Yes, surely if everyone would just remain totally peaceful, the Chinese state would realize that it’s being unfair, withdraw the riot police, and negotiate in good faith to meet the demands of the protesters. After all, the government could never get away with beating, mass arresting, and torturing hundreds of peaceful protesters, right?
The vast majority in Hong Kong support fighting the police, because they’re under no illusion about what will happen to them all if the police prevail and impose “order”.
Nice sarcasm, but peaceful protest and civil disobedience are tried and proven concepts, and I don’t see how the protesters could in any way benefit from an escalation of violence, quite the contrary.
Peaceful protest and civil disobedience only work against a government controlled by people who have consciences. The government of China was founded by a man who was fond of saying “power comes out the barrel of a gun” and his successors have proven more than once that they still rule according to that principle.
