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Having a sort of "orderly" disruption of 2 million people on the streets seemed to have great optics, not creating sympathy for the government among the populat
by orblivion 7y ago
Having a sort of "orderly" disruption of 2 million people on the streets seemed to have great optics, not creating sympathy for the government among the population (especially since over a quarter of the population is participating!).
So is there a good reason to be rioting at this point? Seems to me that enough of that creates more sympathy for the government. _Seems_ like not a great plan, but I'm ignorant, so I'm all ears here.
- danielhk 7y agoJust curious about the number. I don’t know if there is a translation problem, but “2 million people” sounds not exactly the same as “2 million individuals” since some of them might be counted twice or more. It would be illuminating to know the real number of individuals ever participated.
- pwinnski 7y agoThat was 2 million on a single day. It's possible more have participated in one or more protests without being counted on that day.
- pwinnski 7y agoThe question is whether any of them were actually rioting. The protestors themselves argue that there was zero rioting on the part of protestors, but that white-shirted thugs worked with the police to assault protestors, who were then arrested and charged. That said, I'm sure with any large group, there are going to be some who go too far.
- orblivion 7y agohttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/hong-kong-police-regains-control-of-government-building/11269858 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/hong-kong-police-rega... This is a pretty clear case of rioting or the equivalent. To your point, I'll admit it could be a "false flag" as it were.