The Kuomintang uncovered Shen Boyang’s old articles from 12 years ago to fight against drug brands. Expert analysis: It will only increase the popularity of the entrance.

The Kuomintang recently uncovered an article on drug control published by DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang from a criminological perspective 12 years ago, and used it out of context to smear Shen for "condoning drug abuse" and "supporting drug decriminalization." Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan was bombarded with hundreds of thousands of messages following the car, and public opinion continued to spread. The fan blog "Voice and Politics" pointed out that this wave of attacks from the Blue Camp originally tried to use the "drug issue" to launch negative attacks to suppress Shen Boyang's momentum, but unexpectedly stimulated the public's "curiosity gap", prompting voters to actively search and pay attention to relevant policies. In addition, the public health professional came to clarify and Jiang Wanan's Facebook triggered a two-way comparison of policies, making this wave of attacks create more entrances for Shen Boyang to be re-recognized and expand his voice.

Politics depends on the volume of voice, a fan post said that the Kuomintang wants to attack Shen Boyang's anti-drug stance, and the latter's voice continues to rise. "The original political purpose of this wave of drug attack and defense is to interrupt Shen Boyang's ocean current in the past month or so. The momentum continues to rise. From interviews with Wang Weizhong and Li Siduan, to night market street sweeps, Yangliu, and the eve of the establishment of the campaign headquarters, Shen Boyang has already accumulated a wave of personality, and the Kuomintang needs a strong enough negative opinion. This topic has interrupted Taipei citizens’ favorable impression of Shen Boyang. Drugs are indeed a very suitable topic for negative attack and defense. They tied several negative keywords together, which in itself will stimulate voters’ feelings towards Shen Boyang on the drug issue. Accepted. From the time Yang Zhidou dug out the old article from 2014 to Jiang Wanan personally joining the battle on the evening of the 3rd, Lanying clearly hoped to reframe Shen Boyang from a "person worth knowing" to a "person who needs to be warned."

"However, judging from the search changes in the past few days, the attack did not make everyone stop paying attention to Shen Boyang. On the contrary, the search enthusiasm he had formed did not fade away quickly, and the drug attack and defense provided a new reason for search. Generally, the most ideal effect of a negative election campaign is to make readers remember only one simple label. For example, "support drugs", "reversed stance", information The processing will stop here. At this time, the KMT and Jiang Wanan, as the attackers, gained the advantage of the framework, because most people did not have the time or interest to understand what was written in the article 12 years ago. But what is special this time is that Shen Boyang was already in the stage of "a large number of new readers were getting to know him" in the five years before October 3. Comparing Trends, Shen Boyang’s search popularity in Taipei City has reached a new high, even exceeding the 2025 recall period.”

"In other words, Shen Boyang is not a political figure that has been stereotyped by everyone. He is a figure who is still in the stage of rapid re-recognition. Intensive attacks at this time are prone to a 'curiosity gap'. Everyone is curious, what did he write 12 years ago? Why did the Kuomintang suddenly have so many people fighting together? What is Mesa Dong? So people who may have only watched Shen Boyang's video began to search for the second and third time. The attacks did not make everyone ignore him, but created more entrances for him to know him."

The political volume of voice goes on to say that if the Kuomintang's offensive is successful, the ideal voice structure for them should be that "Shen Boyang" is highly bound to "drugs", and other policy information gradually disappears. In the end, voters only need to remember the sentence "that person who previously advocated the distribution of drugs in the community", and the negative label will be truly effective. , "But we have analyzed that searches for Shen Boyang and Jiang Wanan have increased together, and at the same time, the searches for "drugs" and "Mesha Dong", which were originally very niche, have also increased simultaneously. It means that this wave of offense and defense does not stop at the labels of the characters, but brings the audience's attention to greater policy curiosity. What did they really say?"

"On October 4, Director of Disease Control and Prevention Luo Yijun publicly stated that clean needles and methadone substitution treatment are part of Taiwan's harm reduction policy, and cited research to illustrate its cost-effectiveness in preventing and treating AIDS. When policy professionals began to enter the field, 'drugs' was no longer just an emotional keyword set by the Kuomintang, but also became a policy issue that can be verified, understood, and redefined."

Next, there is the matter of Jiang Wanan’s Facebook being bombarded by a large number of people. “No matter the source of the message, what really matters is that the content of the discussion has changed. Originally, Jiang Wanan hoped to guide his supporters to examine what Shen Boyang stood for back then. Later, a large number of counter-questions appeared, such as Jiang Wanan’s past Mesa Winter proposal, Taipei City’s current harm reduction system, and ‘Director of the Poison Control Center’. . This is equivalent to changing Shen Boyang’s original most disadvantaged position. He no longer needs to explain what he said 12 years ago, but can ask for a direct debate on drug policy, allowing both sides to be tested. For a challenger who is expanding his popularity, as long as the election campaign changes from one-sided accusations to the possibility of being compared on the same stage, it will increase the chance of being recognized."

"The Kuomintang's use of drugs to attack Shen Boyang may not necessarily be completely ineffective. "Drug distribution in the community" is a highly emotional term. It may still leave a negative impression on people who only see the title and don't like to think. But from the perspective of volume, generally after a negative attack is successful, the opponent's attention should be compressed, or Shen Boyang may gradually Gradually, it was blocked by a single negative impression. What we see now is that Shen Boyang’s name continues to appear in searches, news, social comments, and the center of the candidate’s attacks. So, instead of asking whether the poisonous brand has hit Shen Boyang, it is better to ask, after the Kuomintang played this card, did everyone stop wondering who Shen Boyang is? "

In the end, political bluntness said, "According to the current search and discussion structure, it shows that curiosity has not disappeared, and new possibilities have been added. Although 'curiosity' is not completely equal to support, in an election campaign where a large number of voters are continuing to re-recognize Shen Boyang, being actively searched for him is a political phenomenon that cannot be ignored."