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lunasun

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6. Should just be called another racists woman but Karen is easier now. I am sick of people using
Fri Jun 26, 2020, 08:56 AM
Jun 2020

racial slurs with hate in their heart trying to hurt others

I bet a lot of these types are sick of cell phones capturing them being racist assholes more than being called Karen

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Sick of "karen" posts! Nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #1
Should just be called another racists woman but Karen is easier now. I am sick of people using lunasun Jun 2020 #6
Me too. Thank you. whathehell Jun 2020 #9
Yeah, stereotypes are always "easier" whathehell Jun 2020 #10
By all means StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #13
That's what I'm talking about. Always good to remind some... brush Jun 2020 #19
Nobody is forcing you to click on them, yunno Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #14
So we should ignore gendered stereotyping ? delisen Jun 2020 #31
There are male equivalents, yunno Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #34
No, they aren't male equivalents obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #43
... Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #45
No, there isn't, yunnnnooooo kcr Jun 2020 #67
Prune juice helps Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #71
heheh. then white women better stop doing this racist shit SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #65
She asked for it. dalton99a Jun 2020 #2
WE did not..That's the point whathehell Jun 2020 #8
"Not all white women named Karen" StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #12
That's correct, not all, not even "most" whathehell Jun 2020 #16
1st she declined to press charges, said it was her fault, then changed her mind. Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #83
Funny I see two wrongs. Throck Jun 2020 #3
I have a problem with violence and yet liberalmuse Jun 2020 #7
Amen! brush Jun 2020 #21
A lot of men who hate women enjoy beating and killing delisen Jun 2020 #33
The law "has a problem" with it, however whathehell Jun 2020 #96
Sometimes de-escalation is NOT easy. Caliman73 Jun 2020 #56
she was justified but she's not wearing a frigging mask Demonaut Jun 2020 #4
Yup Sherman A1 Jun 2020 #5
Nope, better google the meme. "Karens" are a specific type of entitled white woman. brush Jun 2020 #23
But it can be confronted as the anti-female meme it is delisen Jun 2020 #35
Intimidate who? The internet? That's where the meme exists... brush Jun 2020 #36
+1000 whathehell Jun 2020 #95
In fairness, what if we created similar memes for Entitled Men? whathehell Jun 2020 #80
Doesn't bother me at all. It's just shorthand for a "type"... brush Jun 2020 #82
That's fair minded. n/t whathehell Jun 2020 #93
Both of these women are terrible karynnj Jun 2020 #11
At the point that horrific word is deployed, weapon-like Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #15
Precisely. dalton99a Jun 2020 #17
..And that person should then be whathehell Jun 2020 #20
Best not try it yourself though. Straignt out racism has consequences. brush Jun 2020 #32
So reporting a physical attack on myself is "straight out racism,"? whathehell Jun 2020 #59
Try using the n-word. That's what the whole thing is about. brush Jun 2020 #72
No one's arguing that using the n-word is NOT "straight out racism" whathehell Jun 2020 #75
See post 66. brush Jun 2020 #76
You can cut and paste it iand post it to me, if you'd like.. whathehell Jun 2020 #77
Here it is. Something to think about. brush Jun 2020 #79
I could make a very similar argument for assaulting a man whathehell Jun 2020 #88
Legality and morality do not always walk the same line. PTWB Jun 2020 #81
Promoting violence against or between women delisen Jun 2020 #37
As long as you understand that the civil and criminal rules are not suspended - Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #40
I'd cite the 'fighting words' doctrine and hope for the best Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #42
From a legal perspective - especially in this case - it would not work Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #52
Nope RobinA Jun 2020 #54
I agree with you. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #18
Thank you robbob Jun 2020 #99
Apparently you didn't get that the white woman had already... brush Jun 2020 #25
Deservedly punched repeatedly? delisen Jun 2020 #38
What's your question? brush Jun 2020 #39
Some people are slow learners Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #44
I listened to the video several times - Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #41
There are better ways to deal with this than getting into a fight karynnj Jun 2020 #62
Are you saying that the woman should have let the racist call her the * word and walk away? GemDigger Jun 2020 #28
Uh...Yeah RobinA Jun 2020 #55
See post 66 brush Jun 2020 #74
What happens in the situation where protesters confront police with strong words? Throck Jun 2020 #60
No. There are many things between accepting it and punching her out karynnj Jun 2020 #61
Yes, and although this isn't as stoic and admirable as your suggestion, whathehell Jun 2020 #84
Exactly or said that her comment shows she is a racist adding that she is behind the times karynnj Jun 2020 #100
California. Tipperary Jun 2020 #22
Wow! She was telling the White girl; "stop resisting" maxrandb Jun 2020 #24
Are you equating the black woman with racist cops who beat/kill... brush Jun 2020 #26
It means that whenever the police want to beat the crap out of someone maxrandb Jun 2020 #46
O-k-a-a-a-y, like that relates at all to what happen on the video. brush Jun 2020 #47
Assault and battery. procon Jun 2020 #27
I agree. nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #29
Ridiculous response from a white perspective. brush Jun 2020 #30
Weak sauce. procon Jun 2020 #48
Just say you want to use the n-word and be done with it... brush Jun 2020 #49
Perception is your own problem. procon Jun 2020 #50
Just admit it. Your arguments are pretty transparent. brush Jun 2020 #51
Weaker still. procon Jun 2020 #53
See post 66 brush Jun 2020 #73
By Your Reasoning RobinA Jun 2020 #57
LOL JonLP24 Jun 2020 #70
i would have slugged that fat Karen too. No using the N word !!!! trueblue2007 Jun 2020 #58
..and fat Karen would likely see your butt in jail whathehell Jun 2020 #86
I don't condone the violence but I don't feel bad for the racist either MustLoveBeagles Jun 2020 #63
Personally I can't see responding to a verbal taunt with violence GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #64
Heh, woman uses "Fighting word", then loses fight. NutmegYankee Jun 2020 #66
Oh my god this year can't end soon enough. Initech Jun 2020 #68
I don't care for this video. While the white lady is wrong, the reaction was too violent. nt Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #69
Lot of replies are telling on themselves wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #78
Yes, but they're not necessarily the ones you are thinking of.. whathehell Jun 2020 #85
I live in the South Red Mountain Jun 2020 #87
You're telling black people how they should properly respond to the N word wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #89
Nope whathehell Jun 2020 #90
You have more to say about the response wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #91
Wrong. whathehell Jun 2020 #92
There's no argument that the white woman shouldn't have used the n-word whathehell Jun 2020 #94
What was accomplished for society here? A net negative. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #97
More sexism from the media! whistler162 Jun 2020 #98
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