Comments by "Maggie Chan" (@maggiechan33) on "Meet Hong Kong's Teenage Protesters | The Dispatch" video.

@MrLangam Kent, featured here, spent his salary, to buy protective gear. Though NOT PERFECT, THESE KIDS ARE CONTRIBUTING, TO KEEP HONG KONG, AS FREE AS POSSIBLE.
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@susanshankouxi7676 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS SITUATION IS - not very smart to ASSume things, that you know nothing about. Just because you spend your part time job money "on your interest", DON'T EXTRAPOLATE YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR, ONTO PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NEVER MET. FYI, A LOT OF CANTONESE KIDS GET JOBS, TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES; I DID THAT !
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@pharmtechlogistic2085 Yes, these kids + Hong Kongers have freedom, not possessed by Mainland Chinese. (Not going to discuss with you "whether they have enough freedom".) They want the SECURITY OF KNOWING they won't be undue repercussions, after voicing anti-gov't sentiments; that the Hong Kong Politicians, will GENUINELY FIRST + FOREMOST, MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF HK, + NOT BE JUST A LACKEY FOR BEIJING; that their distinctive local culture, will not be banned + rendered obsolete by Beijing.(e.g.- Cantonese is frown upon by the central gov't, EVEN IN GUANGZHOU.[ I personally don't care for the HYPOCRITICAL BRITISH IMPRINT, DURING THEIR 99 YRS OF OCCUPATION]); etc. I think these kids, people in the 1M + 2M Marches, are afraid that what present liberties they have, ARE GRADUALLY BEING ERODED, going toward 2047; and the Extradition Bill is a blatant example of this.
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@pharmtechlogistic2085 ABSOLUTELY NO !!! I don't mean to be condescending, but I want to restate that, I think a MAIN FEAR of the protests is, LOSING WHAT LIBERTIES THEY HAVE NOW, NOT SO THEY CAN ATTAIN A HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING. I know the housing problem, gross income disparity, + even the triads, DID NOT COME FROM BEIJING, but unfortunately, a result of HK's own HYER-CAPITALISM. Even if these kids don't know this, I would think, some of their parents would have knowledge of this. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT a better life only come after HARD WORK, + often one has to WORK HARDER Than Their WHITE COUNTERPART. I know Hollywood is RACIST + RARELY PRODUCE QUALITY FILMS; ironically the Chinese Audience love their garbage films.
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It is RATHER SAD + IRONIC, that his younger brother is being beaten, for protecting his father's liberties. Perhaps the dad does not want his younger son to get arrested, injured or killed; there are better ways, to communicate this.
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@susanshankouxi7676 ALSO, DON'T JUST COPY MrLangam's POST. HARD AS IT MAY BE FOR YOU, TRY TO THINK + POST SOMETHING ORIGINAL.
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@pharmtechlogistic2085 NOT NECESSARILY. FEAR, FREQUENTLY come from pass experiences, history. NOBODY IS PERFECT; one should not express ideas in ABSOLUTE TERMS.
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J K REALLY ? The Vietnamese defeated the Americans.
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@Alvin Lin Don't you know Asians ARE SLIM ? Even when compared to their WESTERN-RAISED RELATIVES, Asian Kids are thinner. Also, I am sure the demands + stress of PROTEST, does not help 1 to gain weight.
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The adults DO CARE. Kindly view the - 1MILLION 6/12/19 PEACEFUL PROTEST MARCH - 2M 6/16/19 PROTEST MARCH
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Even though the PROTESTERS ARE 60% YOUTH, the participants include lawyers, bankers (want stability), mothers LIVID @ Lam for accusing their children of "wayward behavior", local journalists, government employees (frustrated with their "leaders"), + public hospital's MD + nurses.
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@Enthusiastic Grasshopper And God bless + keep them safe, for their IDEALISM
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@Alan Pan But "these teenagers" will be TOMORROW's ADULTS I much prefer, these kids, rather than Instagram/Facebook addicted kids, manage Hong Kong in the future.
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@wuqixiang9633 FREEDOM IN HONG KONG, IT IS UP TO THE HONG KONGERS TO DECIDE. ARE YOU A HONG KONGER?
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@papadragon8643 FYI, there is FREEDOM OF SPEECH on the Internet. The REAL DISGRACE + SHAME, is that you don't RESPECT SAID FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
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@wuqixiang9633 I knew you were not a Hong Konger. Your ATTITUDE, IS EXACTLY WHAT THE HONG KONGERS, ARE PROTESTING AGAINST.
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@wuqixiang9633 Are you stupid or senile ! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO FIRST WROTE, "...freedom is not up to u to define." Seems like YOU IMAGINED, THAT YOU DID NOT WRITE THE ABOVE !
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@papadragon8643 I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING, BY USING CAPITAL LETTERS YOU ARE THE ONE, THAT SHOULD EDUCATE YOURSELF; IT IS NOT "SENSOR", BUT RATHER "CENSOR". YOU DID NOT "JUST DISAGREE WITH ME." YOU WROTE, "Stop using the word plz, you are disgracing it." THIS IS AN ACCUSATION !!! THE PROBLEM IS, YOU WANT YOUR BRAIN CELLS TO "RIP". AND WITH YOUR DEAD BRAIN CELLS, YOU DID NOT REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE, OR CAN YOU THINK CLEARLY. IF YOUR BRAIN CELLS WERE FUNCTIONING, YOU COULD HAVE, EASILY REFERRED BACK TO YOUR INITIAL POST - BUT THIS WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO; NOT YOUR MO.
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@pharmtechlogistic2085 I was very sad to see all the destruction of property; if nothing else, it just alienates the protesters, render their struggle less legitimate, + plays into their opponents' hand. Instead of trashing property, I was hoping the protesters would concentrate on running Lam out of office + demanding free election of the chief executive.
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@pharmtechlogistic2085 Removal of the chief executive IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED; it occurred after 2003 Art. 23 National Security Protests. At that time circa 500,000 Hong Kongers took to the streets. But with the blasted extradition bill, on June 12 - 1 million MARCHED June 16 - 2 million MARCHED Aug 18 - 1.7 million MARCHED It is irrelevant whether Lam introduced the bill, on the order of Beijing or not; but she it the FACE of a government, COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH, with Hong Kongers. Because Shanghai + Shen Zhen are not as free as Hong Kong, presently, those 2 can't replace the latter. China is trying to rise as a "soft power"; she doesn't need Hong Kongers to still be protesting on 10/1/19, esp when "face" is so important to us Chinese. It is very easy for me + you, to discuss the situation in Hong Kong, because we are not living the crisis. Ultimately, it is up to the Hong Kongers, to TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY.
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