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Hong Kong Protests: The most striking illustrations from the movement so far
- springuper 7y agoOh, why there is no picture showing how they destroy public facilities and attack polices
- sky_rw 7y agoYes, the ChiComs are clearly the real victims here. Stay woke.
- ETHisso2017 7y agoOooh. "ChiComs", what's next, yellow peril?
- ETHisso2017 7y agoSame reason why there are no pictures showing how they attack people who are speaking Mandarin: because certain news editors and online journalists have decided a narrative and feel those pictures detract from it.
- Chakazul 7y agoSadly we're still waiting for any remarkable art piece from the pro-Govt side...
- senectus1 7y agointeresting to see that artistic style they have made the guy with the hammer attacking the protesters in is a very obvious and unflattering stylist "Chinese" man. Shows they really see this as an "Us vs Them" situation...
- ETHisso2017 7y agoThe second week of the protests involved them hunting down middle aged women who had the temerity to dance in a public park, because said middle aged women were mainland Chinese. This is a localist, nativist protest through and through.
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- throwaway1997 7y agoThey were softcore sex workers soliciting in the middle of public parks. It's nothing to do with their country of origin.
- ETHisso2017 7y agoWere they convicted in a court of law? Where's the legally binding proof?
- throwaway1997 7y agoIt's not strictly illegal but it's antisocial behaviour and the government didn't do anything when local residents raised their concerns.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoI don’t think that is a from western stereotype, more like a from Chinese one, so calling it “Chinese man” might not translate very well, bumpkin thug would be more appropriate.
- geowwy 7y agoHe means the guy with a hammer looks like a Hong Kong-er's stereotype of a mainlander.
- jdkee 7y agoShill for China much?
- potatofarmer45 7y agoA noble and brave people fighting for their rights and freedom against a brutal and evil regime. It may seem like it but this is history in the making. What still is shocking is how many Chinese people I know who are nice and rational people, but once the word Taiwan or HK is spoken, become angry tape recorders spewing hate. This is proof nationalistic religious-style patriotic education in China is dangerous to both Chinese and the world.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoI don’t think it is the patriotic education (which many sleep through) so much as a successful promotion “us vs them” stratification. Trump does something similar with his followers (western media bias vs fake news).
- pishpash 7y agoHong Kong provides a sort of comfort to Western society, a place where, in the face of increasingly credible challenges to hundreds of years of unchecked dominance, Westerners can still have their superiority complex validated in the image of yellow people willingly speaking their language, believing their religion, singing their songs, using their laws, wearing their wigs, and waving their flags. Any change to that is an unimaginable evil and a moral affront. What is shocking is how many Western people I know who are nice and rational people, but once the word China is spoken, become angry tape recorders spewing hate. This is proof nationalistic religious-style racist education in Western society is dangerous to both Westerners and the world. You see, Chinese and Western reactions are completely predictable, none better than the other.
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- sudofail 7y agoI agree that prejudice plays a role in the West's view of China, and I'd agree that while China doesn't have democracy, the government has done tremendous good for millions of people. But that being said, what's happening with the Uighur population and "reeducation camps" is beyond unacceptable. And for that alone, I think the current Chinese government deserves all the criticism it's receiving. China would have the moral high ground to argue the merits of non-democratic political systems if it didn't engage in such human rights atrocities.
- Leary 7y agoI like this one that harkens back to Liberty Leading the People https://i.redd.it/w8q24l4r10l31.jpg https://i.redd.it/w8q24l4r10l31.jpg This along with Hong Kongers singing "Do You Hear the People Sing" really make it another great revolution just like the French Revolution.
- ETHisso2017 7y agoThe French Revolution ushered in mass beheadings, Napoleon, and fifteen years of war. Maybe that's what you want though?
- geowwy 7y agoYeah. It surprises me anyone thinks the French Revolution was a good thing.
- PavlovsCat 7y agoAre you saying the king was actually appointed by God? Nobody asked or forced the CCP to be totalitarian murderers, and they're the reason peaceful reformation is not possible.
- PavlovsCat 7y agoIf you say the revolution was just bad, instead of having gone better, you're condoning what came before it. Just because you aren't even prepared to defend yourself doesn't you you can't be questioned. That the sophistry to defend totalitarianism relies on force, censorship, and is done by people not one of whom can look even one person in the eye, much less the millions they sweep under the rug, is very telling. And a lot will have to be said about this, preferably in tribunals.
- Leary 7y agoSure there are a lot of radical violent rioters, but they are fighting for Democracy and Freedom.
- geowwy 7y agoIf you support Hong Kong's struggle for democracy, please don't turn your back on Puerto Rico's. The US has denied Puerto Ricans democratic rights for almost 120 years now.
- flukus 7y agoHong Kong good, Brexit bad, catalan independence bad. I haven't seen much consistency on the right to self determination from the HN meta opinion.
- mvid 7y agoThat is such a blatant oversimplification. Brexit is bad because it’s a shitshow that was never seriously believed would happen let alone be properly planned. It will leave the UK in an objectively worse position in terms of power, economy and politics. Catalan independence is bad because it won’t improve anything, it’s a pride of culture movement that will likely negatively affect the population. The EU stated that it wouldn’t accept a Catalan state as a member, so the economy and movement would be heavily restricted. HK independence is good because the Chinese government and state apparatus is evil. Having your home and culture consumed and extinguished is not something anyone would wish for. Maintaining independence is objectively better than being controlled by China.
- mistermann 7y ago> Brexit is bad because it’s a shitshow that was never seriously believed would happen let alone be properly planned. It will leave the UK in an objectively worse position in terms of power, economy and politics. You're not wrong I suppose, but I don't quite understand why it's not considered possible for a nation to have sovereign independence and still function reasonably well. I'm sure being a member of the EU offers some advantages with respect to standards and efficiency, but I don't get why a nation can't remain independent and interact with other nations (complying with any necessary standards), at a cost of say 5%-10% to their economy due to the disadvantages of not being fully integrated.
- baylearn 7y agoAnother thread with more visual art related to the movement: https://twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1163340286983979009 https://twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1163340286983979009
- revwest 7y agoy'all know the protests are being funded by the U.S. to siphon Hong Kong's economy away from mainland China, right? it's "war by any means" nowadays, and the war of wars has already begun 3rd world war: U.S. against China, winner take all (the planets)
- sudofail 7y agoDo you have any source for this claim? If anything, the current U.S. administration has been sympathetic to Xi and the Chinese government over this matter.
- fit2rule 7y agoThe USA started World War 3 almost two decades ago. Just because it hasn't hit any Western shores doesn't mean civilization isn't being utterly destroyed by those with the military means to do so.
- PavlovsCat 7y agoWe only found out about extent of the death camps after the military defeat of the Nazis. They were set to erase all traces. So at this point, you don't even fully know what you're doing your whataboutism with.
- fit2rule 7y agoIts not whataboutism, because only Americans are ignorant of the nature of their heinous wars. Some of us are on the lines with the refugees and the orphans, and have heard more than enough details to the point where I only wish it were agitprop and cheap talk on a non-refugee-persons' website. If you care to look, you can see the truth in the eyes of the children who have lost their parents or brothers or sisters, or arms and/or legs. They're out there, but of course, if you are living the high life in the good ol' USA, you'd have to take a long flight to see, for yourself, the truth.
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- revwest 7y agonow show me the yellow vests, or don't you wonder why Western media completely ignore the fact French yellow vests have been protesting their gov for 47 Saturdays in a row? and are still getting shot in the face by Macron's actual fascist police?
- sudofail 7y agoThis account is only a few minutes old and seems to be deliberately spreading unsubstantiated and misleading or false information.
- Chakazul 7y agoThe first one was drawn by HK cartoonist Ar To https://www.facebook.com/Artohk/photos/a.337271833020631/2393377254076735/?type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/Artohk/photos/a.337271833020631/239... The caption reads: ️Full of love, pure love for Hong Kong #GodBlessHongKong #GodBlessStudents
- ETHisso2017 7y agoSerious vote brigading going on in HN - hope the admins look into it. EDIT: visit lihkg.com and search "ycombinator"
- rkagerer 7y agoSorry, this page looks too much like those clickbait sites which make you click Next for each morsel of information and relentlessly bombard you with ads along the way. It's a real shame the canvas doesn't do justice to the artists' illustrations.