Seomin: "Moon Jae-in Failed Because of the Zealous 'Daekkaemun' Supporters"

Targeting Moon "Ignoring Majority Public Opinion for Concrete Support Base"

Professor Seomin posted a critical article targeting the Moon Jae-in administration on his blog on the 22nd. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Jung-wan] Professor Seo Min from Dankook University College of Medicine directly targeted President Moon Jae-in, saying, "President Moon Jae-in failed because of his hardcore supporters known as 'Ddaekae-moon'."

Earlier on the 22nd, Professor Seo stated on his blog, "Intoxicated by the support of the concrete supporters, he ignored the will of the majority of the people and engaged in politics only for his supporters, so it is natural that he failed."

Professor Seo added, "Most of (President Moon's) supporters were brainless followers who worshipped Kim Eojin's orders like sacred relics," emphasizing, "As I have mentioned several times before, the best thing I have done in my life is to be the first to warn about the dangers of extreme support."

He said, "The blog post I wrote in December 2017 titled 'Moonbbaes are crazy' was exactly that article. Because of that post, I was labeled as a Park Sa-mo supporter, got cut off from broadcasts, and had external lectures canceled," but added, "However, being included as an author of the 'Cho Kuk Black Book' was also because of that post, so looking at my life, it was not a loss at all."

He continued, "Today, while rummaging through my external hard drive to find something, I discovered a post I wrote on May 23, 2017," and revealed, "I wrote that article 13 days after President Moon Jae-in took office. My awareness of the problems with Moonbbaes has been around longer than expected."

He claimed, "Originally, I wrote it to be published in a newspaper, but the OO newspaper, to which I was contributing columns at the time, did not publish it," and added, "I had been writing for OO newspaper since December 2009 during President Lee Myung-bak's administration, and even when I harshly criticized the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye administrations, it was never a problem."

He said, "I had no choice but to quickly write another article to fill the gap," and explained, "The reason I wrote for OO newspaper without any issues afterward was that I hardly criticized President Moon."

Professor Seo said, "Then the 'Cho Kuk incident' happened, and after that, OO newspaper and I fell into conflict," adding, "Their demand was, 'Why do you only criticize the administration? Criticize the opposition fairly too!' Every time I sent an article, I received criticism. After months of struggle, I stopped writing for OO newspaper and have been freely criticizing President Moon Jae-in on my blog."

Sharing the article he wrote at the time, he said, "Looking at the article, there are quite a few praises for President Moon Jae-in, haha," and criticized, "Back then, I didn't know that President Moon would ruin the country so badly and, on top of that, cause trouble until the very end of his term."

He continued, "The really funny thing is what Moonbbaes said about Lee Jae-myung. I wrote that those words slandered Lee Jae-myung, but it turned out that what Moonbbaes said about Lee Jae-myung was the truth, haha," adding, "When you read your past writings like this, sometimes you can't help but laugh. Time reveals whether the content of those writings was right or wrong."

Professor Seo said, "Just as I was critical of Moon Jae-in in the past, these days I am praising President-elect Yoon Seok-youl. I even wrote on Facebook, 'Just seeing President-elect Yoon eating makes me happy,' so at this point, you could call me a 'Yoon-bbae,'" and added, "If five years pass again and I read those articles, how will I feel? Will I say, 'My judgment was right' because President-elect Yoon became a successful president, or will I tear my hair out saying, 'How could I have written such pathetic articles!'? To avoid the latter, let's keep our eyes wide open and watch closely."

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