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Would you look at this tweet and say, I wish this man was teaching my children?

The friendly Mr. Hermit has traveled from his far off country to teach young Hong Kong children by day and fight "injustice" by night, broadcasting his adventures by livestream.
Mr Hermit expresses great regret that they lit the wrong human being on fire here. The rest of the time though, it's super okay & even kind of cool

If this doesn't scream "get this man a classroom full of young children to teach", I don't know what does.

Although the wonderful Mr Hermit put the onus on himself to apologize for lighting the wrong man on fire, there was no apology made for lighting this chap on fire, because he was an undercover cop. Hurray for molotov cocktails and hurray for Mr Hermit!
He's said for years how freedom of expression is at risk in HK, yet he's a foreign man, working in HK, paying some of the lowest tax rates in the world, receiving virtually free health care, criticising the government, insulting police & their wives, and yet he's still here 🤔
Nevermind the irony that he's come from a country ranking 8th on the human freedom index, to a region ranking 3rd, while coming to virtue signal about freedom.
China let's HK handle $70+ billion US in FDI for China per year, and make no mistake, HK's relevance as a financial hub relies on China. HK residents have unprecedented access to China, and major economic packages have been designed around HK (GBA project).
Makes you wonder, what does he actually want his students to grow up and do after he's helped destroy this city? Well, apparently stability and prosperity isn't high on the list of priorities. Curate lewd drawings of the wives of people they dislike also?

The fact that these are some of the leading voices behind this movement requires no further commentary about how F'd up so much of it is.

So I simply leave you with a photo of Mr Hermit gloating in front of a vandalized Xinhua News Building.

The teachers of HK's children folks.
*just noticed I didn't add the screenshots of his okay'ness and interest in molotov cocktail culture when it's not hitting the wrong target
Someone sent me this.

Guys, I think Mr Hermit is just a really really enthusiastic teacher, and he wants to show his students and their parents all the really neat things you can do with free speech.

How a Hermit does damage control:

1. First distance itself from the content and take a messenger stance

2. Then say: Ok guys, turns out this is pretty misogynistic

3. Make sure not to apologize

4. Then say: I've got no idea why people are upset by random misogynistic content
Now had the victim been anyone else, he might have reflected/apologized. Like with the poor journalist who took a moltov cocktail meant for police, or a bank vandalized, thinking it's owner was China

But nah not this time, it was only the wives of police

I think what Hermit meant to say is "I know you just point out a thing that exists" and "I'd like to take it up with the photographer".

Sometimes I wonder how many different people write content for Hermit.

Who's the author we need to take these words up with? Cause it kinda sounds like "valid targets" is his own validation here, especially there was no further clarification.

Do you remember that time Hermit was super sad we didn't let thousands of American military personnel land & enter Hong Kong? So much so that he wanted the local bars to sue the government? Back when he cared about actions & impact to the economy 😂😂

While Hermit focuses on the younger crowd (easy to manipulate) much of the older crowd doesn't appreciate his trash

A loley fan tries to stand up for Hermit at the end, but he disappears. A perfect illustration for who'll be left holding the bag after he's turns HK into a S*hole
Ignoring for a sec that an American man holding an American flag arguing with a British man in Hawaii shirt on a Hong Kong street about what they think is best for Hong Kong seems like the theme of a Monty Python skit, I particularly enjoyed this excerpt.
"You're the one coming here to spread American bulls*t"

I wonder if Hermit has ever actually reflected on those words.
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