2/ While the authorities decided to unseat four more lawmakers, it's time for all democratic camp lawmakers to resign from this appointed legislature. Act as decorative flower vases inside the institution may just let Beijing take advantage to calm down global discontent.
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3/ We wish to warn the world that now the existence of legislature never implying the existence of check and balance. Also, it's time to rise to the fact that win seats in the election and street clash are not the two only scenes in a democratic movement.
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4/ Of course, we did those in the past, but run for office and street rally should not be the two only way of demonstrating peoples’ voices even it could be harder to mobilize people during the outbreak of coronavirus.
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5/ Alternatively, more than hundreds of thousand HKers took to the streets virtually by online assembly. And there has been a virtual protest through
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6/ Online mobilization at Twitter also proved significant to HKers. It's enormous to exert discursive power against state propaganda. We even develop a ‘daily assignment’. Each day we got a list of ‘essential tweets’ to retweet and boost protest-related content into hot topics.
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7/ In our daily lives, People are awakening to choices that are
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8/ We also attend court hearings to support protestors facing trials, and do frequent prison visits, and write letters to protesters in detention. These virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to serve on the forefront of the escalating protests.
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9/ Hongkongers are the means for change in HK even though the battlefield may change. To support my analysis, feel free to subscribe my Patreon channel:https://www.patreon.com/posts/43810953
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I knew it. After just a few minutes, CCP already leading the polls
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