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Letters | Why it’s wrong to see Hong Kong protests as the work of a violent minority
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L. K. Cheah (“Why did voters support rioting and violence?”, November 29), despite apparently living in Toronto, seems to be in possession of election statistics that are not readily available in Hong Kong.
While the violence has been stupid and sometimes downright evil, it has been committed by a small percentage of the population, perhaps with support from others, whose votes, even had they all voted, would not have been anywhere near enough to result in the overwhelming success of the pro-democracy movement.
The vast majority of those who voted were sane, peace-loving, responsible Hongkongers who want change. Most of them have almost certainly never taken part in a demonstration, let alone a violent one.
There is certainly a minority of pro-democracy supporters who, sadly, will not tolerate anyone who disagrees with their point of view. That, obviously, is not democracy.
But far more worrying are the views of the pro-Beijing and pro-Hong Kong government element, including L.K. Cheah, it would seem, who try to associate the entire pro-democracy movement with the violent minority.
Peter Robertson, Sai Kung
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