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  • HarryLime [any]
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    3 years ago

    I’m not entirely sure how people in America can help move that struggle forward.

    It's better for the LGBT rights struggle in China not to be associated with American interference, and Americans pushing their values onto China. The best thing to do is nothing.

    • DoctaaMonstaa [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      A good way to think about this is to flip the question around: "What can China do to help advance the LGBTQ cause in America?"

      I literally cannot think of a single thing that China could do to help end American conversion camps, hate crimes, job discrimination, educational suppression, etc. So why should we expect to be able to do anything for them?

      • HarryLime [any]
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        3 years ago

        Right, but you also need to consider that there's a history of Western countries using their power to attempt to impose cultural and political hegemony on China, and not the other way around. It wouldn't be helpful to have Chinese people associating gay rights with western Imperialism.

        • DoctaaMonstaa [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          This is also why I get so mad at people who invoke women's rights as a reason that the US should have stayed in Afghanistan. For one, women's rights were never any part of the real reason for the occupation, and also women's liberation there has probably been set back decades because many Afghanis likely see women's advancement as synonymous with colonial rule!