
文章指出選舉期間的負面指控具有類似嗎啡的速效藥性,能快速刺激仇恨動員但查明責任緩慢,以台北市長選戰中沈伯洋過去談論毒品政策的文章被放大為例,批判藍營以恐懼代替判斷的策略,並呼籲選民不應以恐懼取代理性思考。
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文章引用了歷史例子,如鴉片嗎啡的醫療使用與成癮問題,以及台灣過去的宇昌案、疫苗採購爭議和新竹棒球場工程案,來類比選舉期間負面指控的快速傳播與緩慢查責現象。
台北市長蔣萬安(圖左)、民進黨台北市長參選人沈伯洋(圖右)。(資料照)
十九世紀中葉,從鴉片提煉的嗎啡被廣泛用於醫療,眼前的疼痛立刻緩解,成癮的代價卻留在後頭。選舉政治裡的負面指控也有類似的藥性,能迅速刺激仇恨動員、癱瘓對手步調,但真正的查明與責任,往往留到投票之後。
今年台北市長選戰,沈伯洋12年前談論毒品政策的文章,讓這帖速效藥有了觸動家庭焦慮的題材,而台灣選民近年早已看過好幾起類似情節。2012年總統大選前,宇昌案將蔡英文與利益輸送疑雲連結,直到同年八月,特偵組調查後認定查無犯罪事證,予以簽結。
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到了2022年,疫苗採購、高端圖利等指控成為台北市長選戰重要攻防,蔣萬安也以疫苗採購資料「封存30年」、合約大量遮蔽等議題,批評陳時中與政府「黑箱」;選後北檢處理62件疫情相關告發,均以查無具體犯罪事證簽結。同年,新竹棒球場工程缺失又延伸為林智堅涉貪圖利指控;直到今年十月,高檢署駁回再議,林智堅不起訴確定。
只要一項指控能迅速占據議題聲量,日後被證實誇大失實的代價又如此輕微,政治便不可避免地對這帖速效藥產生路徑依賴。刺激來得那麼快、責任卻走得那麼慢。
毒品政策尤其適合製造這種刺激.父母想到孩子、社區想到治安,很多人甚至不需要知道政策細節,卻被挑動最脆弱的神經。蔣萬安反覆追問沈伯洋,要在哪個社區、提供施打什麼毒品;羅智強等國民黨立委接著宣布出動大型LED廣告車,聲稱沈伯洋不只主張在社區中心供毒、也曾主張大麻合法化。
蔣萬安公開支持美沙冬與清潔針具,本可要求沈伯洋完整回答舊文、討論制度設計的問題,藍營卻持續放大、閃爍病毒式的口號傳播。當減害政策被簡化成「政府發毒品」,當民眾一聽見社區服務便聯想到供毒,第一線醫療與社工就可能得重新解釋,自己做的工作不是縱容。蔣萬安換來一時的聲量高潮,公衛體系卻得付出重建信任的數倍心力。
杜聰明早在日治時期,便以「漸進式禁斷療法」診治台灣的鴉片成癮,正視癮頭如何形成、毒性如何發作。選舉亦是如此,繼續獎勵省略脈絡、暗示犯罪與放大恐懼,這套打法就很難停下來。若有參選人及政黨不願在這場選戰中戒掉這帖速效藥,真正能替蔣萬安落實所謂「友善戒治環境」的,終究只有不再以恐懼代替判斷的選民。
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選舉後,相關單位將需要投入較多資源來澄清減害政策的真實內容,重建公眾信任。
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