Yoo Si-min on Derogatory Terms: "President Lee Is Just Enduring the Discomfort Without Diagnosing... Needs to Shake It Off"

Former Assemblyman Yoo Si-min, commenting on President Lee Jae-myung's remarks at a press conference on the 20th, in which he described derogatory terms within the broad democratic camp as a "painful reality," said, "It seems he is not diagnosing the situation as it is." Yoo further stated, "If you shake out your shoes, remove the stone, and start walking again, you can always get to where you originally intended to go."

On the 25th, at Yonsei University Kim Dae-jung Library in Mapo-gu, Seoul, Yoo Si-min, chairman of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation, is delivering the opening address at the joint academic conference of the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation and Kim Dae-jung Library, commemorating the 10th anniversary of former Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun's passing and the first anniversary of the Panmunjom Declaration. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On "Tak Hyun-min's The Beautiful," released on YouTube that day, former Assemblyman Yoo compared the use of derogatory terms within the camp to "stones in your shoes," saying, "When you're walking a dirt road, even a small stone in your shoe can make walking very uncomfortable. What you need to do is shake it out, but instead, it feels like everyone is just thinking, 'It's uncomfortable,' without addressing the stone." This was how he explained his point.

Yoo went on to say, "That stone has caused great distress to the president and has politically isolated him. I have a feeling he will continue to walk with that small stone in his shoe."

He added, "I did not say that someone put the stone there, but rather that the stone got in by itself. Even now, if you shake out your shoe and remove the stone, you can always go where you intended, but there is always someone beside you saying, 'It's because of him that your steps are difficult right now.'"

Additionally, Yoo compared prosecutorial reform to shoes, saying, "(President Lee) is being forced to wear shoes the people gave him. Sometimes you just have no choice but to wear uncomfortable shoes."

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