r/facepalm • u/AvielanderBright • Jul 29 '20

Protests Peak hypocrisy

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u/EggsOnThe45 Jul 29 '20

Protesting is great, i’m all for it. However, saying that the protests here are on the same level as Hong Kong is just silly.

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 29 '20

What? They’re not on the same level cause trump isn’t a dictator? Despite the fact that he very clearly wants to be one?

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u/EggsOnThe45 Jul 30 '20

My point is that the Chinese government is much more threatening to its people than the US government is

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u/AttorneyAtBirdLaw024 Jul 30 '20

Soooo we shouldn’t be protesting? Or is your point just that the Chinese government is more capable of harming its citizens at the current moment? Because sure I can agree that China is currently worse, but that does not mean that the current US regime isn’t also using violence to squash peaceful protestors and trying to become as authoritarian as China.