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AP gets rare glimpse of jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai (apnews.com)

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[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Jan 6 people were not arrested for publishing a newspaper.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they were "fighting for democracy" too. Give me actual information so I can judge for myself.

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They were definitely not, you've got to be shitting me. They wanted their glorious Cheeto Man to still be president after he lost a democratic election

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But they believe they have the silent majority behind them.

[–] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

They also did a bit more than speech and assembly, if it were just that we wouldn't be imprisoning them. It doesn't matter what you believe, if you shoot your friend because you think he's a zombie and then he turns out not to be, that's still a crime

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thats my point. They said they were anyway, but thats meaningless.