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Not only does it not help, it actually makes it worse for them. Any help from Westerners for these movements only reinforces narratives -- by the Chinese or Iranian authorities, for example -- that protesters or dissidents are tools of American interference. And the result is a tightening of the screws, and less freedom. Hong Kong is a perfect case. Western solidarity only makes things worse. As a Hong Konger, I beg you -- please, please, do NOT give me solidarity!!!

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Caitlin,

You're one of the few people that I can tolerate reading anymore. You're among the few that aren't reactive, but are proactive, and can see what's occurring and going to occur, unlike most everyone else that "finally figure things out" after they become blatantly transparent.

I'm incredibly saddened by the lack of people desiring to learn more about how best to preserve our/their future liberty, who seem to have plenty of time to spend on mindless immoral amusements in the entertainment arena, at the expense of the former.

I've grown weary of attempting to educate them. They claim to want to know and understand, but if you cannot explain the equivalent of decades of learning and volumes of info into a handful of Twitter/Instagram/etc. sound and media bites, they're attention span vaporizes.

Meanwhile, they walk into their homes, and on goes the TV on "news" channels. It's gotten to the point where I get mad when I see this shit called "news" on anywhere, and that people actually believe what a bunch of people reading off of telescripts are re-reading to them. For starters, what, they can't go read it for themselves, the all but literally have to have their thoughts spoon-fed to them.

Anyway, sorry about the rant, but you're among the very few people that I can even tolerate reading anymore.

- Long time reader and partner in exposing the truth

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