I saw someone famous unironically refer to food writing as a "colonialist project." I just think that you can& #39;t say stuff like that and then expect people to take colonialism seriously as a historical attrocity, which is an uphill battle as it is!
"Colonialism, to me, is a chef adapting a traditional Mexican recipe to make it more palatable to Americans." - the ghost of an Algerian freedom fighter tortured to death by French paramilitaries
The problem is the sort of person who thinks this is a remotely appropriate comparison tends to feel this is the case VERY strongly and to NOT be interested in any discussion about the matter!