Who has complained about that?

Yeah it seems to be the case as China didn’t respect the deal it made with UK to leave Hong Kong autonomous. If 3.5% of China did that it would most likely be a blood bath, be it a violent or non-violent protest.

I think we’re all aware. And Hong Kong isn’t (wasn’t) China in terms of governance(“one country, two systems”). China broke the deal it made with UK, which said Hong Kong would be autonomous until 2048, after which it would be incorporated into China.

But you’re right, not much to do when China claims authority and no one defends its right to free speech, democracy and autonomy.

Edit: added some need nuance on the “one country, two systems”.

Hong Kong was supposed to be free to control itself until 2048, democracy and free speech etc. China the decided that Hong Kong was starting to getting a little too free and started to tell the sitting president to shut the protests down.

China eventually took back control and instituted a national security law that could be used for pretty much anything after the crackdown didn’t quell the unrest.

I was actively following it live as it unfolded. It was very sad to see how much young people fought for basic freedoms and still lost it.

I remember being torn between my general non-violence stance and also understanding the protestors reciprocating the police violence.

Tell that to Hong Kong demonstrators on June 16, 2019, estimated by organizers at 2 million people marching. Hong Kong had a population of 7.5 million at the time.

Sure there was violence both before and after that protest, but mostly caused by violent crackdown by police.

But did it fail because there was violence or was violence a sign of stronger opposition? Causation vs correlation and all that.

Sweden is one of the strictest countries in Europe when it comes to drugs. Fairly certain selling heroin is very much not legal in Sweden.

On a related note, Sweden has (at least historically) had one of the highest OD death rates despite its strict drug regulation.

Edit: somehow totally missed the /s, but I’ll leave the comment up anyway :)

What’s your point here?

I do not justify genocide. Palestinians don’t call for genocide as doesn’t Israelis. Some or many might. Israel as a state are currently committing genocide on a people that they’ve displaced historically and continue to displace. Hamas might be calling for genocide too but Hamas is not the state of Palestine.

How does reinstate Palestinian land for displaced Palestinians equate to an exterminate jews though? I don’t doubt that Hamas has that view but the those words alone does not mean that.

You could argue it’s a dog whistle for antisemitism, but historically there has been many different groups with visions for what a one-state solution could look like.

Israel is helping settlers settle in Palestinian territories, forcefully pushing way Palestinian and destroying their homes withe help of the Israeli military.

Oh, so you can make money if you make popular content?

How do you make $21,000 on twitter?

I think that’s the point of drawing a line in the sand. Step over it and this will happen. It’s risky and timing would be of the essence.

Russia is not part of NATO.