President Lee “The real way to win is to argue and persuade in a ‘left-handed’ way”

President Lee Jae-myung said on the 11th, “It is dangerous if rational, fact-based debate disappears from the democratic public forum.”

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President Lee said, "Winning someone's argument does not really mean you win. There are too many cases where you win a battle and lose a war," and added, "If you use abusive language, curse words, sarcasm, informal language, derogatory remarks, or spread fake news in the SNS space where everyone can see, it may feel refreshing for a moment, but in the eyes of the people's sovereign, who is the watching judge, you have already lost."

He then emphasized, “The way to really win is to argue, persuade, and point out things with courtesy, dignity, and, as is popular these days, based on the truth.”

He added, "Friends of the President, please protect Korea's democracy and a clean forum for public discussion through rational debate. We are warriors of light who overcame the December 3 civil war and achieved a revolution of light, and who will create an irreplaceable Republic of Korea."

The term ‘left’ used by President Lee is a slang term used on some internet sites, where the ‘right’ in the word ‘elegant’ is changed to ‘left’.

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He added, “If we grant preferential treatment to one steel company, other companies will also step forward, and eventually other companies in other industries will also ask for it.”