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It’s a shame that liberal studies teacher and political commentator Edward Yau has caved to pressure from the Silent Majority over ‘Nazi’ remarks

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Blogger Edward Yau compared the Hong Kong police to Nazis following controversy when a policeman compared the treatment of the police force to persecuted Jews in Nazi Germany at the rally to support the seven incarcerated for assaulting Ken Tsang . Photo: Handout
Alex Loin Toronto

If you can’t stand the heat, don’t go into the kitchen. In this day and age, if you write about controversial political topics, you can expect to draw some serious flak. Yours truly speaks from long experience in that regard.

So I am somewhat sympathetic when blogger and liberal studies teacher Edward Yau declares he has thrown in the towel after being hounded by “blue ribbon” groups like the Silent Majority, for comparing the Hong Kong police to Nazis.

He told his disappointed fans that he would, from now on, only write for Catholic publications and that he would no longer express political views online.

In a sense, he brought all this on himself. You want the proverbial faeces to hit the fan, just compare someone or some group to Hitler and the Nazis. And he made the ill-advised comment after a policeman had already offended many by comparing his colleagues to persecuted Jews in Nazi Germany at a police rally in February.

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