Peak 'rules for thee, not for me' energy.
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내로남불 오지고요
savagetheqoo
명의 · S1E954
Two political grenades dropped this week, and Korean netizens were ready with the pins. First: Cho Kuk — the politician who publicly championed banning congressional stock trading as a matter of 'public trust' — was revealed to have been quietly investing in stocks the whole time, with the defense that it was technically his spouse's portfolio. Then came a government proposal to eliminate mandatory gender-segregated hospital rooms, replacing enforceable rules with loose 'guidelines.' Theqoo erupted on both fronts. The Cho Kuk revelation landed hardest because of the argument he used to dodge it. Saying 'it's my wife's account, not mine' cracked open a very specific wound: his wife previously received a prison sentence related to a private equity fund scandal, with the 'economic partnership' principle used as part of that case. That logic cannot run in both directions. The hospital room debate isn't abstract. Korean commenters pointed to real ward conditions — patients often alone overnight, no family guardians present due to integrated care staffing models, changing and bathing happening in shared spaces. The fear isn't theoretical. Readers noted that sexual harassment cases already occur in caregiving contexts, and converting a legal requirement into a non-binding recommendation strips hospitals of any enforcement backbone against bad actors who 'demand their rights.' '내로남불을 의인화하면 조국일듯' — 'If you had to put a human face on hypocrisy, it would be Cho Kuk.' That comment circulated alongside equally blunt takes on the hospital policy: 'Just add exceptions to the existing law. Why blow up the whole rule?'
6d ago
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Cho Kuk publicly advocates for banning lawmakers from buying stocks — while his household has been actively investing, defended on the grounds that the portfolio is in his spouse's name
Cho Kuk's wife was previously convicted and sentenced in a private equity fund case, partly under the '경제공동체' (economic partnership between spouses) legal principle — making his spousal-account defense particularly explosive
Government proposes scrapping the mandatory gender-segregated hospital room requirement, replacing it with non-binding guidelines, with mixed-gender rooms allowed with narrow exceptions
Korean hospitals increasingly operate with integrated nursing care (통합간병) where family members may not be present overnight — commenters argue this makes mixed-gender wards a concrete safety risk, not just a comfort issue
Debate over whether downgrading a legal obligation to a 'recommendation' (권고) is functionally the same as eliminating protection — commenters argue enforceable rules vs. guidelines are categorically different when dealing with bad-faith actors
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Nobody said owning stocks is illegal lol. The problem is that a man whose spouse was convicted and actually served time for a private equity fund scandal is out here lecturing everyone about how banning congressional stock trading is 'meeting the public's expectations.' That's what's funny.
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@51 누가 주식 보유 자체가 불법이랬나ㅋㅋ 문제는 사모펀드 관련 유죄로 실형까지 산 배우자가 있는 사람이 '의원 주식 신규투자 금지'를 국민눈높이라고 떠드는 게 웃기다는 거지ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
insightfultheqoo
Covering your eyes and pretending no one can see you lmao — 'It's in my spouse's name so it doesn't count.' Sure. Then by that same logic, why did Kim Keon-hee get prosecuted? Why did Park Geun-hye go to prison? Wasn't 'economic partnership' exactly the principle used against them?
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눈가리고 아웅 시발 ㅋㅋㅋ배우자 명의로 투자했으니 상관없다 ㅋㅋ그럼 김건희는 왜 감방에 처넣고 박근혜는 왜 감옥에 간건데 경제공동체라서 간거아냐
insightfultheqoo
If hypocrisy were a person, it would be Cho Kuk.
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내로남불을 의인화하면 조국일듯
insightfultheqoo
Not once in his entire career have his words and actions pointed in the same direction lmaooo
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말과 행동이 일치되는걸 본적이 없다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
savagetheqoo
The difference between a recommendation and a regulation is enormous. A recommendation cannot stop the entitled patient who refuses to comply and digs in. A regulation can.
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권고랑 규정은 차이가 커 권고는 안지키고 우기는 진상들을 막을 수 없지만 규정은 막는다고
insightfultheqoo
Mixed-gender wards are uncomfortable at baseline — but the actual issue is that under integrated nursing care, there are often no family guardians present overnight. Just patients alone. Does anyone seriously think nothing would happen? Same-gender patients already fight each other because everyone's sick and on edge. This is insane.
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병실에 남녀 섞는 거 자체가 불편해 요즘 간병인 상주 안되고 통합간병한다고 환자들만 있는 경우도 많은데 사건사고 안 날 거 같음? 같은 성별끼리도 다들 아프고 예민해서 싸우는데 미쳤나..
insightfultheqoo
You could just add exception clauses to the existing law. Instead they're scrapping the law entirely and going 'don't worry, we'll strongly suggest compliance~' That's not a policy. That's an excuse.
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있는 법 밑에 예외조항만 두면 되는걸 아예 법을 없애놓고 권고는 할거임~ 하는게 말이 되냐 핑계도 씨발
insightfultheqoo
A hospital room functions as a changing room, a sleeping space, and a bathroom all at once — and they want to make that mixed-gender. The creativity with which this country finds new ways to make women's lives harder never ceases to amaze.
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탈의실 숙박업소 화장실 기능을 다 하는 곳이 병실인데 혼성 운영을 허용하겠다니 진짜 생각지도 못한 방법으로 세세하게 여자 괴롭힌다
insightfultheqoo
'Cho-ronamBul' — this isn't new. Cho Kuk just Cho Kukked again.
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조로남불 하루이틀도 아니고 조국이 조국했네
insightfultheqoo
So now women will have to pay extra for a private room just to be sick in peace? What the hell.
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여자들 아플때도 1인실 쓰느라 돈 더 내야겠네? ㅅㅂ
insightfultheqoo
If ICU and pediatric wards need flexibility, write in exceptions. Why are you rewriting the general rule to accommodate the edge cases?
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예외사항을 추가해야지 왜 일반적인 경우에 대해 조항을 변경하려고 하지
insightfultheqoo
Just. Don't.
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씨팔 하지말라고
savagetheqoo
Do people not realize that female caregivers handle diaper changes and bathing for male patients — because male patients almost never hire male caregivers? Sexual harassment in caregiving contexts is already a serious, documented problem. This proposal makes that environment worse.
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남자새끼들 개인 간병인 왜 안 쓰고 여자들만 써 있다고 생각하냐고 기저귀 갈고 목욕까지 여자 간병인들이 하는데 거기서도 성추행 문제 엄청 많음
insightfultheqoo