The original purpose was more about censorship. Blizzard was censoring hong kong sympathy and reddit wanted to get it banned in china and stir up a storm against blizzard, hence hong kong mei. I agree, it doesnt help the chinese people but it shows blizzard they cant cave to china.
ValkyrUK on October 11st, 2019 at 15:00 UTC »
Sure not like it helps, but i prefer the memes to it being ignored
ElfinRanger on October 11st, 2019 at 15:50 UTC »
The original purpose was more about censorship. Blizzard was censoring hong kong sympathy and reddit wanted to get it banned in china and stir up a storm against blizzard, hence hong kong mei. I agree, it doesnt help the chinese people but it shows blizzard they cant cave to china.
ilovetosmuggle on October 11st, 2019 at 16:05 UTC »
“Honk Kong”, aye? Clearly, this is the untitled goose trolling.