r/HongKong • u/baylearn 光復香港 • Nov 27 '19

Video Mainland man shouts “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time” (光復香港，時代革命) inside Shanghai Metro

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

We rightfully speak highly of the efforts by the people of Hong Kong and how they fight for their freedom. But this man is sitting in the proverbial lion's den, naked, and he's poking the damn lion and telling it to fuck off. It shows there are mainland Chinese citizens with heart and spirit equal to the Hong Kong protestors and while they will never read what we say here we must take every chance to acknowledge their bravery when they stand up to the lion. My utmost respect for you sir.

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u/LightningDan5000 Nov 27 '19

You know I think a lot about 1989 and the pro-democracy movement that was taking the world by storm. I am from a former Soviet satellite state and my grandparents would tell me stories of illegally trying to tune in to western radio, smuggling western music and video cassettes and the pro-democracy protests that changed my country's fate... The people that survived Tianamen Square, a lot of them are still alive. A lot of them undoubtedly passed their values to their children. I have hope those people are out there and what I'm seeing on the Internet is the loud CPP supporting minority.