You Tze-hsiang, an associate professor of communications at Shih Hsin University, pointed out that most people think debate is inevitably conflictual and not cooperative. Therefore, the DPP took a risk that its internal conflicts would be aired before the public.
世新大學口語傳播系副教授遊梓翔指出，一般人傾向於將辯論視為「衝突」而非合作，民進黨即冒著「內部衝突」搬上檯面的大不韙。