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In a radio program hosted by media personality Tang Xianglong, Luo Dayou expressed his views on Taiwan's political, electoral and cultural environment. He named many Democratic Progressive Party politicians as having no children and would not think too much about the next generation, and called on "Taiwanese people to wake up." As the chairman of Taipei 101, Chia Yongjie criticized this, emphasizing that childbearing is a personal choice and should not be used as a social scoring standard.
In response to Luo Dayou's speech, Jia Yongjie said: "Whether or not to have children is a personal life choice, not a society's scoring standard." (File photo)
Musician Luo Dayou participated in a radio program interview hosted by media personality Tang Xianglong and expressed his views on Taiwan's politics, elections and cultural environment. He named former President Tsai Ing-wen and other Democratic Progressive Party politicians as "childless" and not thinking too much about the next generation, which aroused heated discussions among many netizens. Taipei 101 Chairman Jia Yongjie commented on this: "Terrible old thinking!"
Luo Dayou talked about the current political and social situation in Taiwan, and made many criticisms of the Lai Ching-te government. In addition to questioning Zhuo Rongtai's failure to countersign, he also criticized Lai Ching-te and Zhuo Rongtai for "complicity." He also named former President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice President Hsiao Meiqin, and former Supervisory Director Chen Ju as having no children and not thinking too much about the next generation. He shouted, "Awaken Taiwanese," and called on the public to pay attention to relevant issues.
In response to this, Jia Yongjie responded today (11th) to Luo Dayou's mention of DPP politicians "having no children", emphasizing: "In what age, there are still people who want to comment on whether women have children. Horrible old thinking! Whether to have children or not is a personal life choice, not a society's scoring standard."
Many netizens also left messages of support: "Please really ask those people to stop caring about other people's uteruses", "Luo Dayou has finally become the most annoying kind of old man.", "To Mr. Jia ~ Thank you for speaking out for the people!", "The value of women should not be judged by whether they have children!"

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