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Transgender woman wins record payout in China after electroshock treatment
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this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2024
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Rare China W. I hope she recovers quickly.
Yeahhhh... a payout of 8k for essentially being tortured is not a win.
They just had a major step forward in trans rights in china. She could have received more, but the amount of money isn't the part that makes it a win.
Yeah, this is far more about the government asserting that she was wronged and it’s illegal. I know trans people who’ve won rights in court and that’s often an inspiration for fighting. Nothing can undo the trauma she faced (though I hope it pays to try), but making sure others don’t suffer the same matters
Chinese law does not recognise the concept of paying someone compensation for suffering trauma.
this is an achievement BECAUSE it's China, how tf is this a w
It is a major step forward for trans rights in China which is a win. They've been virtually non-existent.
it's a w for the trans people in china not a w for china
I mean sure, if you don't consider the people of china to be China, but we're going down semantics here.
yeah nah the people of china aren't the same thing as the judicial system of china
I never said the judicial system of China, I said China as in the country, people of China are a subset of China the country, therefore a Chinese people W is a China W. Can we stop this pointless conversation now?
It's impossible to have a conversation here without a half dozen people chiming in with "ackshually!
I, and every other neuro-normal person knew what you meant. I'd wager the commenter did too they just didn't know how to contribute because the social skills thing.
you kinda implied it's a w by the judicial system of china when you made that first comment, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. A 'w' imo usually refers to good brought as a result of a party's active actions, and if you meant the people when you said china it really wouldn't make sense because it's mostly a dictatorship.
anyway I'm good to stop having the argument now, you don't have to reply
Believe it or not, people who happen to be born in a place are not interchangeable with the authoritarian government that rules over them.
And government does not equal country. However both the goverment and the people are part of the country. When Chinese people win, the country wins. I said China, I.e. the country, not the government. If I had been talking about the government I would have said the CCP, which I am not trying to lift up in my comment. Fuck the CCP.
A country IS a government, it's just an organization represented by an arbitrary line on a map run by people who embrace violence to take power and resources from other people.