textualdeviance:

lookatthisfuckingoppressor-blog:

Oh so many reasons.

1) it equates the anger of the oppressed to the hate of their oppressors.
2) it blames oppressed groups for their oppression. Bigotry doesn’t exist because people hate bigots. It exists because oppressed people oppose it. It exists because of bigots and because of privileged folks being complicit or tacitly condoning systems of oppression.
3) it’s fundamentally untrue. Hatred of oppression doesn’t lead to more hatred; it leads to progress.
4) it is used to attack any attempt by oppressed people to obtain liberation. Point out that something or someone is repulsively racist and all of a sudden you’re “breeding more hate”.

It’s a fundamental misrepresentation of reality that blames victims and excuses fucked up behavior.

It’s a tone argument used by people who don’t want to get called on their complicity in maintaining structures of injustice.

It’s also very much like a parent telling a toddler to ask nicely or we won’t get a cookie. It implies that A) they think our basic human rights are not a need but a favor we’re asking and B) they think they are in a position inherently deserving of deference.

People with privilege need to let go of the idea that justice is charity—something nice they own which they can choose to give or not—rather than something to which we are all entitled.