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Clubber[dead post] ◴[] No.21124901[source]
People don't think this sort of thing can happen in the US. Just look at what the federal, state and local government does to people it doesn't like now.
PostPost ◴[] No.21124986[source]
1. Everyone that's read the news in the last few years knows this young people can be shot by police in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Tamir_Rice

2. This link is about what's happening in Hong Kong, not the US, and this sort of what-about-ism isn't informative or helpful.

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cdmckay ◴[] No.21125106[source]
I think it is helpful because it’s asking for consistency.

People are (rightfully) outraged when a protestor dies in Hong Kong, but protestors also die in the US.

For example, the Kent State shootings: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

The point is that if you’re demanding a certain standard from China or other countries, you should demand that in the US as well.

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1. PostPost ◴[] No.21125216[source]
And you assume that people are not outraged when protesters die in the US? Did you even read the very article you quoted?

"There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students,[10] and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War."

Yes, America has serious, serious problems with police violence. But pointing out injustice does not necessitate bringing up every other similar instance of injustice. It is not helpful, and distracts from the issue at hand.