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by flossball 2526 days ago
She does not want this made public. This post is in no one's interest other than whoever tried to get her arrested. The situation was resolved. This post is an attempt to use an archive of a past incident to harass and get her further into trouble. Please flag this shit.
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brianwawok 2526 days ago
The streisand effect says that the harder you try to hide something, the more people see it.
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flossball 2526 days ago
It is between her and her country which from all indications she loves, respects, and tries to do exactly what they ask of her while positively promoting their companies and technology.
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sp332 2526 days ago
The use of #theworldiswatching by her friends kinda undermines that point.
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inferiorhuman 2526 days ago
It is between her and her country which from all indications she loves

That's an interesting claim to make considering absolutely nobody is claiming otherwise (except perhaps the police).

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inferiorhuman 2526 days ago
This post is an attempt to use an archive of a past incident to harass and get her further into trouble.

As the person who submitted this: no, it's not. Refusing to discuss police (Chinese or otherwise) overstepping their bounds simply furthers their ability to overstep their bounds. Should we not talk about Tienanmen Square or Meng Hongwei? Pinochet? Trump's new concentration camps (after ICE vowed to not build more)? How about when Raul Castro's police pull random people off the street and disappear them? Should we not share those videos?

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tastroder 2526 days ago
> Should we not share those videos?

When the incident is ongoing, the person affected is free again and clearly does not want a public debate? Yes, you should respect that, refrain from doing so and weigh in when it is discussed after the fact. I believe you when you say that harassment isn't your goal but a HN discussion will neither solve any of the underlying issues, nor is there even a remote chance of being helpful to the actual victim.

As the deleted tweet shows she clearly has a network in place to let you know when actions like this might be helpful. Days after, that's pretty doubtful.

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flossball 2526 days ago
I don't speak for her and neither should you. No one should want someone else to take individual risks to defend your or anyone else's opinions that you claim they represent.
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inferiorhuman 2526 days ago
I don't speak for her and neither should you.

Oddly enough, I'm not.

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