were abandoned by Thatcher- abandoned to second-class citizenship in China rather than the independence the UK could have given them in 1996.

The World on Standby

Now, the whole world has stood by idly as right after right, freedom after freedom and little piece of humanity after piece of humanity were taken from the people of Hong Kong. The same is so deep you can see the faces of the people denied entry into ports in the United States, Australia, Brittan, and Africa during the Holocaust in the faces of those who were denied their Passports and exit out of Hong Kong in the months leading up to China’s retaking of the Island Nation.

These were not people illegally assaulting borders because they were not happy with what they had intheir own country, they were people who were fleeing a crackdown; the loss of freedoms they grew up with because of an agreement made between people long since dead. Politics was chosen over humanity, as, just like with the Jews, human beings were left to be “disappeared” on that cold rainy night, June 30, 1997.

The Union Jack and The Stars and Stripes

It is time for the Western World and China to correct this injustice. The people of Hong Kong deserve to be free. It is not the flag of Antifa or Communism that protesters are waving in their quest for recognition, but the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. These people do not want something handed to them that they have not earned.

As a colony, the people