The oppressor determines which things are and are not “political.” The ideology and politics of the oppressor is always viewed as “neutral,” while the oppressed, pointing out their oppression, are “being political.”

The oppressor maintains power by controlling language and expression, by denying the oppressed even the right to talk about their own oppression as it is “impolite.” In the rare cases the oppressed is allowed to talk, the oppressor demands inclusion in the conversation to “make sure both sides are heard.” The two sides being that of the oppressed asking for their oppression to stop, and the oppressor justifying the continuation of said oppression while criticizing the oppressed for “not being willing to compromise” on “some oppression” or “some genocide” but the oppressed making the “unreasonable” demand of “no oppression” or “no genocide.”