民主如今被認為是普世價值，且被認為是台灣引以為傲的成就，不過近年來台灣的民主卻呈現倒退的情勢。言論、出版講學、集會結社等自由，都是民主的基石，但目前在台灣卻日益受到以「假新聞」、「紅色媒體」、「國家安全」等藉口的迫害。尤有甚者，民主的本意就是人民能為政策作主，但全體公民投票的結果，在台灣卻無法決定政策。何以這般民主倒退的現象，在台灣並沒有被遏止？本文主張，這除了對政治事務缺乏興趣，更是因對民主價值並無深刻認同，民主淪為政治正確的藉口，包裝了仇視歷史文化中國的反中種族主義。對於此一推論，透過本文的網路問卷調查也確實得到驗證。 Democracy is now recognized as a universal value and an accomplishment that Taiwan takes pride in. However, Taiwan's democracy has shown a retrogressive trend in recent years. Freedom of speech, freedom of publication and discourse on academic subjects and freedom of assembly and association are the cornerstones of a democracy. Nevertheless, Taiwan is being increasingly persecuted by such pretexts as ＂false news,＂ ＂red media＂ and ＂national security.＂ Even more so, the spirit of democracy lies in the people having a say in policies, but in Taiwan they are unable to decide on policies despite the results of referendums. Why is it that no one is putting a halt to democratic regression in Taiwan? This paper advocates that in addition to a lack of interest towards political affairs, there is no profound recognition of democratic values. Democracy has sunken down to an excuse for democratic correctness, encasing anti-Chinese racism that incites hatred against China's history and culture. In this paper, this inference is verified through the online questionnaire survey.
