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'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shame they weren't throwing molotov cocktails like in the video you are commenting on, right? That behavior in the united states is only condoned when directed towards private businesses and individuals in the name of minority groups.

Condoned by whom?

Large American media outlets, large swaths of vocal people and bots on social media, well known american politicians, and people playing coy on the internet.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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anyone else have family/friends working/born and raised in hk and have zero care about the "protests" ? yeah most people go about their lives while the media bread and circus blasted this to western audiences when it was trendy. extremely amusing to watch internet nobodies absolutely nuke reddit with hk posts when chances are they have no idea how to locate hk on a map

Well, it's hardly surprising that media reports about the integration of a fairly liberal city into a very repressive dictatorship.

Honestly, how do you feel about anything that isn't local news? Most of national news will be reporting about people you will never meet and don't know too.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/hong-kong-huge...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48656471

At many different times in 2019, 1.7M-2M Hong Kong citizens, or 25% of the population, proudly protested in the streets and requested for their freedom. If only something good had came out of it.

Now it's sunk to what China's best at:

false arrests: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/mc5bah/young_man_...,

arrest for accessing online information https://restofworld.org/2021/hong-kong-journalist-on-trial-f...

brainwashing https://hongkongfp.com/2021/03/23/hong-kong-will-distribute-...

removal of religious freedom https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20210322/ZUYEZROAIFB4NK2274RB...

fake democratic system https://hongkongfp.com/2021/03/16/why-and-how-i-ended-my-par...

Imagine if you were a proud free parisian, and all of a sudden, you now live under nazi regime with concentration camps. That's probably what it feels like.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/hong-kong-huge... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48656471 At many different times in 2019, 1.7M-2M Hong Kong citizens, or 25% of the population, proudly protested in the streets and requested for their freedom. If only something good had came out of it. Now it's sunk to what China's best at: false arrests: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/mc5bah/young…

I live in HK. 1.7M-2M is a really large exaggeration.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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post #10

anyone else have family/friends working/born and raised in hk and have zero care about the "protests" ? yeah most people go about their lives while the media bread and circus blasted this to western audiences when it was trendy. extremely amusing to watch internet nobodies absolutely nuke reddit with hk posts when chances are they have no idea how to locate hk on a map

Well, it's hardly surprising that media reports about the integration of a fairly liberal city into a very repressive dictatorship. Honestly, how do you feel about anything that isn't local news? Most of national news will be reporting about people you will never meet and don't know too.

Liberal yes. But they insist on "democracy" which is ridiculous, as it didn't happen under the British. They "almost" instated it shortly before the handover, but didn't succeed for some reason. Extremely amusing indeed.

And HK people's lives were almost unbearable under the tycoons' feudalism, which has nothing to do with Beijing.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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post #14

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/hong-kong-huge... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-48656471 At many different times in 2019, 1.7M-2M Hong Kong citizens, or 25% of the population, proudly protested in the streets and requested for their freedom. If only something good had came out of it. Now it's sunk to what China's best at: false arrests: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/mc5bah/young…

I live in HK. 1.7M-2M is a really large exaggeration.

What is your estimate, and how did you measure it?

I live in Paris where most of French demonstrations take place (including the yellow vest movement) but I can't pretend to have better estimates than all local and global media sources and public observers.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's hardly surprising that media reports about the integration of a fairly liberal city into a very repressive dictatorship. Honestly, how do you feel about anything that isn't local news? Most of national news will be reporting about people you will never meet and don't know too.

Liberal yes. But they insist on "democracy" which is ridiculous, as it didn't happen under the British. They "almost" instated it shortly before the handover, but didn't succeed for some reason. Extremely amusing indeed. And HK people's lives were almost unbearable under the tycoons' feudalism, which has nothing to do with Beijing.

This comparison presumes a false choice between either close governance by China, or governance that resembles the old British order ("tycoon feudalism").

Why can't it be something else entirely?

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, it's hardly surprising that media reports about the integration of a fairly liberal city into a very repressive dictatorship. Honestly, how do you feel about anything that isn't local news? Most of national news will be reporting about people you will never meet and don't know too.

Liberal yes. But they insist on "democracy" which is ridiculous, as it didn't happen under the British. They "almost" instated it shortly before the handover, but didn't succeed for some reason. Extremely amusing indeed. And HK people's lives were almost unbearable under the tycoons' feudalism, which has nothing to do with Beijing.

In 1967 under the British, dozens of Chinese protesting against British rule and for representation were killed in Hong Kong.

Re: 'Do Not Split': A Hong Kong protest film [video]

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post #10

anyone else have family/friends working/born and raised in hk and have zero care about the "protests" ? yeah most people go about their lives while the media bread and circus blasted this to western audiences when it was trendy. extremely amusing to watch internet nobodies absolutely nuke reddit with hk posts when chances are they have no idea how to locate hk on a map

I do have family/friends in HK and they very much did care.

There has also been large numbers of people moving from HK because “[they] don’t want to be stuck in HK after mainland China has taken control”.

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