영국 이코노미스트 문정부, 비판 잘하면서 남이 비판하면 '발끈'
영국 시사주간지 이코노미스트가 최근 문정부의 행보에 대해 "다른 이들을 비판하는데엔 익숙하지만
남의 비판은 받아들이려 하지 않는다"고 지적. 이코노미스트는 이에 대한 근거로 최근 청와대와
더불어민주당 등이 정권에 비판 의견을 개진한 이들에 대해 각종 법적 조치를 벌이고 있다고 했다.
그래서 영어 원문을 찾아 봤다.
이코노미스트 웹사이트에는 기사 전문이 안 나와있어서 다른 곳에서 찾았다.
South Korea’s liberal rulers unleash their inner authoritarians
Used to dishing out the criticism, they seem unwilling to take it. - Banyan. August 20, 2020
https://oltnews.com/liberal-leaders-in-south-korea-unleash-their-domestic-authoritarians/
SKOREA OUTH has a proud history of loud opposition to the powers that be. The Japanese colonizers found their subjects unruly. Local military dictators, who brutally suppressed the democratic aspirations of their citizens for decades, eventually gave in to widespread protests. Even democratically elected leaders have incurred the wrath of civil society. Park Geun-hye, the predecessor of Moon Jae-in, the current president, was kicked out of office in 2017 after millions of South Koreans took to the streets to denounce the endemic corruption in his government.
Ms Park’s left-wing successors had vowed to do better. Mr. Moon, a former activist and human rights lawyer, and his Minjoo party claim to embody the legacy of the pro-democracy movement. They promised to honor the spirit of the protests that brought them to power. The country would become more egalitarian. The government would be more open, tolerant of dissent and responsive.
These good intentions seem to be weakening. Opponents of the government are once again finding that their views can attract litigation rather than benign indifference or even constructive responses. Almost a fifth of civil libel lawsuits against media organizations last year involved senior officials, more than during Ms Park’s administration.
Last month, the president’s office appealed a court ruling that authorized a Tory newspaper to defame Mr. Moon’s wife in an opinion column (the writer wondered whether the couple’s official trips abroad were too heavy on tourism). A right-wing YouTuber has been jailed for spreading rumors about Cho Kuk, a former senior official in Mr. Moon’s government (Mr. Cho has since been disgraced). The Minjoo party filed a criminal complaint against a political science professor after criticizing him for his interest and suggesting that progressives should vote for other parties; the complaint was withdrawn after a public outcry. NGONorth Korean refugee-led groups who dislike the government’s conciliatory stance towards the North have lost their nonprofit status and allege police harassment.
There are also problems in the Legislature. Earlier this month, lawmakers in Minjoo proposed a bill that would give the government the power to order the media to correct “fake news” (a similar bill was proposed by the Conservatives in 2017) . Another set of bills under consideration seeks to punish anyone who spreads “distorted” historical accounts of a 1980 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.
Park Kyung-sin, a law professor and free speech advocate at Korea University, believes the government’s sensitivity to criticism has its roots in “a long-standing vendetta between the progressive and the conservative media” . Even in government, the left has not lost its image as an outsider. They tend to see certain media as weapons of political parties and have a “siege mentality” in the face of their criticism.
The activists forged their political identity against a military dictatorship implacably hostile to their goals, so that opponents’ freedom of expression was not a priority. South Korean politics – and many media organizations – remain polarized, with cross-party cooperation virtually unheard of. Above all, loyalty to one’s own camp is appreciated. Kim Kyung-ryul, a progressive intellectual who broke with his former comrades over attitudes towards Mr. Cho’s conduct earlier this year, compared the two main parties to “street gangster groups” serving only their own interests.
Mr Park is keen to stress that current developments are of less concern than the systematic use of criminal defamation law against political opponents that has occurred under previous administrations. Some Minjoo lawmakers are still trying to relax the country’s punitive defamation laws, according to which journalists and ordinary citizens can be sentenced to lengthy prison terms for damage to reputation, even if their offensive statements are true. Despite recent litigation from some of their colleagues, South Korea’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index is higher than a few years ago.
South Korean politicians like to quote ancient wisdom. The government would do well to ponder the words of King Sejong, a model ruler and a rich source of inspirational quotes from the Joseon era. “I am neither virtuous nor skilled at governing. There will certainly be times when I will not act according to heaven’s wishes. So look carefully for my faults and make me answer their reprimands, ”he said in 1425.
위 원문의 골자는 가까뉴스를 처벌하는 것을 부정적으로 말하고 있는 듯 하다. 근데 가짜 뉴스는 나쁜 것 아닌가? 그럼 무책임한 거짓 뉴스를 그냥 놔둬야 한다고..? 가짜 뉴스를 처벌하는 것이 나쁜 거야? 그리고 가짜 뉴스를 표현의 자유라고 할 수 있는 것인가? 그리고.. 한국의 세계 언론 자유 지수 순위는 몇 년 전보다 높아졌다고..? 근거 자료를 찾아봤는지 의문이다. 대체 말인지 방구야...? 암튼 위 이코노미스트의 기사를 읽은 후 나의 소감은.. 동서양을 막론하고 기레기는 존재한다.
위 영문 기사는 전형적인 보수주의자들의 꼼수이며 거짓과 그에 대한 책임을 낭만적 이상주의적 이론적으로 '시선'으로 바라보는 것 같다. 즉, '선한 의지'는 '악'이 저지른 악행을 처벌로 다스려서는 안 된다는 기회주의적 이론주의적 주장이다. 악의 행위에 대해 선은 용서와 관용을 배풀어야 한다는 것으로 얼핏 들으면 그럴듯해 보인다. 하지만 그러한 '악'의 주장과 요구에 '선'은 번번히 뒤통수를 맞았다.
'선'이 저지르는 가장 큰 실수는 어설플 인권주의와 용서와 관용이다. '선'은 악이 저지르는 악행을 결코 '선'이라는 이름으로 용서하거나 관용을 배풀거나 배려해서는 안 된다. 어설픈 용서와 관용의 결과는 언제나 참극으로 끝맺음을 하는 법이다.
금태섭 "曺, 가짜뉴스 고소하면 표현의 자유 위축 우려" 또 소신 발언
https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=277&aid=0004532826
삐라 단체 박상학 취재진 폭행하고 벽돌 던져..경찰관엔 가스총 쏴
https://blog.naver.com/parangbee/222012711927
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