[Freedom Wire] Since June, millions of Hong Kong residents have flocked to the streets of the city to protest the ruling Hong Kong government and China.
They have cried out for change and a restoration of democracy that the city-state once enjoyed under British colonial rule. In 1997, the British turned Hong Kong over to the Chinese and their freedoms have been steadily eroded ever since.
The citizens of Hong Kong are not going to take it anymore, and they are letting their displeasure be known to the Chinese.
At many of the demonstrations, the protestors are waving flags, and, surprisingly, it isn’t a Chinese or Hong Kong flag. Instead, the flag they are waving as a symbol of their fight for freedom in none other than our own American flag.
America represents a country built on liberty and the dignity of the individual. That is something most of the world has never known, and that is why you see our flag used as a powerful symbol to those yearning for freedom.
For as much as the world likes to complain about America, they change their tune when their personal safety is threatened.
Hong Kong is yet another example of this. |