There is no path to decolonization that does not involve a radically higher level of self awareness and self knowledge among the colonized. Anyone who seeks to suppress knowledge, spread lies, deflect facts, or disrupt self reflection is obstructing decolonization.
For this same reason, no dictatorship can ever be decolonial. Any power that subjugates natives, separates them, restricts their rights or suppresses their free expression cannot be decolonial. Decoloniality is above all about discovering and building our native selves.
But this extends to anyone who seeks to disrupt native conversations that they don't like, berate natives if they do not echo their narrative, or attack natives who disagree with them on some detail of a detail, or prioritize ideology over the wider cause.
Gaining self knowledge is a messy process with many dead ends and wrong turns. It's a never-ending, lifelong process. It's not linear. You need to allow people to find their own way to self awareness, and that means asking lots of questions and making mistakes. Accept that.
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