For Chou, "People's differences stem from differences of 'historical memory,' and not from having different memories about the war." That is, what is at issue is the overly stark contrast between the history officially promulgated by the Nationalist government and the memories of ordinary people-mainly Taiwanese-which they inherited from their families and communities, but were long suppressed.
「台灣現在的分歧在於歷史記憶之不同，而非戰爭記憶之不同，」周婉窈則認為，這分歧是來自國民政府所建構的官方主流歷史，與來自大多數台籍家庭、族群的潛藏記憶有太多的落差了。