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The rioters in Hong Kong certainly did do a lot of wrong,
like burning a person alive, stoning a person to death,
placing bombs that would have killed innocent civilians,
attempting to derail a train that would have killed more innocent civilians,
demanding to have no consequences for these murders,
nor for their insurrection at the Hong Kong capitol equivalent,
nor their dozens of injuries they caused on police or
Chinese bystanders they deemed not local enough.
Also demanding a murderer to walk free
and not some murderer who "bravely killed the CCP [sic]" mind you,
but some Hong Kong young man who choked his Republican Chinese ex-girlfriend to death in Taiwan,
for being shown a sex video of her having sex with someone else.
Even the US insurrectionists of Jan 6th were more peaceful
and less crazy in their demands by comparison.
I don't really like how you characterized the Chinese ex-girlfriend, it seems pretty gross to speak of her that way.
I haven't checked on the story in a while, so I might not have everything accurate.
I'll tone down both characters and write from what is known about these two.
[edit]
Her actions are actually worse than my characterizations of her.
So I remembered her doing something wrong, but it's worse than what I misremembered.
I'll change the story accordingly.
I'd just remove all detail of what she did, no matter how you phrase it it reads as potential justification. Those details don't matter.
It is important, because it showcases that the motive isn't political.
I think just saying he killed his girlfriend isn't taken as "political" but I think killing your girlfriend and killing your girlfriend because she cheated are both actions with a political content
Yes, but it's the degree of specificity that is irking us I believe. You don't have to showcase it. You could just say, "the motive wasn't political."