This is some shoddy coverage by the Washington Post, which misses the point of today's enormous march, and the reason it turned destructive. Hong Kongers were marching to ask America to pass a specific law, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Acthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hong-kong-protesters-call-on-trump-to-liberate-hong-kong/2019/09/08/4123008c-d215-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html …
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The silver lining of all this is, if you're a US person, you should call your representative and ask them to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. It has broad bipartisan support! If we can move it through Congress quickly, it will help to deter Chinese intervention
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I will add as a coda that the only violence against people in these protests comes from the police. Tonight we had a major shopping area full of families tear gassed for no reason, a medic shot in the foot, and a press photographer targeted at close range with a tear gas grenade
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It's morning in America (just like Reagan promised), so won't you please take a few minutes to contact your representative, and urge them to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act? A phone call is always best. It is a small, important thing we can do to help Hong Kong
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Guardian is almost always bad. They slip the knife in through omission and focus.
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Any chance to fix this bug? Sort of defeats the point of a social bookmarking site. Thanks!https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pinboard-dev/9HBST4hhSQo …
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We have tried our best to correct it, seems not working, thanks for voicing out our true request
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Maybe it's again one of those cases of getting the right answer by declaring a wrong answer? Dangerous media phenomenon, I'd say.
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For sure this should be clarified. Hongkongers are seeking support from America on its autonomy.
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