There have been hundreds of thousands, potentially over a million, HK people protesting since it all kicked off. How many of them were acting violently? A small percentage.
The ones that didn't hurt anyone were law-abiding. I find it weird that you struggle with that concept.
I mean, this is from the pro-HK government SCMP.
"What struck me about the recent Hong Kong protests was the orderliness despite the . The absence of litter and images of crowds parting to let an ambulance through were impressive. A civic sense guided the protesters even as a few took to violence after the more recent rallies.
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Protesters in Hong Kong see themselves as custodians of their hometown, a sense of responsibility that extends to other aspects of life – on escalators, people stand aside to give way to others and, on the MTR, those wishing to enter wait for passengers to exit. Public property and utilities in Hong Kong are dependable and well maintained. There is a symbiosis between the government, which maintains and provides utilities, and the people, who use them with consideration."
Or even this article rather than opinion piece, which literally referred to the protest as being peaceful.
As I think has been tirelessly pointed out, no one on this forum has ever said there was no violence, and it's clear that violence at the protests increased over time.
But what is morally repugnant is the idea that:
Because a minority of protesters were violent, all protesters should be seen as violent
And as such, it's justifiable to challenge any of the protesters physically
And if someone wants to challenge the protesters, they can break the law
And if such a group of people decide to break the law, it's ok for them to attack uninvolved civilians on their way home purely on the basis that suspected protesters might have been amongst them
Which leads to the absurd situation of people who sing the virtues of law-and-order seeking to justify mobsters terrorising members of the public on the HK mass transit system.
The only double-standards here are from those people who have justified the Yuen Long attacks because they were done by people whose interests vaguely align with the HK government and were done to intimidate the public to not back the protests.