See thread on “Hong Kong’s Dunkirk.”https://twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/status/1168156914158469120 …
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The eye-patch (referencing the medic girl who was shot in the eye in Tsim Sha Tsui) has been everywhere in the Hong Kong protests.https://twitter.com/myetcetera/status/1168171242160975873 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Today's the first day of school in Hong Kong and the student have called for a school strike. One sees riot police in robocop gear around town now, and ID checks and searches. It's a striking shift in how the city feels. (Below, Carrie Lam's alma mater)https://twitter.com/HongKongFP/status/1168363475459923968 …
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFPVerified account @hkfpAt St. Francis' Canossian College - Carrie Lam's alma mater - students in helmets knelt and held up a placard reading: "Chief executive, are you willing to listen to the voices of your younger classmates?" In full: http://bit.ly/extraditionhk . Photo: Apple Daily.#hongkong pic.twitter.com/fLbC66YMBfShow this thread2 replies 44 retweets 125 likesShow this thread -
Today in Hong Kong, secondary school students held a rally. Some were wearing the eyepatch.
Now in a long, snaking line of protesters waiting to go over the footbridge to the rally in Tamar. #HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/xgPVt6LdHP
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The rally at Tamar was pretty large (one of multiple simultaneous rallies today in Hong Kong). We want democracy—that’s what I hear most often from the protesters.
#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/GiBSzic6Rv
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Here in the Hong Kong protests, Pepe isn’t a symbol of alt-right. They adopted him as just a frog. Most have no idea of its US connotation. It’s taken some time but I’m no longer startled by it. Here are some Pepes with eyepatches from today—for the medic who got shot in the eye.pic.twitter.com/BZP1QpUUpg
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted antiELAB
This from last night. This morning, there are more reports of arrests of organizers of peaceful protests. Hong Kong's government is simultaneously: not democratically elected; not responding to *very* large peaceful rallies; arresting peaceful dissidents.https://twitter.com/anti_elab/status/1168569274778079232 …
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That's the context in which, the Hong Kong protesters tell me, they've turned to more confrontational tactics. There's a lot of discussion here about what might finally make the government respond to the people. After this morning's press conference by Carrie Lam, a muddier path.
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I'm seeing a lot of nonsense like this. Hong Kong protesters are tenacious and brave. They use water against tear gas canisters just like protesters in Tahrir Square, Cairo—not liquid nitrogen ffs. So many comments about how "Asian protesters" are smart, high-IQ—alt-right themes.pic.twitter.com/cPvl1pcLsN
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Also it may not be water. Watch the black lumps that fall out when he tips it, apparently it's mud.
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It’s the water that’s doing the work. It’s not some high tech thing. You can put some sand to absorb, sure. It’s not liquid nitrogen, and it’s not some novel technology that’s not been used in other protests. They are very brave though. Just like many other protesters.
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