Karen’s Diner/Katie Hopkins - cancel?

[RosaMoline]

Quick question:
In the words of Mumsnet, AIBU?
It’s my eldest’s 30th this year, and as a surprise I’ve planned a day out for us on March 17th. We’re going to Hello Kitty cafe, Priscilla the Party and ending up in Karen’s Diner in Islington.
Some of you might know Karen’s from Social media. You basically get insulted and it looks very amusing.
I see from their insta, they’re doing some kind of collaboration with Katie Hopkins in their Manchester and Birmingham restaurants I think.
I am horrified and have left comments to that effect.
I actually feel that I want to cancel, and it’s a shame as it’s something we’d wanted to do for ages.
I however, cannot give my hard earned ££ to an organisation that is giving a platform to a racist right wing Trump supporting bigot.
Am I being unreasonable to cancel our reservation??

I worked in a restaurant around the corner from Wong Kei about 35 years ago. We got loads of customers who had walked out of Wong Kei because the food and service were so bad.

What, this Katie Hopkins?

@AmaryllisChorus you wonder how it lasted so long, but I suppose it was easier in pre SoMe times.

This!

Why would you take your daughter somewhere to be insulted for her birthday?

Fantastic I love Katie Hopkins. Someone who isn’t afraid to speak her mind and upset the woke brigade.

You are a idiot if you go to this establishment. So no sympathy from further shit from them.

They are w bunch of pillocks either join in or not

Because people are dumb

I think the people that like this grim place are the same sort who enjoy Mrs Brown’s Boys. Completely basic sense of ‘humour’.

The Katie thing wouldn't bother me, but the diner sounds horrendous

You would be unreasonable to ever go there and contribute anything to this business.

This

KH aside the whole day sounds like my idea of hell!

I've just read the article, thanks for posting it @ButtonMoonLoon If ever there was a reason not to go that's it. Horrible.

They might cancel on you anyway...

www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/karens-diner-apologises-after-bristol-9102845.amp

I lived in London when that place in Soho was a thing, couldn't fathom paying money to be insulted back then either. Nowt as queer as folk I guess but I think whoever ran it was laughing the hardest.

There's was a post in one of our papers here [ireland] about one that opened in Dublin in the last few days. It was very interesting. The reviewer said kids are allowed in and a six year old was pulled up to the top and sung to for her birthday but the song was happy birthday f##k off - now I know it's the parents job here not to expose their kids to that crap, but I found it really weird reading that. Apparently the C word was floating around as well.

Just to add I'm not being a baby or anything regarding the swearing or anything. It just seemed a bit much

@RosaMoline why do you find misogyny funny?

Agree.

And agree.

As others have pointed out, the name Karen has been dragged through the mud for years by this point. It is awful how embarrassed and low genuine people named Karen have begun to feel when doing something as simple as giving their name when asked. Why anyone would find it amusing to poke further fun at that is just bizarre. If that's really your sense of humour you really need to have a rethink and consider the actual impact places like Karen's Diner are having on the real people with the name (not me I should add, but someone very dear to me)
No doubt you won't care either way so I suggest you try this and then do a bit more thinking. Try putting your child's name, your partner's, your mum's, your dad's, your own. Then consider that's every single day for years and years and then they open a restaurant to really drive the point home.

karenismyname.org/renamer

Katie Hopkins is vile.

I've never heard of Karen's Diners but they sound pretty vile as well

I'd cancel on the basis that Karen's diner sounds utterly terrible, and misogynistic, ageist crap, but you said upthread that it appeals to your sense of humour sooooo enjoy
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I feel so sorry for my lovely relatives who is named Karen. She is middle-aged and one of the funniest people I know. Mind, you , she takes no prisoners, so would probs tell them to feck off.