Ahri Boy 🏳️⚧️@lemmygrad.ml to LGBTQ+@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months agoCustody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBTQ+ milestone in Chinawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlchina@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkCustody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBTQ+ milestone in Chinawww.theguardian.comAhri Boy 🏳️⚧️@lemmygrad.ml to LGBTQ+@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlchina@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months ago With Chinese society increasingly tolerant of LGBTQ+ people, “the law should catch up”, said the activist. Liberals will literally write that sentence and still deny that China is democratic
minus-squareComradeSalad@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoI’m a bit confused. Wouldn’t that sentence imply that Chinese society isn’t democratic since the will of the people isn’t reflected in law? (They still are)
minus-square🏳️⚧️ 新星 [she/they]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 months agoThey can’t say that because the countries they claim are democracies have the same problem
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoI understand that you read it as “Well it should but we all know it will not”, but in the context of the article the subtext is more like “generally when public opinion shifts the law follows”
Liberals will literally write that sentence and still deny that China is democratic
I’m a bit confused. Wouldn’t that sentence imply that Chinese society isn’t democratic since the will of the people isn’t reflected in law?
(They still are)
They can’t say that because the countries they claim are democracies have the same problem
I understand that you read it as “Well it should but we all know it will not”, but in the context of the article the subtext is more like “generally when public opinion shifts the law follows”