Identifying With the Oppressor Is a Destructive Denial of Self Values

Believing in overwhelming oppression whether physical, political or mental, can turn one’s self into that ugliest of creators — the oppressor.

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Liberty can be defined in many ways, and it’s not always political, but it may be personal liberty in our household or at work or, yes, government actions. Attempting to survive in an environment where our perception is that we have been oppressed may have two outcomes; we fight for our equality, our humanity, and our political freedom, or we identify with those who have oppressed us.

No, it’s not something most of us can readily accept, and it’s often our failure to perceive it when it is right in front of our faces. Women who are victims of domestic violence will often accept that they deserved the violence because they were to blame for it in the first place.

How can you survive if being complacent results in more oppression each time? If you are repeatedly told or led to believe by their actions by persons in power that a specific…