Today's march in Hong Kong is a textbook example of why "violent" and "peaceful" protests are not categories you can meaningfully use here. Something like a hundred thousand people attempted to march. They got a letter of no objection, planned the route, all to no avail
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The last peaceful march I can think of with over 100K people that was allowed to go through start to finish without police harrasment was August 18. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The government wasted a window for reconciliation and concessions then, too.
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All I ask is that you think about this dynamic before reading the inevitable "Hope For Peaceful Resultion Fades as Hong Kong Plunges Back Into Violence" headline tomorrow. People voted, they marched with their families. What more can you ask them to do?
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(Here's an before-and-after image taken today capturing the hopelessness of peaceful protest in Hong Kong.) https://twitter.com/Elladraws1/status/1201125966807891968 …
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I'll also point out how weird it is that hundreds of thousands of people march and the government just has no comment. It's like this is a normal thing that major world cities go through sometimes for six months; nothing more to say.
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A day after this march we have estimates that it may have excedeed 300,000 people. Back in June (and Hong Kongers, please correct me) I feel like this would have forced the government to at least issue a statement. Today, they don't even consider it worthy of comment.
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Spot on...intimidation, tear gas, random arrests, and violence is all the
#HKPF got in their handbook now. Where did all tax payer money go for proper training and enhancements? (Little voice) militarisation of a political force is where... loyalty to the party.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The first (and second) march was peaceful = no tear gas. The third one started to become disruptive = police shut it down 1 hour early.
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That is not true. The difference is the first and second march were small, while the third was big.
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