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Re:Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, protesters take t... by ryanlol on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:15PM (#21249859)
Talking to locals, most seem to expect this to last for a while.

Seems like a bad time for Madrid to move like this, HK protests have been in the news for months and will probably inspire many.

E: Can’t reply below because of ratelimit, but I specifically mean tactics here. It’s no coincidence everyone immediately rushed to the airport.

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Re:Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, protesters take t... by capableweb on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:19PM (#21249916)
Maybe the HK protests were inspired by the Catalans (probably not) but this has been brewing for a long time and Madrid has been acting this way for quite some time now.
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Re:Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, protesters take t... by DangerousPie on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:23PM (#21249957)
People in HK have been protesting since long before the Catalan separatist movement of the last few years.
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Re:Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, protesters take t... by capableweb on Monday October 14, 2019 @12:30PM (#21250034)
Some in Catalonia has been against the centralization of Spanish states since they were all folded into one state (1716) while Hong-Kong at it's earliest was created 1842 if I'm looking at the right details.

If we look at when an actual movement existed for Catalan Indepdendence, it was formed 1922 (Estat Català). Granted Hong-Kong wasn't really transfered until 1997, it seems unlikely Hong-Kongers have fought for independence for longer than Catalonia.

But in the end, there are no winners or losers here, only freedom fighters.

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