There is a faction of Hong Kong protesters who are angry, reject non-violence, and are determined to confront police. How a leaderless movement successfully got them to hold back this weekend, in the name of unity, is fascinating. There was no tear gas AT ALL this weekend in HK.
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You can see the dynamic in action in these two tweets (this and next in thread). It is remarkable. Late last night at Harcourt Road, there was tension over these tactics. But people got kitted-out protesters to go home from right outside a police station.https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1163052563765186561 …
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In my mind the really impressive thing in
#HongKongProtests is not the rallies themselves (which are impressive) but when some combination of shared ideals, social media, and people on the scene is able to apply the brakes to hot, stressed, sometimes scared people in big groupsShow this thread -
This ability to stand down, combined with the Hong Kong and Beijing government's inability to concede even the smallest error, have so far prevented China from being able to drive a wedge between protesters and the wider Hong Kong public. Yesterday showed the breadth of support
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Unity is YUGE. Any group of this type has to balance "in-group" stuff with "outreach stuff" properly. See Hegemony How-To (
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