![]() ![]() High schoolers are jerks, but teachers can be huge jerks, too. Some of my own high school students have called me a “Karen” when they choose to be disrespectful, which teenagers can be sometimes. (Remember that “can’t look away from a train wreck” feeling? It’s bad). She’s literally comparing her name to derogatory slurs?! This woman really thinks her 5 letter name holds the same negative connotation as racism and homophobia!? Someone take my keyboard away from me before I go off.ĭeep breaths, people there’s still a little more to go. But now we no longer say “r-–” or “n-–.” That is because those words are finally considered offensive, filled with hate and evil. People can be so thoughtless and without empathy. Just like when teens say, “That is so gay” when they mean “That is so stupid, ugly, bad, etc.” Words have power to hurt. Is this Karen…literally about to pull a “Karen”… in an attempt to get us all to stop using “Karen”…? Now it is used so thoughtlessly to describe someone that I do not identify with. They’re entitled and desire to make everyone’s life absolutely miserable by complaining about anything and everything they can. Yet it’s quite ironic that “Karens” are the complete opposite of caring and kind. There’s no need to take it so personally. While there’s nothing wrong in taking pride in one’s name, what’s in a name, really? It’s just an Internet trend, man. To me it has always been connected in my heart with caring and kindness. Long before this current meme defining a “Karen” as a privileged white woman, a racist, a mask-refusing, histrionic, complaining snob, above it all and especially entitled, I was born a Karen. Our author begins with quite an introduction for herself: I am a Karen. But just like watching a train wreck, I can’t stop looking no matter how horrible it is. To have their name smeared by the insanity of other Karens. We understand it’s not easy being one of the nice Karens. A woman named Karen (for real, not a joke) recently wrote into Magic Valley’s opinion column expressing her concerns with the labeling term “Karen” in today’s society. ![]()
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