Blind throw of a teargas canister by Hong Kong police around a corner, first hits a reporter—yay helmet!—before teargassing random shoppers. This is one reason why the protests still have a lot momentum. Almost everyone I talked to mentioned police behavior as a key motivator. https://twitter.com/ray_slowbeat/status/1170733270079664134 …
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Also, Hong Kong's protesters appear to me as deeply earnest and non-cynical. It's really a disservice to interpret them through the cynical/weary frame around politics/movements that's common in US/UK. Our own frames/projections to their particular moment don't work well.
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