing situations.
For this reason, I would like to share some thoughts that I believe are useful when explaining the facts about Falun Gong to the public.
If we use too many numbers to try to get a point across, the example becomes cold and analytical. A better way is to compare events.
When we talk about how many people have been murdered since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, I might say, “If 300,000 Chinese people were killed during the Nanjing massacre, more than 200 times that number have been killed by the CCP.”
That usually gets their attention.
We might talk about the stone formed 2.7 million years ago in Guizhou Province. It has six clearly discernible Chinese characters carved into it. These characters represent “The Chinese Communist Party Collapses.”
If we just state that fact, some people ask why the local government allows tourists to see it.
In that case, I add that the CCP media only reports on the characters that read “The Chinese Communist Party.”
The local government decided that this stone would be an excellent tourist attraction and could produce revenue, so they put a glass around the stone to protect it from the tourists and covered up the characters that represent “Collapses.” People seem to understand better after I explain it to them.
In my understanding, the CCP uses extreme statements to make a point. Exaggeration is very common in China. Thus, we have to assure that our statements are factual, without exaggeration.
I learned my lesson a few years ago. An official and I talked about the corruption in our society. I decided to use the grain reserves as an example.
“All those granaries are empty,” I said.
The official immediately responded, “You guys always exaggerate. How could all the granaries be empty?”
He refused to listen to me or accept what I said from then on.