The Karen meme silences White women

[Anonymous]

Maybe don’t speak up about all the wrong things. If you speak up for a true injustice, that’s great. If you call the cops because there is a black kid in your apartment pool, you are a Karen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle aged white women have been hated since forever.

The only social currency white women have is their sexual attraction to men. When that goes, society wants to push them off on an ice flow. Since we can't do that, we tell them to STFU and stand quietly in the corner where their aging body and appearance won't offend anyone's eyeballs.

Tell me I'm wrong.

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This is it.

[Anonymous]

Boo effing hoo. Everyone gets old if they are lucky. Too many of us aren’t.

Karen memes provide a valuable reminder that there is a difference between a service culture and a servants culture. Far too many middle-aged white women don’t seem to understand that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boo effing hoo. Everyone gets old if they are lucky. Too many of us aren’t.

Karen memes provide a valuable reminder that there is a difference between a service culture and a servants culture. Far too many middle-aged white women don’t seem to understand that.

Yeah, too many middle aged women have an exaggerated sense of authority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP, not a troll. And an example of when I might have spoken in the past but did not recently. I ordered curbside pick up from a local smoothie shop a few weeks ago, before we were in phase 1 opening, the restaurant was advertising curbside Pick-up. I ordered my smoothie online, however, When I drove to the shop to pick it up there are a line of people inside the store to order and a line waiting (Inside as well) at the counter to pick up their smoothies. A year ago if this happened, pre-Karen meme, I would have said something along the lines of aren’t we supposed to be doing curbside? Why is everybody in the store? This time I just walked away.

Good. That means it is working. Because saying something would have been truly obnoxious as it wasn’t your place to do so. I am so glad you are coming to terms with this and getting a better understanding of your place. Know it.

And what is OP's "place" as a middle aged woman? The kitchen? The home? Not seen and not heard? It's this rhetoric that lets us know exactly who we're dealing with when people fling the Karen meme: a misogynist. And PP, you need to learn your place too. The next time you feel like vomiting out some misogyny, post it on 4chan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP, not a troll. And an example of when I might have spoken in the past but did not recently. I ordered curbside pick up from a local smoothie shop a few weeks ago, before we were in phase 1 opening, the restaurant was advertising curbside Pick-up. I ordered my smoothie online, however, When I drove to the shop to pick it up there are a line of people inside the store to order and a line waiting (Inside as well) at the counter to pick up their smoothies. A year ago if this happened, pre-Karen meme, I would have said something along the lines of aren’t we supposed to be doing curbside? Why is everybody in the store? This time I just walked away.

Good. That means it is working. Because saying something would have been truly obnoxious as it wasn’t your place to do so. I am so glad you are coming to terms with this and getting a better understanding of your place. Know it.

And what is OP's "place" as a middle aged woman? The kitchen? The home? Not seen and not heard? It's this rhetoric that lets us know exactly who we're dealing with when people fling the Karen meme: a misogynist. And PP, you need to learn your place too. The next time you feel like vomiting out some misogyny, post it on 4chan.

Not PP, but this is precisely the type of over-the-top reaction that completely justifies the meme. PP’s place was to pick up her damn order and be grateful that it was getting filled by the employees during a pandemic - not appoint herself the manager of the store or the local health inspector. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A PP again. I would also like to say that sometimes I see videos posted on TikTok where there is a woman politely complaining or expressing a concern to a worker. Inevitably the comments become "What? This isn't a Karen" or "What happened before? We need to see her side of it."

I feel comfortable that the many of people understand nuanced social interactions and multi-faceted situations. I actually think the Karen memes have been helpful in calling out people (usually white, often women) who use the police as their own personal social problem solving service. I honestly don't mind pausing and thinking "Wait, am I being a karen?" before I complain about something (I have never needed to call the police).

I highly doubt that people who would call the police on black people are doing that kind of introspection now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP, not a troll. And an example of when I might have spoken in the past but did not recently. I ordered curbside pick up from a local smoothie shop a few weeks ago, before we were in phase 1 opening, the restaurant was advertising curbside Pick-up. I ordered my smoothie online, however, When I drove to the shop to pick it up there are a line of people inside the store to order and a line waiting (Inside as well) at the counter to pick up their smoothies. A year ago if this happened, pre-Karen meme, I would have said something along the lines of aren’t we supposed to be doing curbside? Why is everybody in the store? This time I just walked away.

Good. That means it is working. Because saying something would have been truly obnoxious as it wasn’t your place to do so. I am so glad you are coming to terms with this and getting a better understanding of your place. Know it.

And what is OP's "place" as a middle aged woman? The kitchen? The home? Not seen and not heard? It's this rhetoric that lets us know exactly who we're dealing with when people fling the Karen meme: a misogynist. And PP, you need to learn your place too. The next time you feel like vomiting out some misogyny, post it on 4chan.

Not PP, but this is precisely the type of over-the-top reaction that completely justifies the meme. PP’s place was to pick up her damn order and be grateful that it was getting filled by the employees during a pandemic - not appoint herself the manager of the store or the local health inspector. Sheesh.

FFS. You think OP asking, "Aren't we supposed to be doing curbside" during a pandemic is akin to OP appointing herself the local health inspector? Who's the Karen now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Karen trope is some seriously misogynistic BS. Not to mention misplaced. How often are white female cops the perpetrators of police brutality? How many of our state and national leaders who perpetuate racist policies white women? How many leaders of companies that underpay low wage, black workers white women? Anyone who thinks attacking white women is going to make big strides for their cause is sadly mistaken. White women hold very little political power. White women are just easy targets because women have been so indoctrinated by society that they buy into the stereotypes and the men who hold power are delighted to see disenfranchised groups wasting their energy.

I love you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody ever made a Karen meme over speaking up about legit injustice. As long as you aren’t berating someone for speaking Spanish in public calling the cops on a black person for j walking you are fine.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white middle aged woman. Due to the Karen meme I feel like I lost my voice. When there is an injustice, I will hesitate to speak up. Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly a subset of entitled middle aged white women, however, there are other non entitled white women as well who now feel silenced after fighting to find our voice.

You’ll get over it. Now you have a better understanding of how oppressed groups feel. Your views aren’t actually valid.

Do you hear yourself?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the OP, not a troll. And an example of when I might have spoken in the past but did not recently. I ordered curbside pick up from a local smoothie shop a few weeks ago, before we were in phase 1 opening, the restaurant was advertising curbside Pick-up. I ordered my smoothie online, however, When I drove to the shop to pick it up there are a line of people inside the store to order and a line waiting (Inside as well) at the counter to pick up their smoothies. A year ago if this happened, pre-Karen meme, I would have said something along the lines of aren’t we supposed to be doing curbside? Why is everybody in the store? This time I just walked away.

Good. That means it is working. Because saying something would have been truly obnoxious as it wasn’t your place to do so. I am so glad you are coming to terms with this and getting a better understanding of your place. Know it.

And what is OP's "place" as a middle aged woman? The kitchen? The home? Not seen and not heard? It's this rhetoric that lets us know exactly who we're dealing with when people fling the Karen meme: a misogynist. And PP, you need to learn your place too. The next time you feel like vomiting out some misogyny, post it on 4chan.

Not PP, but this is precisely the type of over-the-top reaction that completely justifies the meme. PP’s place was to pick up her damn order and be grateful that it was getting filled by the employees during a pandemic - not appoint herself the manager of the store or the local health inspector. Sheesh.

FFS. You think OP asking, "Aren't we supposed to be doing curbside" during a pandemic is akin to OP appointing herself the local health inspector? Who's the Karen now?

She wasn’t going to ask. She was going to loudly express her disapproval. The very fact that she thinks anyone cares that she disapproves is the basis of the meme. How dare she?

Pp had it right: her place was to pick up her order and move along. It wasn’t to offer commentary on the social order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a white middle aged woman. Due to the Karen meme I feel like I lost my voice. When there is an injustice, I will hesitate to speak up. Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly a subset of entitled middle aged white women, however, there are other non entitled white women as well who now feel silenced after fighting to find our voice.

You’ll get over it. Now you have a better understanding of how oppressed groups feel. Your views aren’t actually valid.

Do you hear yourself?

Yes, absolutely. Get over it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was SILENCED at the Smoothie King! Now the world will not hear my voice!

I know, right? People are out here dying and she's upset that people didn't follow the proper curbside procedures at the Smoothie King.

The reason for the curbside procedures is to prevent people from getting COVID and ... dying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle aged white women have been hated since forever.

The only social currency white women have is their sexual attraction to men. When that goes, society wants to push them off on an ice flow. Since we can't do that, we tell them to STFU and stand quietly in the corner where their aging body and appearance won't offend anyone's eyeballs.

Tell me I'm wrong.

+1
This is it.

White women have huge social currency as mothers, teachers, entertainers, physicians, engineers, etc.

Imagine if every white woman in America decided to openly support the BLM movement because they realize that racism is a sickness infecting their students.

Imagine if every white woman in America decided to boycott companies supporting politicians who are creating the greatest wealth inequity in history.

They have power and many are wasting it.