Wu's generation grew up in the midst of the White Terror. As a student in Pingtung, his home was searched by four police officers with a warrant from the National Security Bureau for "extremist views" and "spreading extremist speech."
吳晟成長的年代，台灣正歷經白色恐怖的肅殺統治，剛進屏專時，他被以「思想偏激、散播偏激言論」為由，遭遇 4 個警察帶著國家安全局的機密公函到家裡搜查。