Before I write this..
Let me first disclose that my political leaning is progressive..
While I'm at it, I'll also disclose that my hometown is Gyeongsang-do..
Kim Heung-gook
gave a speech to block President Yoon's arrest..
that there is no president doing as well as President Yoon
and that he is doing far better than Park Chung-hee..or Chun Doo-hwan..
That is what he said..
Why did he say such a thing..?
When the Marine Corps soldier died
he stayed silent..
He, who always put the Marine Corps front and center
even came to the Indonesian Korean Association event..
He stayed silent in the face of a comrade's death, and yet..
In this situation where 80 percent of the entire population supports President Yoon's impeachment..
he is boldly stepping to the forefront..
From here on..
even though his life as an entertainer may face a crisis..he is doing such things..
For him
what is greater than the Marine Corps
is life as an entertainer..
and what is greater than life as an entertainer is political conviction —
that is how it can be interpreted..
Many people are condemning Kim Heung-gook, but..
for him, who is not a politician,
to express a political leaning
gives no one the right to condemn him..
Pointing out and criticizing what is wrong
and condemnation are strictly different things — with that as the premise..
I like Lee Seung-hwan..
Not only do I like his songs,
his political leaning is also no different from mine..
And when I see people condemning him
as a leftist entertainer..an entertainer pretending to be principled
I think..how pathetic..
I consider it to be the same..
I too..
find Kim Heung-gook hard to understand, but..
I have no right to belittle the convictions he has built up over a long time..
The United States at present
is in a state of extreme..what is commonly called division..
The case of the Trump supporters who occupied the U.S. Congress is a representative example..
Fortunately Korea
is not yet in that kind of situation..
The ones driving the country into danger through division
are not Kim Heung-gook..
nor Lee Seung-hwan..
nor Ilchiwoljang
nor those who disagree with this post..
Because of whom was regional politics formed..
The three Kims..
It is because of politicians..
They stirred up regional sentiment
and for the benefit of their own party and themselves
split the people into east and west..
and the public moved exactly according to the scenario
they had created..
Now..
please look at who it is that is dividing left and right..
When there is division
who is it that benefits the most..
Is it Lee Seung-hwan
Is it Kim Heung-gook..?
It is precisely the people who do politics..
In the climate they have divided
those who ride along according to their own political leaning
are the citizens..
Setting aside left and right
please open your eyes and look at the bigger picture..
Even though there is no benefit to the politician himself
the one who acts anyway
please elect that kind of politician..
A prominent Democratic Party figure
who runs for office in Gyeongsang-do — that kind of politician..
A figure well known in the ruling bloc
who runs in hostile territory — that kind of politician..
At the very least they won't be trash who only looks after their own gain
is what I think..
Lastly..
A president must be the guardian of the constitution..
Even if..
it is a flawed law
someone with the will to uphold what the law prescribes..
someone who must defend it even with a blade at their throat
that is the qualification for being the president of a nation..
The president of the Republic of Korea
is not defending the constitution..
The ruling party is going along with it as well..
They are saying the law is wrong..
It may indeed be wrong..
But at the very least..
until that law.. is changed into the normal law they speak of
that law must be followed..
That is the normal process..
and the foundation of democracy..
