Jin Joong-kwon: "The Democratic Party of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun is Dead"

Jin Joong-kwon to the ruling party: "Liberal parties disappear, only pseudo-totalitarian parties remain"

Former Dongyang University Professor Jin Joong-kwon. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] Former Dongyang University professor Jin Joong-kwon criticized on the 11th, saying, "The Democratic Party of Korea is dead. The Democratic Party of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun that we knew no longer exists."

On the same day, Jin posted on his Facebook, stating, "The liberal party has disappeared, and in its place remains only a quasi-totalitarian party formed by the union of the activist leadership from the Jeondaehyeop-Hanchongryun generation and 40-something supporters brainwashed by listening to Kim Eo-jun's broadcasts." Jeondaehyeop (National Council of Student Representatives) was a student activist group active between 1987 and 1993, and Hanchongryun (Korean Federation of University Student Councils) is a student activist organization that succeeded Jeondaehyeop.

He remarked, "One might say that the remnants of the NL (National Liberation) activist culture have completely distorted the liberal party," adding, "Anyway, it has become strange."

He continued, "Especially, the rhetoric and style of the Lee Jae-myung camp give the impression of organizations like Namchongryun (Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional University Student Council Federation), Gyeonggi East Union, and Yongseongchongryun (Yongin-Seongnam Regional University Student Council Federation)," and said, "It is natural that those accustomed to the political culture of a liberal state find it unfamiliar and alien."

Jin also said, "Let's take the dimension of emotion as an example," and criticized, "They turn their childhood photos into black and white to contrast with Yoon Seok-youl's childhood color photos, put children dressed in worker's clothes on stage as props, serialize melodramatic life stories on the web, and engage in acts that are frankly embarrassing to watch, revealing the backward aesthetic sense of those with certain political inclinations."

Furthermore, he mocked, "They really feel moved by such things," and "So they believe others will be moved by them too, which is why they do it."

Finally, he concluded his post by saying, "Even Tak Hyun-min (Blue House Protocol Secretary) does not make melodrama that bad. If Yoon Seok-youl's Minji show gives a ridiculous impression, Lee Jae-myung's show is frankly embarrassing. Strange sensibility."

Earlier, on the same day on CBS Radio's 'One Match,' Jin also criticized, saying, "The Democratic Party is the one that leased out May 18," and "Establishing fairness and common sense is the spirit of May 18. The Democratic Party has betrayed the spirit of May 18."

This remark came in response to the ruling party's criticism of People Power Party presidential candidate Yoon Seok-youl, who wrote in the guestbook at the Gwangju May 18 Democratic Cemetery on the 10th, "We will firmly establish the spirit of May, democracy, and human rights," with the ruling party questioning, "Are you saying the spirit of May 18 is not firm?"

Jin said, "Is it the spirit of May 18 to pick a fight over the guestbook inscription and falsely accuse someone of things they don't deserve?" and "Saying you will firmly establish it but then accusing it as if denying the spirit of May 18 is a Goebbels-like propaganda rhetoric. Introducing this kind of rhetoric into Korean politics is a damage to the spirit of May 18."

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