The Karen meme silences White women

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is that some white women don't see to understand when they are actually "unsafe." If a random dog is attacking you, call the police - you are unsafe. If you see someone you believe is not following a rule that has no effect on you, don't call the police - you are not unsafe.

I understand the difference. But right now not going to call police when I feel unsafe. I've decided to just walk my dog when I think he isnt going to be there.

Calling the police for a valid reason is NOT an option for this white woman.

Then you don’t understand the difference. And at this point, you are beginning to sound like you are trolling.

+1. I'm the pp who said this was a troll on the previous page.

I spent some time yesterday criticizing the use of "Karen" as being misogynisgtic and I can even see that some people like OP might feel like they can't be assertive (appropriately assertive) because of it. BUT, this person seems like she's being deliberately obtuse and trying to stir the pot.

I am this person who is telling you what happened and how I feel right now. It doesn't fit your narrative so you call me troll and tell me I am trying to "stir the pot"

Here is the definition: A lot of ingredients have settled to the bottom, out of sight, until stirred. Metaphorically, a lot of issues/resentments/obligations can drop out of sight when nobody mentions them. One can "stir the pot" to bring issues to the surface, sometimes with malice, but sometimes merely to create awareness and effect change.

I admit I am trying to do the bolded which is bring awareness to what some white women are feeling. I think this is the last I will post on this thread regarding my issue because right now no matter what I say I will be called a troll or a Karen. I can only change my behavior in order for me to feel safe and i don't need DCUM collective to gaslight me.

Lurker here. She is always this way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear white woman who is afraid to call the police for legitimate reasons. Welcome to life as a black man.

She’s not afraid they are going to hurt her physically.

Great! Is this what you want?

No, just pointing out that her fear is different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that some white women don't see to understand when they are actually "unsafe." If a random dog is attacking you, call the police - you are unsafe. If you see someone you believe is not following a rule that has no effect on you, don't call the police - you are not unsafe.

The police aren’t going to come unless you are being mauled.

Not true. I called the police on a white women whose group of dogs attacked and they came! So there.

her dogs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear white woman who is afraid to call the police for legitimate reasons. Welcome to life as a black man.

She’s not afraid they are going to hurt her physically.

Great! Is this what you want?

No, just pointing out that her fear is different.

So now there are levels of fear and that a white women's fear is less than?

Got it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear white woman who is afraid to call the police for legitimate reasons. Welcome to life as a black man.

She’s not afraid they are going to hurt her physically.

Great! Is this what you want?

No, just pointing out that her fear is different.

So now there are levels of fear and that a white women's fear is less than?

Got it

She’s not afraid that her life is in danger, only that the police won’t take her seriously. That fear is certainly “less than”.

[Anonymous]

Required reading.

https://unherd.com/2020/04/the-sly-sexism-of-the-ok-karen-meme/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that some white women don't see to understand when they are actually "unsafe." If a random dog is attacking you, call the police - you are unsafe. If you see someone you believe is not following a rule that has no effect on you, don't call the police - you are not unsafe.

I understand the difference. But right now not going to call police when I feel unsafe. I've decided to just walk my dog when I think he isnt going to be there.

Calling the police for a valid reason is NOT an option for this white woman.

You're GROSSLY over-reacting.
-signed, a white woman

How so "white woman?" my dog and I were attacked and I didn't call the police. I felt unsafe and yet I am the one who is "grossly" overreacting?? I told the guy to get his dog away from me and tried to run away which at that point he started lecturing meon how I should train my dog rather than just apologize for not letting his dog near mine

You must be really "woke"

congratulations

So now you were attacked?! Did the man put his hands on you? Were you harmed? Did you scream for your life and run away?

If you didn’t call the police on this obvious criminal then you let a criminal stay on the street. He could be out there attacking other white women. Won’t some one please think of the white women?! Please call the police this second and report this criminal.

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b]I didn't say the man was a criminal nor did I say he put his hands on me but, I view it as an attack because I did not want a dog running up to my dog while we were minding our own business!

If anyone knows dog behavior this is an unfair advantage to his dog. He could have just apologized and got his dog but, instead he lectured me on how I should "socialize" my dog. I had run ins with him before this pandemic and I admit I freaked out and screamed and tried to run away from him. Not worth calling the police and so I never would have but in this environment of "Karen" it makes me even less want to call the police-ever.

Look, you don't get it so no matter how much I explain you are determined to see me as a Karen.

I give up.

So you ran away screaming and viewed a man talking to you as an attack. You didn’t call the cops, even though you were attacked bc you are in fear someone will label you a Karen. You are living in fear that someone will videotape you walking your dog and running away from a man telling you to socialize your dog. No one here has called you a Karen but this is your fear...being called a Karen. Even after running away screaming from a man , your fear is being called a Karen.

Someone call this woman a Karen just so she can live her biggest fear and move on with her life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear white woman who is afraid to call the police for legitimate reasons. Welcome to life as a black man.

She’s not afraid they are going to hurt her physically.

Great! Is this what you want?

No, just pointing out that her fear is different.

So now there are levels of fear and that a white women's fear is less than?

Got it

She’s not afraid that her life is in danger, only that the police won’t take her seriously. That fear is certainly “less than”.

Actually her fear is even less than that. She is afraid of being doxxed as a Karen.

[Anonymous]

Every other group, including white men, has to live with stereotypes and generalizations that don’t necessarily apply to them on an individual level. Based on the pages and pages of posts here, along with the endless naval gazing think pieces and op-eds in the media, some white women are not used to this.

Well, welcome to the club. Now you know how it feels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every other group, including white men, has to live with stereotypes and generalizations that don’t necessarily apply to them on an individual level. Based on the pages and pages of posts here, along with the endless naval gazing think pieces and op-eds in the media, some white women are not used to this.

Well, welcome to the club. Now you know how it feels.

Misogyny isn't new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every other group, including white men, has to live with stereotypes and generalizations that don’t necessarily apply to them on an individual level. Based on the pages and pages of posts here, along with the endless naval gazing think pieces and op-eds in the media, some white women are not used to this.

Well, welcome to the club. Now you know how it feels.

Misogyny isn't new.

Neither is white entitlement. It now just has a name and a kicky haircut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Required reading.

https://unherd.com/2020/04/the-sly-sexism-of-the-ok-karen-meme/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every other group, including white men, has to live with stereotypes and generalizations that don’t necessarily apply to them on an individual level. Based on the pages and pages of posts here, along with the endless naval gazing think pieces and op-eds in the media, some white women are not used to this.

Well, welcome to the club. Now you know how it feels.

Misogyny isn't new.

Neither is white entitlement. It now just has a name and a kicky haircut.

"Nearly everyone knows that hating women for being women is a bad look — but what if they were white women? Presto chango, suddenly you’re punching up! No wonder the angry men are so attached to it, and no wonder there are plenty of women eager to defend Karenning in the hope they can keep themselves out of the punching line. Which means that Karen is just the same tatty old woman-hating gussied up for 2020."

https://unherd.com/2020/04/the-sly-sexism-of-the-ok-karen-meme/

[Anonymous]

I don't agree that it "silences white women," but I do think it is misogynistic. It portrays an image of a shrill, hysterical woman. Lots of white guys are awful and shrill too, but they don't get a special nickname, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree that it "silences white women," but I do think it is misogynistic. It portrays an image of a shrill, hysterical woman. Lots of white guys are awful and shrill too, but they don't get a special nickname, I guess.

So, if it doesn't apply exclusively to white women, can you identify where it has been used to describe any woman not identified as white?