Karen

[LuckyAmy1986]

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Aibu to think this is outrageous?!

@Ashitaka it’s a link to IMDb I wouldn’t have thought many people would be that worried about it…

@Ponoka7

Older women are the only group who we can stereotype. Ageism is the allowed ism.

That's complete BS and you know it.

Teenagers are sterotyped.
Millennials are stereotyped.
Muslims are stereotyped.
Lesbians are stereotyped.
Feminists are stereotyped.
Black people are stereotyped.

I could go on.

@LuckyAmy1986

m.imdb.com/title/tt12636872/

Aibu to think this is outrageous?!

Wanna know what’s really outrageous OP??... Racism !! All & every type of racism is outrageous & even more so the fact that we’ve reached into year 2021 & still the racism rages on !! If you really wanna get mad & outraged at something get mad at the people who can’t find it in themselves to accept a person for who they are & instead they choose to judge them & make their lives a living hell simply because of the colour of their skin !!

@SnappedAndFarted18 what makes you think racism doesn’t outrage me?!

[quote LuckyAmy1986]@SnappedAndFarted18 what makes you think racism doesn’t outrage me?![/quote]
Tbh I never said it doesn’t but to be fair you equally never said it did in any of your posts...

I thought a Karen was meant to be a lower middle class, entitled, wannabe who escalated petty irritations in an attempt to exert non existent authority over beleaguered NMW employees.

More recently it has transitioned into a way for young woke men tell older women with whose opinions they disagree to STFU whilst retaining their woke credentials.

When did the race element come into play?!

@SnappedAndFarted18 why would I have said that? It goes without saying but also - it wasn’t what the post was about.

[quote LuckyAmy1986]@Ashitaka it’s a link to IMDb I wouldn’t have thought many people would be that worried about it…[/quote]
links can be spoofed

m.imdb.com/title/tt12636872/

@Gorl

It’s not stereotyping older women. It’s stereotyping racist women who use white fragility to oppress black people.

Agree with you. Stereotyping the sheer arrogance of some people especially when it comes to their privilege. Find it shocking that some people’s mere shock of the term “Karen” and the energy they use to show their outrage isn’t given to systematic racism that exists. It may be very blunt in USA where the term originated from but is very much the case in the UK too.

@Ashitaka sorry do you want me to click on that link or something?

@Gorl

It’s not stereotyping older women. It’s stereotyping racist women who use white fragility to oppress black people.

It really isn't. It's about closing women down and particularly women of a certain age. Women are not allowed opinions and definitely not if they are over about 45

But this is yet another discussion that has been done to death on here. Could we go back to P&C spaces, or middle lane sitting, or something?

@DomPom47 I just think how I would feel
If I were called Karen, it must be horrible. That’s all this was about. I’m
Not pouring tons of energy into the fight for Karen’s and I have mixed race children so the fight to beat systemic racism is very important to me.

Karen is a name and should not be a “term” as you say.

I've seen it. It was pretty funny, similar to how "The Room" is funny. It's not a "good" film in any sense.

it is divisive and it does absolutely nothing to help tackle racism.

Actually being a "Karen" is more divisive and actively supports racism. It's a real phenomenon where some white women behave in ways that are racist, but because they're not being actively aggressive, they don't believe that they can be called out for their behaviour.

If these women now think twice before they behave that way, I can see how that would be inconvenient for a subset of white women, but it's a net positive for ethnic minorities.

[quote LuckyAmy1986]@Ashitaka sorry do you want me to click on that link or something?[/quote]
its up to you, its just a link....?

[quote LuckyAmy1986]@SnappedAndFarted18 why would I have said that? It goes without saying but also - it wasn’t what the post was about.[/quote]
Lol OP it clearly doesn’t go without saying because going by your posts/thread you’re more outraged that they would name a movie Karen rather than the contents of the movie - in one of your comments your own words were “just think it’s so unfair on Karens”

@DomPom47 DH was told to go back to where he came from by a neighbour recently. I found that outrageous. I can be outraged by more than one thing at a time. I feel very sorry for people called Karen. Doesn’t mean I don’t care about racism. Can’t believe that’s how it’s come across tbh.

Those reviews!😲😳😱🤯
I think I'm going to watch it.

@Ashitaka but you’ve just said how dodgy they can be and warning me against it? So why would you now want me to click it?

but you said it’s a link to IMDb I wouldn’t have thought many people would be that worried about it…

so, why wont you click it?

Lol OP it clearly doesn’t go without saying because going by your posts/thread you’re more outraged that they would name a movie Karen rather than the contents of the movie - in one of your comments your own words were “just think it’s so unfair on Karens

Why would I be outraged by the contents of the movie? It needs to be out there! People are suffering every day like this. And yes I do think it’s unfair on people called Karen! Don’t you?

@Ashitaka because after that you pointed out to me that it could be spoofed… sorry I’m confused. You put me in my place (which you did, accepted) that it could still be dodgy. Did you put the link in just to prove the point further?

Why would I be outraged by the contents of the movie? It needs to be out there! People are suffering every day like this. And yes I do think it’s unfair on people called Karen! Don’t you?

Nope I really don’t think it’s unfair on people called Karen tbh 😄 & when I said about being outraged by the contents of the movie I meant in the sense that it should outrage people because racism is wrong on every level & you’re right people are suffering every day like this it needs to stop

Just showing you why you never just click on a link

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@SnappedAndFarted18 can I just ask why? (About the Karen thing) pls

@Ashitaka I hold my hands up, I take your point! I really don’t know how else to say it!