Lee Jun-seok "Does Lee Jong-gul Think of Porn When Seeing Pregnant Women Priority Seats?"

Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Seung-gon] Lee Jun-seok, Supreme Council Member of the United Future Party, criticized Lee Jong-gul, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, who compared the United Future Party's pink party color to the color symbolizing pornography, saying "I can't believe it." Lee Jong-gul, who mentioned 'pornography' in relation to the party color, edited his controversial Facebook post after the uproar, stating, "I think I used a somewhat excessive expression."

On the afternoon of the 26th, Supreme Council Member Lee posted on Facebook, "Originally, when I lived abroad, I knew the symbolism of the pink ribbon mainly as a sign of support for breast cancer patients," and criticized, "I can't believe that pornography came to mind when thinking of the color pink."

He added, "Nowadays, the priority seats for pregnant women on the subway are symbolized by pink, and women's priority parking spaces are often marked in pink," and repeatedly criticized, "I would like to ask Assemblyman Lee Jong-gul if pornography also comes to mind when he sees the pink color of subway priority seats or parking lot lines."

Earlier, Assemblyman Lee Jong-gul posted on his Facebook that "films that openly stimulate sexual desire like pornography are called 'pink movies' or 'colored films,'" and sarcastically said, "Considering this symbolism of pink, choosing pink as the party's symbolic color shows remarkable insight."

Meanwhile, as criticism over his pornography remarks grew, Assemblyman Lee edited his Facebook post. He explained, "Like other colors, pink also has various symbols. If you search on Google, you will find many cases where pink is used as a symbol of low-level sexual content or media," and added, "During the 20th National Assembly, the behavior of the conservative opposition party was so below common sense that I think I used a somewhat excessive expression relating it to the party's symbolic color, so I edited the post."

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