I know I should know this but like sometimes I just won't bother following or looking into certain events, what's the deal with hong kong and why is it bullshit?

  • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
    1·
    4 years ago

    Short 9 minut clip "Why Hong Kong Needs National Security" from daniel dumbrill a canadian living in china:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxPKJF7EwM

    Short 5 minut clip on american citizen and probable CIA agent Brian Kern pretending to be an oppressed Hong Kong citizen "Kong Tsun-Gan" aka doing "yellowface":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpq4SNJNcmA

    longer discussion with max blumenthall:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KLIfu6y2Bc&t=4319s

    • 0xACAB [she/her]
      2·
      4 years ago

      While I don't really love the Hong Kong protestors I wanted to learner more and watched the first video. I don't really find it convincing though, I feel like it accepts national security laws as ok, and frames the protestors as bad for rioting. You could apply this same argument to any riot ever, just or not haha.

      • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
        2·
        4 years ago

        Did you miss the part where a US foreign national is giving instructions to leaders of the riots together with steve bannon?

        Or when one of the riot leaders is arrested with the largest catch of explosives in hong kongs history?

        Characterising these protests as anything other than a US led destabilization effort is disingenuous. Please also note that the new security law is highly popular amongst the population of HK as they have had to live for 2 years now while foreign nationals terrorised their community. Even reuters had to admit that according to their own polling more than 70% of HK's population view the US as the greatest threat to the safety and stability of HK.