HK protestors tied up a couple of people. This allows the Chinese govt to frame them as “violent.” A serious liability for the movement. Sad example of one classic reason why non-violent conflict empirically works better. Research on that: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolent-resistance-beats-violent-force-in-effecting-social-political-change/ …https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1161912732905381889 …
Replying to @jonathanstray
On the one hand, of course they shouldn't have. On the other hand, they were already being framed that way and would have been. The "terrorism" rhetoric precedes that incident.
3:55 AM - 15 Aug 2019
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