Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and African Americans

Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by _-david-_ on Sunday March 14, 2021 @05:46PM (#26459628)

>"Karen" is applicable to any busybody who should mind their own business and leave people alone.

If there was a meme name for an angry woman would you have an issue if it was a predominantly black woman name? There is a sterotype of the angry black woman, so even if you would be fine it would immediately be called racist.

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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by kbelder on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:29PM (#26460613)

Absolutely true. A lot of people have a severe blind spot, where they can only see certain types of racism.

I'm not that bent out of shape over 'Karen' as a slur, but the hypocrisy is annoying. It's like calling a geeky black guy an Urkel.

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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by core-questions on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:07PM (#26467697)

> If there was a meme name for an angry woman would you have an issue if it was a predominantly black woman name?

This is a pretty ridiculous way of talking about this. Let's be concrete about it: if the name was "Shaniqua", we'd all know that it was intended to be insulting toward Black women, right? Are you implying I'd be okay with that one? I'm not.

"Karen" has evolved into being an anti-white slur, and I'm not okay with either option, nor any other slur of this sort. It degrades the conversation and makes it impossible to discuss actual problems that have highly predictable demographic correlations.

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Re:Gun sales rise in past year, especially among women and A... by _-david-_ on Monday March 15, 2021 @05:38PM (#26469473)

I either wasn't clear or you didn't read my post well. I agree with you. I think Karen is anti-white just like Shaniqua would be anti-black. I am against both.

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