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NetQuarterLatte OP t1_iyuixq2 wrote

Reply to comment by therealsealdeal in NYC woman pummeled at Columbia University China COVID protest by NetQuarterLatte

Holy shit!

What was the speaker saying?

To attack someone like that in front of everyone, the guy is either deranged, or he wanted to send a message in response to whatever she was saying, or both.

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therealsealdeal t1_iyuls50 wrote

the woman in the hat is basically questioning all the protesters calling for Xi Jinping to step down, asking who will lead after him, that this is a funeral event, and to only shout slogans for things they can be responsible for, to which the woman with the mask retorts with who is responsible for the ten people that died? (i.e., CCP) allegedly he thought the woman in the mask was speaking the entire time.

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damnatio_memoriae t1_iyxnptp wrote

so the woman on the right was not part of the protest? so why was she standing with them?

this guy definitely shouldn't have punched anyone but i guess i can see how he got confused.

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therealsealdeal t1_iyxowm1 wrote

these are vigils that also function as protests. this one, like many others, seemed to allow anyone to speak over the microphone, which makes sense as one of their main requests is free speech.

she was free to join and voice her disapproval (a minority opinion at these events); the audience was free to boo her, which they did; he was not free to punch her

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