Allowing a textbook to say it is still bad, but yes, it's obviously not the same thing.
This entire discussion, though, is getting away from the racism of calling China "barbaric". We clearly cannot accept that kind of thing in criticisms of China.
To be fair and balanced, idk about gay people, but trans people in China are technically classified as mentally ill. You need to get a disability card if you want hormones.
Out of curiosity, would this feel more correct if there weren't the social stigma around mental illness? I understand calling the state of being trans as an illness to cure is wrong, but if we classified gender dysphoria as a mental illness to be cured, by means of gender affirmation, would that be fine? I'm just asking out of a want to understand the situation better, get an idea of what exactly is wrong here.
I mean... it's fair to criticise China for not blocking that textbook, but they're framing the actual content of the article dishonestly, and it doesn't justify the racism (unjustifiable, of course).
Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, Chinese court rules; LGBT community disappointed
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Allowing a textbook to say it is still bad, but yes, it's obviously not the same thing.
This entire discussion, though, is getting away from the racism of calling China "barbaric". We clearly cannot accept that kind of thing in criticisms of China.
To be fair and balanced, idk about gay people, but trans people in China are technically classified as mentally ill. You need to get a disability card if you want hormones.
Yeah, I'm aware of that, and it's obviously wrong and should be criticized. Hopefully they change the laws surrounding it.
However, there remains no justification for calling China "barbaric" - not that I think you're justifying it.
I agree
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Out of curiosity, would this feel more correct if there weren't the social stigma around mental illness? I understand calling the state of being trans as an illness to cure is wrong, but if we classified gender dysphoria as a mental illness to be cured, by means of gender affirmation, would that be fine? I'm just asking out of a want to understand the situation better, get an idea of what exactly is wrong here.
Thank u for carrying water for imperialists
I mean... it's fair to criticise China for not blocking that textbook, but they're framing the actual content of the article dishonestly, and it doesn't justify the racism (unjustifiable, of course).
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