SourcePosted on 06/17/2019 1:45:57 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If there’s one thing you need to see before Monday ends, it’s the stunning scene of Hong Kong protesters giving way to an ambulance.
Despite pouring into the metropolitan’s streets like butter spread on bread, protesters – a whopping 2 million of them – made no fuss in a crucial time of need.
Praise be to thee, Hong Kongers.
On Sunday (16 Jun), videos surfaced online of an ambulance crossing a literal sea of black.
As the siren’s urgent blares and red-blue emergency lights demanded attention, Hong Kongers parted like the Red Sea to make way.
This biblical metaphor is highly favoured by social media users & media news outlets in reports of the awe-inspiring moment.
All over the world, netizens were heartened to see the level of respect & dignity displayed by Hong Kongers amid the metropolitan’s largest protest of the decade.
One Facebook user praised Hong Kongers for their amazing coordination, saying that they are connected in conscience like a swarm of ants.
Comments of pride and love for Hong Kongers echoed on Twitter.
One user thinks they deserve to be regarded as “the most civilised modern people.”
Another user spoke highly of Hong Kongers’ classiness.
Having lived in the city for 8 years, he has always known Hong Kongers to be classy.
He noted that such level of “respect and care for people in need is just part of the DNA.”
Great work, Hong Kong citizens.
Two Sundays ago (9 Jun), around 1 million Hong Kongers hit the streets to oppose their government over the controversial extradition bill.
If passed, this would mean alleged criminals will be sent to China for trial for any reason, potentially even for public dissent.
The bill, proposed by Hong Kong’s legislative council, did not go down well with many citizens of the semi-autonomous region — which is an understatement, to say the least.
Many of them are against the proposal due to fear of losing rights, and high distrust of China’s notorious judiciary system.
They are also concerned that this would damage the city’s reputation as a global business hub.
A week later, 2 million protesters poured into the streets on 16 Jun, wearing black for several reasons. They wanted:
Although Mrs Lam has since put on hold the passage of the bill indefinitely and apologised, these weren’t enough to appease her people.
At press time, Mrs Lam remains in power, despite the public outcry. Her refusal to withdraw the bill entirely is regarded by critics as “arrogance”.
Meanwhile, political turmoil is still brewing for now & it’s unclear how long this would last. A word of advice if you’re travelling to Hong Kong, stay safe.
Conservatives would do that here but leftists would be jumping on the ambulance.
This is assuming of course that 2 million conservatives would get of their butts to protest
On 9/12/09 Pelosi sent a fake ambulance through the crowd to make a statement.
There was no emergency. There were faster ways to go. It was complete BS.
Antifa would be throwing stones at the Ambulance or trying to overturn the vehicle.
Ping!
It really was pretty amazing. Now if the can do that with tanks coming at them...
What they really need is to import several hundred thousand North Africans and Somalis for diversity, and stuff.
Hundreds of them.
The problem is, we have jobs.
Most conservatives, are busy working, running a business, going to church or taking care of a family (many doing all of the above).
You don’t think the 2 million Hong Kong protesters have jobs?
On a Sunday? At night? No.
The Hong Kongers are not some magical group of people who value their liberty and freedom (what they have) more than Conservatives in this country.
It wouldn't be all in 1 location like the highly dense city of Hong Kong, but if our liberties were severely threatened here, I've no doubt at all that at least 2 million conservatives would "get off our butts" and come out on a Sunday night and protest all across this country.
“”” On a Sunday? At night? No. “””
gimme a break, they’ve been out there for days
The problem is we worship our jobs and pay lip service to liberty. I’ll hate why the Republic is all but doomed.
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