Tai Kuo-hui, a professor in the department of history at National Chengchi University, argues that many people have treated the language issue irrationally, and have indiscriminately mixed up language with conflicts over political power and national identity.
政大歷史系教授戴國輝也認為，許多人將語言問題「情緒化」，是把語言與政權、認同等過去不愉快的經驗全混在一塊了。