08-08-2019, 05:38 AM
Nancie Caraway wrote a generally thoughtful opinion piece, but wouldn't her argument be stronger if her supporting evidence and proofs hugged closer to the truth? I don't see that the examples she cites below are incorrect:
... characterizations of protectors in Star-Advertiser commentaries... claim Hawaiians... are hypocrites who drive cars and use cell phones, bully pro-Thirty Meter Telescope supporters, violate laws, show hostility to foreigners...
She goes on to suggest the Mauna Kea protestors are emulating a statement by Martin Luther King:
"dissenters against unjust laws “serve a higher principle of justice, concern for the welfare of the whole community”
Do the Mauna Kea protestors represent a vast majority of Hawaiians, as MLK did black people? Are TMT protestors spit on, sprayed with fire hoses, attracted by police dogs, thrown in jail? I think the comparison might be a stretch.
... characterizations of protectors in Star-Advertiser commentaries... claim Hawaiians... are hypocrites who drive cars and use cell phones, bully pro-Thirty Meter Telescope supporters, violate laws, show hostility to foreigners...
She goes on to suggest the Mauna Kea protestors are emulating a statement by Martin Luther King:
"dissenters against unjust laws “serve a higher principle of justice, concern for the welfare of the whole community”
Do the Mauna Kea protestors represent a vast majority of Hawaiians, as MLK did black people? Are TMT protestors spit on, sprayed with fire hoses, attracted by police dogs, thrown in jail? I think the comparison might be a stretch.
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