My Take | Pan-democrats pay price of not saying no to Hong Kong independence
After having seen their push for greater democracy hijacked, they risk losing everything with Beijing ready to interfere
It’s a simple position to take: either/or. Yet, if you ask the opposition in the legislature and other anti-mainland groups, many would give a non-committal answer, and then dodge the whole question by reframing it as one of freedom of speech. It’s usually along the line of “people should have the right to say whatever they like”.
I have more respect for the secessionists, even though I think they are doing tremendous damage. At least they have the guts to state what they believe in.
Predictably, the student union is not saying whether it supports independence, but instead has accused the university of censorship and suppressing separatism as a legitimate topic of discussion.