Protesting, and the power of the media.

[life on mars]

So they’re both protests on freedoms, so why is one ok and the other not?

I would politely disagree in HK case it's about authoritarian law being imposed by China in breach of international law. In the USA its poor police standards and racism ,which is unlawful but not carried out by a government on all of it's people as in the way China is too Hong Kong .

I'm not saying any looting or rioting is okay and you can see a lot of the protests in Hong Kong are much more peaceful and restrained unlike in the USA where the yst cause is being highjacked by thugs in the name of black lives matter ,to me this us the distinct difference.

Any peaceful protest is fine as long as its purposes is really meaningful and well intended , kicking shopkeepers to a pulp , burning property isn't so meaningful for me.