What are your thoughts on the "Karen" term and phenomenon?

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm generally in favor of it, we needed a slur for people who can't mind their own fucking business. At the very least it poses what I think is one of the great unasked questions... what is my responsibility to people I share an environment with? Is it right that people should be able to dictate my actions by their flimsily-held opinions? Or do they need to go fuck themselves? I think we're not so clear on that, and things would be better if we were. And it applies to both sides, across many issues.

This isn't even about masks for me, I'll wear a mask if the science says it helps, and it's the best information we have, I don't give a fuck what the political dichotomy says about it.

[–]LustyTweed 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unfortunately since the slur was a female name misogynists ran with it and ruined the joke. Now any non-poor woman with an opinion is a Karen. We do need something to call the selfish entitled pricks that won't wear masks and treat customer service people like garbage, but we don't need another excuse to dogpile on women.