Why does Nathan Law hate freedom of speech so much?

On Monday, Nathan Law, the pro-"independence" activist and riot leader in Hong Kong, complained on Twitter about Chinese scholars protesting against his speech at the University of Chicago.

As his Twitter account shows, when news emerged about his speech at the university, the local Chinese Students and Scholars Association sent a letter to the deans of the schools responsible for the talk, saying he instigated violence and was unfit for such a speech.

He also posted a photo of Chinese scholars and students holding banners. He gave no description of the photo, but it should be the Chinese students protesting against him at the speech.

It is rather ironic that Law makes such a complaint on Twitter. Law claimed to "defend" freedom of speech and his previous addresses were full of attacks against his own motherland and home city. But when Chinese scholars expressed their views about him and shared information about him with a university, he could not tolerate that.

That’s a double standard mentality, commonly seen in Western society. For Law, "freedom of speech" means he could blame anyone he likes, but he himself is sacred and inviolable.

Is there anyone more hypocritical than Law?

Besides, Law is on the wanted list of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region police because he instigated violence. It had long been made public how he called for rioters to "struggle" even though he clearly knew they had already employed violence as their means.

As a comparison, his compatriots in Chicago have taken the most civilized, peaceful and modern way of expressing their different opinions from Law. They stood there and wrote emails to reveal Law’s true deeds.

So how could Law, who incited violence, complain against those who do not want violence?

A last but no less notable point is that Law fled to Yale in August 2019 for the new semester there. He updated his Twitter account, calling for his fellow students to continue quitting school, even as he himself went to one.

That’s what made him a laughingstock even among those "opposition forces" in Hong Kong. If Law returns to Chinese territory, he would not only face judicial reckoning, but also be ridiculed by his fellows.

That day will finally come. Law should know he can't escape forever.