I did say when they started. They became as awful as other Empires, however if you go to Macauu the locals are quite nostalgic about the colonial days but get the ferry to Hong Kong and you will struggle to find anyone with a good word to say about Britain.
As others have said it is a contest between the best mass murderers.
The British were all about the "Empire of Liberty" in the beginning, but greed got in the way. And I'm pretty sure there's quite a few, if not a majority of Hong Kongers who would've voted to stay British in 1997 if given the opportunity. The only reason you "won't find anyone with a good word to say about Britain" is because the Chinese government is listening.
But if that's not proof enough, a poll was done on the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence indicating that a majority of Jamaicans wish it never happened. And a majority of Jamaicans are descended from slaves who had it far worse than your average Macao...er? Macaoigan? Macaonese?
Point is, that doesn't really make the case for the benevolence of said empire at large. Nothing in history is hated by everyone.