The Taipei mayoral election televised debate that took place on October 31 was hotly debated by all walks of life. Professor Chen Shifen (penname: Ong Darui), who lives in the United States, shared his thoughts after watching the entire debate. He bluntly said that regardless of education or character, the current mayor Chiang Wanan could not see the taillights of his opponent Shen Boyang!
Chen Shifen posted on Facebook on Sunday (11/1), "I watched the whole debate between Jiang Wanan and Shen Boyang. In the cross-examination unit, Jiang Wanan attacked Shen Boyang with terms such as 'you don't understand' and 'you don't understand.'" , "You're not familiar with it", "You don't know", "You don't know", etc., at least 13 times. Yes, I was so bored that I took notes during the entire election debate and counted the number of offensive words after it was over."
"This is an election debate for the mayor of Taipei. Chiang Wanan and Shen Boyang are the subjects, and the father-in-law is the voter. Whether Chiang Wanan or Shen Boyang is better at Taipei municipal administration should be left to the voters to judge. Chiang Wanan's verbal attack on Shen Boyang is equivalent to a player-referee and has no credibility. Even if Chiang Wanan wins the verbal dispute, he still loses the magnanimity that a politician should have."
He continued: "In this election, Jiang Wanan is the re-elector and Shen Boyang is the challenger. The re-elector is inherently more skilled in municipal administration than the challenger. Jiang Wanan's attack on Shen Boyang's municipal expertise is an opportunistic approach. Even if Jiang Wanan is more skilled in municipal administration than Shen Boyang (not necessarily), he can show it during the debate and let the audience come to the conclusion that Shen Boyang "doesn't understand, doesn't know, doesn't know, doesn't understand..." without having to be the judge himself."
"When attacking Shen Boyang for his lack of familiarity with municipal affairs, Jiang Wanan also used terms such as 'complete', 'really' and 'fundamental'. These terms are redundant words and have no substantive communication function except to strengthen the tone. Use euphemisms during debates Strong language is actually a sign of guilty conscience. Jiang Wanan knew that he was not as capable as Shen Boyang, but he was not willing to admit defeat, so he took advantage of Shen Boyang's words during the debate and had to use redundant words to strengthen his tone. "
"Jiang Wanan's use of intensified words and redundant words further revealed that he has a habit of lying that "doesn't care about the facts." Jiang Wanan attacked Shen Boyang for having a "complete" understanding of certain municipal issues. The so-called "complete" understanding means "zero" understanding. Even if Shen Boyang is born stupid, it is impossible for him to have "zero" understanding of these issues, let alone Shen Boyang is not stupid. As long as Shen Boyang understands one percent or even one thousandth of these municipal issues, it is not "zero" understanding. Jiang Wanan's "complete" understanding is untruthful. When Jiang Wanan blurts out in front of the TV camera, he obviously has the habit of lying "without caring about the facts."
"I can only describe it as arrogant."
Finally, Chen Shifen said, "Such untrue attacks lack credibility. Even if Jiang Wanan takes advantage of words, he will not be able to convince the audience, but will arouse the audience's resentment. Regardless of his education and character, Jiang Wanan cannot see Shen Boyang's taillights. Jiang Wanan frequently disparages Shen Boyang. I can only describe it as arrogance. Jiang Wanan's team got the purpose of this debate wrong. The essence. The election debate is not about winning or losing with words, but accepting the comprehensive evaluation of the voters together with the opponent. In addition to words, there is also a taboo in the election debate, which is that the player is also the referee. The candidate took advantage of the opponent verbally and lost the election. In this Taipei mayor election debate, Jiang Wanan turned out to be a player and referee. "
