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In reply to the discussion: A Karen just got taken down....kind of. [View all]gulliver
(13,168 posts)46. Fair enough, and I basically agree.
From a practical standpoint of defeating the enemy, we're better off not alienating people who are named Karen (super common name) or the people who like and love someone with that name. It's jarring if you have a Karen in your life to see the name blithely ridiculed. If that factor shaves a fraction of a percent off our voting tally, that could end up being a big deal.
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She deserved it all right. Unfortunately, this will probably add fuel to her racist fire.
oregonjen
Jun 2020
#2
I love the way she goes around telling people they have to leave.....and it's not
Maraya1969
Jun 2020
#4
The cashier behind the counter isn't white, which tells me most likely the convenience store is
onetexan
Jun 2020
#62
This is Bunker Boy's America. Who is this woman? Did she lose her job? nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2020
#6
Why not call her a "Vladimir" after the rat face? Or a "Trump" after the bloated, bloviating baby?
gulliver
Jun 2020
#22
nope. this is just getting started. like calling people Jan from Brady Bunch
SiliconValley_Dem
Jun 2020
#63
Please try not to take it personal. Remember there are the Becky's and Patty's
Maraya1969
Jun 2020
#58
I disagree, taking my direction from Karen Attiah, a woman of color and editor at WaPo:
chia
Jun 2020
#50
The white woman was telling the girl, trying to pay, at the register to go back to her country.
cayugafalls
Jun 2020
#30
Thanks! She is soooo surprised when, after physically assaulting the other woman she gets
tblue37
Jun 2020
#36
I think so too!!! If someone grabbed me like that, I would be more than slapping
Peacetrain
Jun 2020
#32