But Tseng gives different reasons why the organization was founded on the principles of eschewing confrontation and refusing to mobilize the public for protests. "In terms of public policy, if you want to start a mass demonstration, it's virtually an admission that you are defeated, that you have run out of options.
曾貴海則認為，他在組織之初，即開宗明義堅持活動的原則是，儘量排除激烈抗爭的方式，除非不得已，不要動員群眾遊行，「對於中性的公共政策，如果要發動群眾遊行，幾乎可說是宣佈敗北的訊號。