Information operations directed at Hong Kong

Re:Information operations directed at Hong Kong by JumpCrisscross on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:39PM (#20741058)

> Are the images shared from this article suggesting that protesters are destroying property and engaging in other such behavior fake or somehow being taken out of context?

Yes. Some protesters destroyed property. But the Hong Kong protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful.

Almost shockingly peaceful. Millions of people are mobilizing in cramped quarters. Very few cultures have the restraint to coördinate so massively with barely any mistakes.

Contrast this with the counter-protesters, in Hong Kong [1] and overseas [2]. Pro-Xi protesters are violent at about the same frequency as (if not higher than) Hong Kong's protesters. This despite there being far fewer pro-Xi protesters on the ground.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49066982

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/world/australia/hong-kong...

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Re:Information operations directed at Hong Kong by spectramax on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:06PM (#20741317)

I was educating myself of Kashmir protestors in Srinagar and found a stark contrast between Kashmiri protestors (with their ISIS banners: https://i.imgur.com/ib8OVE4.png) and HK protestors who are peaceful, educated in the issue and careful with sparking any kind of violence. It is amazing really and one of the most well organized large scale protests in the modern history of mankind.

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