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At best, this is [[Played for Laughs]], often running on [[Rule of Creepy]]. (In this version, the "oppression" may come in the form of [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]] and be portrayed as real). At worst, it may make the character come across as a [[Complete Monster]].
 
In either case, death-threats or "[[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide|liberation]]" is optional. Whining about how the open existence of other people in itself infringeinfringes on one's freedom is enough. Note that it however does ''not'' count to claim that the other group may pose an actual threat in the future.
 
An [[Evil Overlord]] of the [[Manipulative Bastard]] kind may use this trope as a strategy to cling to power, directing his subjects yearning for freedom into a racist yearning for "[[Final Solution|liberation]]" from the existence of another ethnic group.
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