Such a twisted tangent starter. Some might say I am a tangent prodigy. THE Tangent Prodigy.
I can't say I've read much in the way of post-colonial fiction, especially in the SFF sphere. Of the Dutch/Indonesian stories I have read on the subject, I found the tone and rhetoric entirely appropriate, and as far as I could tell the research was proper. Then again, the Netherlands had a profit first, second and third mentality, so it's hard to overstate how awful the nation was. Another thing that limits my personal connection is that my part of the Netherlands wasn't equal to the rest of it until the 1860s, and wasn't even a part of the country before Napoleon. I think my opinion on your example is that the poor research is more egregious than the hatred. If an Indonesian or a Surinamer wishes to write a hate letter to the concept of the Netherlands and the Dutch people, I can understand how that might artistically fit, but if they can't bother to get their own history correct they lose the right to lecture.
I can't say I've read much in the way of post-colonial fiction, especially in the SFF sphere. Of the Dutch/Indonesian stories I have read on the subject, I found the tone and rhetoric entirely appropriate, and as far as I could tell the research was proper. Then again, the Netherlands had a profit first, second and third mentality, so it's hard to overstate how awful the nation was. Another thing that limits my personal connection is that my part of the Netherlands wasn't equal to the rest of it until the 1860s, and wasn't even a part of the country before Napoleon. I think my opinion on your example is that the poor research is more egregious than the hatred. If an Indonesian or a Surinamer wishes to write a hate letter to the concept of the Netherlands and the Dutch people, I can understand how that might artistically fit, but if they can't bother to get their own history correct they lose the right to lecture.