Controversy Over 'Youth Derogatory Banner'... Kim Young-jin Says "Big Direction Was Right but Expression Was Clumsy"

The Democratic Party of Korea has faced criticism for "disparaging youth" and "youth hatred" due to a banner targeting the younger generation that included phrases such as "I don't understand politics, I just want to live well." In response, Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Young-jin analyzed that "the overall direction was correct, but the expression was clumsy."

On the 21st, Kim said on YTN's "News King Park Ji-hoon" program, "In fact, from my perspective, the overall direction was right, but I think the problem arose because of words like 'economy' and 'politics' included in it."

Previously, the Democratic Party created a banner targeting the 2030 youth generation, but it included phrases such as "I don't understand politics, I just want to live well" and "I don't understand the economy, but I want to have a lot of money," which led to criticism that it portrayed youth as selfish beings.

Kim explained, "'Galaxy Project' was a prepared initiative to broadly discuss why the Democratic Party is not receiving support from young people and why it is unpopular. The idea was to attempt a new change by altering the image, policies, and various messages."

He added, "It was a new attempt, and the Democratic Party was deeply concerned about the issues facing our youth and those in their 20s and 30s. However, I believe the method of expression was somewhat clumsy."

Regarding criticism that the party might already be "arrogant," he said, "In fact, the project was unrelated to the Gangseo by-election, and as I mentioned, what we must be most cautious about is arrogance and dogmatism. People did not support us because they liked us, but because of their evaluation of President Yoon Seok-yeol's two years in office. We need to humbly acknowledge that direction, so it was not about arrogance."

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