seewhy wrote:scrabbarista wrote:A teeny tiny taste of what's going on in Hong Kong.
Officers admiring what they referred to
in a press conference as a "yellow object." (After they were filmed kicking and beating "it" relentlessly.)
A pleasant ride on the subway. (Some may find disturbing.)
Some ethnic minorities stretching their legs at a train station on their way home from a holiday. This is not in HK, but shows the nature of the government the protesters are protesting.
Local police enjoying some outdoor exercise.
Independent reportage.
Model Confucians demonstrating the Chinese virtue of filial piety.
World-class hospital care for the elderly.
Out for a Sunday drive.
A longform podcast from behind-the-scenes on the ground in Hong Kong. (Gets going after about 5 mins.)
To be honest, I couldn't relocate the most hideous example of violence I've seen on video: a helpless young guy in a blue and bloody pulp, still being beaten on the streets. I also left out the young boy who was shot in the chest, as that could have been construed as an act of self-defense by the police officer. I also decided to leave out the young woman who had her underwear stripped off before she was carried away by six police officers. And many, many other videos. And even more eye-witness and firsthand accounts. There's only so much space here, after all.
HK police stabbed in the neck unprovoked by 2 rioters. And this is NYTime and not China propaganda news. Tell me how if this is the States those rioters won't already get shot at.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-face-masks.html
I can't read that NYTimes article, because I don't have an account. If your characterization of the event is accurate, then I condemn such violence.
The videos and links I provided are very straightforward and contain little spin or propaganda. If any do contain a subjective perspective, and that perspective happens to take sides against the CCP, I wouldn't blame them.
Here are more than a million protesters acting peacefully.
The police have repeatedly and consistently escalated events. In the last few weeks it's reached the point where they're bombarding areas with gas an hour before protesters are scheduled to show up - just firing it at random citizens trying to get some shopping done or grab a bite to eat. On October 1st, police fired 1,400 cannisters of tear gas. On a single day. By their own admission.
And all of this - the links I posted, the article you posted, and my response here - is to say nothing of the twenty years of total unresponsiveness on the part of the HK and Chinese governments whenever the people have tried to effect peaceful change. Nor the steady encroachment on the people's rights. They've tried peaceful protests (Umbrella Movement in 2014), they've tried voting, advocacy, activism, petitions, and every reasonable and civilized course of action. But still they find their freedoms steadily removed. They've finally realized that if they don't act now, their children and grandchildren will grow up in the same techno-dystopia still being perfected on the mainland. They are fighting for their lives.
The man who sleeps on the bed can never fall out of the floor... Winnie the Pooh
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