Deconstructing why HK protesters should not support the Indian Army or the literally fascist authoritarian BJP government is not something that I thought would be needed.

This timeline is the worst.

HKers are fighting a local paramilitarized police force that sieged university campuses and tear gassed and attacked students. Gee, I wonder who else did that? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/dozens-injured-india-police-storm-universities-191216033648272.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...

HKers are fighting against a Beijing central government that wants to impose a massive surveillance and censorship system to control freedom of information and eliminate political dissent. Gee, I wonder who else wants to do that? https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/mar/18/bjp-trying-to-create-orwellian-state-congress-accuses-modi-government-of-snooping-on-citizens-2118429.html">https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/20...

HKers are fighting an administration that is hellbent on destroying judicial independence and democratic institutions. Gee, I wonder who else is doing that? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/24/destruction-indias-judicial-independence-is-almost-complete/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

HKers are fighting a Beijing central government that, in an attempt to create a strong ethnocentric state, is committing massive human rights violations and engaging in violent settler colonial dispossession against Muslims in its frontier lands. Hmm... https://theconversation.com/kashmiris-are-living-a-long-nightmare-of-indian-colonialism-121925">https://theconversation.com/kashmiris...