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Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral. There were more than 4 billion views on the related searches [1]. I will refrain

by admk 7y ago

Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral. There were more than 4 billion views on the related searches [1]. I will refrain from commenting on politics (don't have the time to contribute) but must say that I found both sides are incredibly biased against each other. [1]: https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%23 https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E...

gruez 7y ago
>Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral Given there's a history of the government using provocateurs. I'd take that with a grain of salt.
gwathk 7y ago
The "journalist" has no official record of him[1]. He also held a travel visa to Hong Kong and failed to show press pass on the scene[2]. It is wrong to do this to anyone and the protestor organized an apology session in HK airport the next day.[3] [1]: (if you read chinese) http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%BD%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2%E7%84%A1%E4%BB%98%E5%9C%8B%E8%B1%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84 http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D... [2]: https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/10157252898460309?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBtQKTihskUb4dJtnNXIiDR0IC-zLwC8VR8_3SoRPZR-PbTl43U7ki6hmGRd-g6hIOqqCtUqo_fjZabJZA2Galspr36kRqhCqBmJtBApI1qcA8XwW0NXJON-6aoh2Z0ynlH9zugf0ROmhwV_H6nmKLXs055MljSuficYUvsIFIGoObMQu0HI2GjkhULSoiZCAnWQpFw0KRL0-oxNbjg27-cCiyPgcYJ4L_fdIfFQTUr6NzZCa0teaDHJDd56bhdrStDfrwO_nMjnA1QEWu5htlcwGFYvPfdaSO-r1D7SszSR0qCZBkLkV_RmTeGx-xKw4qoiMasMnN7PVay&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/101572528984603... [3]: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong-kong-airport-protesters-apologize https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong...
- admk 7y ago
  Re. [1,2] see [4], but I wouldn't expect it to convince you. Re. [3] I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. [4]: https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103_ https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103...
  - yorwba 7y ago
    The protesters apologizing are presumably not the same whose behavior they're apologizing for. It just shows that the protest movement is not homogeneous and does not as a whole support indiscriminate violence.
  - Aeolun 7y ago
    > I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. Presumably you think the same thing about the behaviour of the police. But they are lacking even an apology.
siidooloo 7y ago
You don’t have time to comment, but you do have time to make this comment?
baybal2 7y ago
> [1] In a strange time we live in, a red guard journalist gets a struggle session from pro-democracy activists in China's most freewheeling city

by admk 7y ago

gruez 7y ago

>Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral Given there's a history of the government using provocateurs. I'd take that with a grain of salt.

gwathk 7y ago

The "journalist" has no official record of him[1]. He also held a travel visa to Hong Kong and failed to show press pass on the scene[2]. It is wrong to do this to anyone and the protestor organized an apology session in HK airport the next day.[3] [1]: (if you read chinese) http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%BD%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2%E7%84%A1%E4%BB%98%E5%9C%8B%E8%B1%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84 http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D... [2]: https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/10157252898460309?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBtQKTihskUb4dJtnNXIiDR0IC-zLwC8VR8_3SoRPZR-PbTl43U7ki6hmGRd-g6hIOqqCtUqo_fjZabJZA2Galspr36kRqhCqBmJtBApI1qcA8XwW0NXJON-6aoh2Z0ynlH9zugf0ROmhwV_H6nmKLXs055MljSuficYUvsIFIGoObMQu0HI2GjkhULSoiZCAnWQpFw0KRL0-oxNbjg27-cCiyPgcYJ4L_fdIfFQTUr6NzZCa0teaDHJDd56bhdrStDfrwO_nMjnA1QEWu5htlcwGFYvPfdaSO-r1D7SszSR0qCZBkLkV_RmTeGx-xKw4qoiMasMnN7PVay&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/101572528984603... [3]: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong-kong-airport-protesters-apologize https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong...

admk 7y ago
Re. [1,2] see [4], but I wouldn't expect it to convince you. Re. [3] I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. [4]: https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103_ https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103...
- yorwba 7y ago
  The protesters apologizing are presumably not the same whose behavior they're apologizing for. It just shows that the protest movement is not homogeneous and does not as a whole support indiscriminate violence.
- Aeolun 7y ago
  > I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. Presumably you think the same thing about the behaviour of the police. But they are lacking even an apology.

siidooloo 7y ago

You don’t have time to comment, but you do have time to make this comment?

baybal2 7y ago

> [1] In a strange time we live in, a red guard journalist gets a struggle session from pro-democracy activists in China's most freewheeling city