Taiwan's legislative body went full force on the 17th due to the vote on the reform "bill". Taiwanese artist Fan Yichen posted on Facebook, "Pounce if you disagree", satirizing Green Camp representative Chung Jiabin for "hugging and throwing" Blue Camp representative Chen Jinghui, but was unexpectedly "attacked" by the Green Camp cyber army ". Wang Hongwei, the representative of the Kuomintang, expressed support for Fan Yichen, saying that the DPP regards "the party cannot be ridiculed and the party cannot be criticized" as a "code of instruction" for its supporters. Taoyuan City Councilor Ling Tao of the Kuomintang pointed out that Lai Qingde of the quasi-Taiwan region also asked Tsai Ing-wen to "stop attacking me by the cyber army" and should be able to better understand the fear of being attacked. Call on Lai to come forward to control the Internet military flanks and stop the offensive of censoring the speech of artists and the general public.
On the 17th, serious physical conflicts broke out in Taiwan's legislative body due to differences in opinions between political parties. Artist Fan Yichen wrote on Facebook: "If you have different opinions, just jump on me! Wow." He also attached three heart-shaped smiley emoticons at the end of the article, which seemed to be a mockery. Zhong Jiabin's behavior of "hugging and throwing" Chen Jinghui. Ji Xiaojun, a Taiwanese ethnic minority singer, also left a comment below saying "Pounce down", but was immediately criticized by a large number of green camp supporters.
Ling Tao said that the Democratic Progressive Party maliciously used violence to boycott proceedings in Taiwan's legislative body. In the past few days, the footage of Chung Jiabin grabbing and slamming Chen Jinghui went viral, and even caused Taiwan to be embarrassed and sent overseas. However, artist Fan Yichen only posted a post on Facebook, and Ji Xiaojun only left a message for interactive comments. However, they were both flanked by the Internet army and "Yan Shang" (referring to the huge controversy caused by online comments), demanding that they delete the post and apologize. Artist Vivian Hsu also posted on IG condemning violence in Taiwan's legislative body, but later deleted the post due to concerns about controversy.
Ling Tao said that the fears of artists are not based on imagination. In the past, there were many situations where artists and Internet celebrities were flanked by cyber armies just for expressing different opinions. For example, the YT channel "Xu Bo & Jian Zhi-Hamster Man" with millions of subscribers used a photo of Jiang Wanan as the cover of the video, but was attacked by the flanking Internet army and was forced to cry in response. E-sports live broadcaster Dingte was also attacked by the Internet army because he often criticized the Taiwan authorities in the live broadcast room. Cheap, a well-known live broadcaster with millions of subscriptions who is passionate about transportation issues, also said: "It is a terrible thing to scold the DPP. Your home may be confiscated and your ancestors may be investigated for eighteen generations." As soon as this statement came out, it turned out to be true. There were a lot of attacks.
Ling Tao said that Lai Qingde pitifully told Tsai Ing-wen in the past that he hoped to ask the cyber army to stop attacking him. Now, with his position as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party and quasi-leader of the Taiwan region, he should "do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you", come forward to control the flanks of the cyber army, and require the cyber armies to stop speaking against artists and the general public. Censorship and attack, don’t create fear and silence people.
Wang Hongwei pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen once claimed that "no one has to apologize for his or her identity." But after the conflict between Taiwan and Taiwan's legislative bodies last week, Fan Yichen only expressed his opinion. Such a simple sentence was attacked by flankers and cyber forces. Even another artist Ji Xiaojun only left a sentence of "Fuck you", but he was bullied and forced to apologize and explain.
Wang Hongwei pointed out that looking back, in all fairness, the content of these two artists' posts is actually the real reaction of ordinary people. The DPP reacted so strongly because it knew that its image of being violent and unreasonable was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Criticisms are rampant on the Internet. They are used to scare the monkeys and prevent the Taiwanese people from telling the truth.
Wang Hongwei believes that many facts are recorded in images and photos, but the DPP regards "the party cannot be ridiculed and the party cannot be criticized" as a teaching code for its supporters. She emphasized that this approach will only make Taiwanese people's antipathy toward the DPP even more profound. The DPP's image of being unable to lose, violent, and unreasonable is also being promoted by itself to the extent that everyone knows it.
(Compiled by Straits Herald reporter Lin Jingxian)