(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong protesters are debating whether to lower the temperature as the battered financial center girds for another weekend of tear gas and petrol bombs. Worried that violence and destructive tactics risk alienating more moderate supporters, some activists have urged others to scale back vandalism that has shut shops, banks and train stations across the city. Their concerns include giving Chief Executive Carrie Lam a reason to delay local elections next month or discouraging U.S. lawmakers from passing a bill to support the protest movement. One post widely circulated on LIHKG — a Reddit-like forum popular with Hong Kong’s youth — warned that further violence risked creating internal splits within the broader pro-democracy movement, which has vigorously discussed the merits of peaceful versus more radical and disruptive actions. “The general public, including foreigners, will think the violence is escalating to the point of being indiscriminate,” the user wrote in a post that garnered more than 3,000 “upvotes,” putting it among the most popular posts that day. On Friday, hundreds once again marched throughout the city’s central business district, disrupting traffic as they held up banners and placards. Many were wearing masks in defiance of Lam’s invocation of a… Read full this story
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