What were your opinions on radfeminism that got you censored?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Disagreed with their, "The Karen meme is sexist," logic. Apparently, women can never be portrayed in a negative way and must be shielded from all bad words. It seems we are slowly crawling back into patriarchy.

[–]SavvyDiogenes 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If Karen wasn't sexist, there would be a male version of Karen. There are plenty of male assholes, as many as there are "Karens", but we don't have a generalised name for them, do we?

The way I see it- when we'll have Male Karen, then Karen will no longer be sexist. Until then, it's sexist simply because it's a double standard, nothing more nothing less.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

What about Kevin? And if it wasn't Karen but, let's say, Kenny that was called entitled would it still be sexist or is it simply being a woman that makes stereotypes sexist?

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

"Kevin" is a nickname for guys that are just dumb, not necessarily assholes - Karens encompasses asshole women, not dumb women per se. Which is why "Kevin" wouldn't work in this situation.

And if, in a parallel world, people would call guys Kenny everywhere in the same way Karen is used you could argue that it's misandry, if women wouldn't also get the same treatment. So yes, reverse the situation and the outcome is the same.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, Kevin is different but it's still a pejorative term that's mostly associated with one gender. Now that I think about it, dick would probably be a better example. But my point is that someone saying, "All women are entitled Karens," would be sexist since they're talking about the whole sex. If you're only saying that some women are entitled then how is that sexist? Or is the Karen meme bad because we can no longer acknowledge differences among men and women?

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Imo it is a bit sexist but not overall, I've seen people calling women Karen for simply complaining about something, you know?

[–][deleted] 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've seen people calling women Karen for simply complaining about something

Okay, but does that mean they hate women or they hate complainers?

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

well if they only hated people who complain, then their insult would not have targeted not only females but a specific subset of females. (white, middle aged)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I checked, and I can see your removed comments here for now. I saw some of those comments and it's interesting to know they removed that.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's kind of hilarious that being censored by Reddit didn't teach them anything. The moral of the story - people don't dislike the stick, they dislike not being the one wielding it.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It would be nice to have an acknowledgement that they are participating in the same sort of censorship-without-disclosure-and-with-slander behavior.

I just want them to follow their own stated rules (or make the rules accurately disclose what's censored), like they wanted reddit to follow their own stated rules.

Also: Reminder: everyone likes and encourages censorship...