In that famous dictatorship — the nazi regime of England — the police have told the XR folks to leave or face arrest. (Vid here).
Here in Hong Kong, if the government tries to stop the vandalising of subways and shops, by our very own rioters -- rioting, mind, not just lying around pretending to be dead to save the planet -- the government gets lambasted. It's a "nasty dictatorship".
Weird, huh?
I'm watching cable TV of left and right, CNN, CNNC, BBC, FOX, and all the same, that the HK demonstrators are "freedom fighters" and the government is a dictatorship under the thumb of the Beijing Chinazis. Not true.
I've no time for the Beijing regime. But right here, right now, right here in Hong Kong, "standing for free speech" and "standing for Hong Kong" means not supporting black-bloc vandals.
They're bigoted, they're anti-free speech, they bash anyone, including oldies, who don't agree with them.
So, "I fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong" (per NBA) by standing against the trashing of our city and fighting to retain the seven freedoms we enjoy already.