Hong-Kong Protests

Taiwanese against riots in Hong Kong

lgnxz said:

There's this opinionated blog (albeit a bit long) from of a western outsider's perspective with rather uncommon viewpoint titled 'Hong kong and the perils of nativism' which rings true to my perspective as well about the root cause of the ongoing protests; which is how it is being driven by the vintage HK people's perceived social status that put themselves higher than the mainland chinese. However, with the fast growth of china's economy and living standard, that chauvinist sentiment is crumbling quickly due to the said facts, causing them that are not ready to accept it looking like someone that are grasping at straws, finding lesser and lesser excuses to deny the reality just to maintain that vile perception. Worth the read, really. The link:

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1 notable quote from the article:
"When shown that salaries in Shanghai are higher, the food is better, apartments are incomparably bigger and better designed, internet services are an order of magnitude better; Hong Kongers just double down and talk about Human Rights and Internet Freedom not because they actually care; but because that’s all they have left to justify their culturally engrained sense of superiority."

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This article makes some good points (though all of these have already been made by various posters in this thread) at the same time it indulges in many dubious assumptions and to its own detriment appears to treat what's happening in Hong Kong as some sort of case study seen through the prism of a particular theory. Considering colonialism is never mentioned and it is a major cause of the self-racism exhibited by the significant minority of Hong Kongers in question I would say this article is both an incomplete analysis of the situation and perhaps written by someone subconsciously prejudiced or intentionally meaning to incite division among Chinese by stereotyping and fanning hatred for all Hong Kongers while at the same time casting all China and Chinese in a poor light in a nuanced manner. Shame that so many posters thought this article worth a "like".

Aah fresh freedom fries. No mention of the Molotov cocktails or wanton destruction though. Seems the cat is still holding freedom's tongue.

Btw how come people who are living in countries where their ancestors butchered the native inhabitants are the most crispy freedom fries?

There not even one ounce of human decency left in the mob! A lone scared woman was attacked! A mob pulled her down the stairs, at the bottom of the stairs she was set upon. But we can't see, because the mob knew they were upto no good and started shouting instruction to open the umbrella to shield the action from the cameras!

For those who don't understand cantonese, They also chanted return to mainland in the begining and while the woman is down! And told her to get up and stop acting!

All those reported there, and some I see is white european/USA/OZ. And yet, we don't see this from any of our MSM! Figures!

Gatekeeper said:

There not even one ounce of human decency left in the mob! A lone scared woman was attacked! A mob pulled her down the stairs, at the bottom of the stairs she was set upon. But we can't see, because the mob knew they were upto no good and started shouting instruction to open the umbrella to shield the action from the cameras!

For those who don't understand cantonese, They also chanted return to mainland in the begining and while the woman is down! And told her to get up and stop acting!

All those reported there, and some I see is white european/USA/OZ. And yet, we don't see this from any of our MSM! Figures!

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I noticed toward the middle of the clip when the lady was down on the floor, you can hear a crowd start singing "Glory to Hong Kong" in the background, just like scenes from Doctor Zhivago movie except this one is the real live thing. Really sad reflection on what these people have done to Hong Kong.

Also, those journalist and photo-journalist should stop shoving their camera at the victims face from the moment she was disoriented and in shocked. Just shows how uncivilized these people are and how totally unqualified and hypocritical they are in the news reporting,

While everything is still fresh, I hope somebody starts compiling an easy to search list of the rioters and protestors and make it public to allow them ability to protect themselves by not hiring these people, just like a sexual predator list available to search online. I certainly wouldn't want to hire any of these thugs that will very likely want to harm me, my family and my interest.

The death spiral is starting to bite, it is sad the silent majority has to pay the price. These guys would not stop until they totally wreck HK’s economy.

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The death spiral is starting to bite, it is sad the silent majority has to pay the price. These guys would not stop until they totally wreck HK’s economy.

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Just like emperor Nero who is said to played his fiddle while Rome burns, these traitors continue to advocate the self inflicted destruction of HK while it burns.