When it does, surely call it out. But I hesitate to label everyone doing hearts+minds work as the oppressor. And the powerless saying something that, if taken literally by the powerful, might hurt someone is very different from the powerful doing something to hurt people. All models (and most arguments) are wrong. Some are useful.
Surely that “tact” wouldn’t be throwing the oppressed under the bus in favor of the oppressor out of “fear for optics”. Surely.
When it does, surely call it out. But I hesitate to label everyone doing hearts+minds work as the oppressor. And the powerless saying something that, if taken literally by the powerful, might hurt someone is very different from the powerful doing something to hurt people. All models (and most arguments) are wrong. Some are useful.