Why did Cai Kangyong stand up to Shen Boyang? Guajie reveals "real fear"

Well-known host Tsai Kang-yong appeared at the founding meeting of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei candidate Shen Boyang's campaign headquarters in early October, sparking heated discussions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. When Tsai Kang-yong appeared on veteran media person Wang Weizhong's program, he admitted that the main reason was the police search of Commander D, a gay bar in Ximending, and the controversy over the attitude of law enforcement. Comedian and former Taipei City Councilor "Gua Ji" Qiu Weijie posted a long post on social media yesterday (31), bluntly saying: Tsai Kang-yong is worried about "returning to the oppressive environment of the past", which is only 8 years ago.

Guji said straight to the point, "What Tsai Kang-yong is fighting is not Chiang Wanan." He said that the raid on the bar in Ximen Ting was not an issue of gay rights. However, the Taipei City Government's direct recognition of "selective raids" means that the Taipei City Government knows that risks exist. This is the core issue that Tsai Kang-yong is concerned about and speaks out. He gave an example of a clip from the program. When Wang Weizhong asked a question, he said: "Copying is one thing, attitude is another." Then when asked if it was because of the bar incident, Cai Kangyong affirmed: "Yes, that's right. There is nothing wrong in the rumors."

Guji thinks that Cai Kangyong made it very clear, "You finally pushed the matter to the point where everyone does not regard homosexuals as a bullied and dirty ethnic group. When this happened, you can't count on me to watch everything go back to the past before you die." "What should you do? If you don't care about this matter, are you going to let those children who are 17 or 18 years old be oppressed to death?"

"He didn't name the bad guys from beginning to end. He was talking about oppression." Guajie believed that Cai Kangyong mentioned that he was gay, and that throughout his growing up, he had never been unfamiliar with malice. Then Guji further pointed out, "Why Shen Boyang and not Jiang Wanan?" Guji mentioned that in the vote on Article 4 in 2019, only 7 KMT legislators voted in favor, and the majority of the rest of the party group opposed it. After the vote, there were rumors in the party that legislators would be replaced whoever voted for same-sex marriage. This is an unfriendly basis, and it is Tsai Kangyong's worry.

Guji believes that "the Kuomintang follows the public opinion of their supporters to oppose same-sex marriage, but the DPP promotes this policy against the wishes of society." "What gays choose is never a perfect political party, but a group of people who are more willing to stand together." Therefore, he believes that Cai Kangyong just chooses "people who are willing to live that kind of life with him."