• misterp@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    They were so sinister, but back in the 80s they were just randos. There’s a documentary out there about their cult. Really weird, from my perspective, because when I was like 9 years old, I thought it might be nice to be like them at the airport runnning around with a tambourine. I’m so glad I wasn’t. Anyway, look it up and read about them. Then, question everything. The Krishna people, in a nutshell, were worshipping a huge drug lord and it was a mafia, that brainwashed them. Back in the 80s, and even 70s, they were just hippy dippy people. John Waters even made a film about how the daughter wanted to run away from the mother to join the Krishna people. Hare, hare krishna!

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      4 months ago

      There’s a temple of theirs very near me. I don’t see many around now but back in the 90s it’s was a big thing. But they were always very peaceful here, not remotely sinister. They just played that tambourine and chanted away and did their own thing

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        4 months ago

        A group of them came by my college every week and provided a low cost, all you can eat vegetarian lunch. Don’t know much else about them, but that’s a point in their favor in my books.