About the Hong Kong Demonstrations

I would be a bit more skeptical about the claims that the demonstrations in Hong Kong are being funded by the U. S. government. I’ve looked into them a bit and to the best of my ability to determine they derive from one of two sources, either a) the Chinese government or b) organizations that genuinely despise the U. S. government. So far I have not seen the claims echoed in anything that resembles a reliable source. My tentative conclusion is that the claims are propaganda, disinformation.

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  • Grey Shambler Link

    Not funded probably, but encouraged. We have a knee-jerk reaction to support any group claiming to seek “freedom” without analyzing any further, which is why we can’t decide who our allies are in Syria.
    In Hong Kong, demonstrators have begun to break glass and damage property. They cross a line that puts them in danger and we encourage it, saying we have their backs when we don’t. I wouldn’t be surprised to see reports of people disappearing from Hong Kong.

  • The Middle East has no history of liberalism. Most of the people who live there don’t believe in it. Democracy doesn’t mean the same thing there it does here.

    “Encourage” covers a broad territory. The bill that Trump just signed is encouragement in one sense.

    The closest thing we had to an ally in Syria was the Syrian government and we were working against them.

  • CuriousOnlooker Link

    At its most basic level, the US is “encouragement” just because it exists as a liberal democracy. The United States as an idea is very potent, even if Americans have become cynical.

    Look, the people of Hong Kong have plenty of grievances over the last 20 years with the government of Hong Kong and China. They didn’t need any encouragement to air those grievances.

    My view on the violence is it is the fault of the government. When you don’t listen to non-violent protests that grew and grew for years, then try to take peoples civil liberties; don’t expect the people to silently submit.

  • My view on the violence is it is the fault of the government.

    My view is that the course of action the government has been embarked on was inevitable. The CCP could not tolerate “one country two systems” for long.

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