Kevin Again

If we stepped back into a time machine, we might recall that "Karen" started out as:  "a middle-aged white woman who calls the police on innocuous African-Americans to harass them over nothing more than their race."  That has metastasized into "any loud or rude person, especially if racist."  Karen no longer needs to be white, a woman, or even in America.  We have male Karen, and reports of "Karen" from China and India -- countries where woman are notoriously treated like shit from time immemorial.

Now, if you don't want to be called Karen, it seems like all you should have to do is keep sweet and obey, and people won't talk about you.  I went into "Speak only when spoken to" mode years ago.  But no.  

Because as you can see, nobody loves that Karen meme more than Kevin.  "Who's Kevin?" is the universal reply from every African-American I've ever  mentioned him to.  You know, Kevin, the owner-operator of this plantation from Day 1, the guy who really hates the crap out of Karen, even more than African-Americans.  Or as he's more commonly known, "Male Karen," because Kevin doesn't have to own his shit.  That's part of the agreement, isn't it?  I'm asking those who agree that the Karen meme is fine.

Because I would bet dollars to donuts (a very outdated expression since donuts cost about a dollar each now) that this video was posted by a Kevin for an audience of Kevins.    Now, the lady in that video may be white, but she doesn't seem to be.  It kind of looks like a bunch of white guys monetizing the misconduct of an African-American woman and demonizing my demographic for it.

This is another detour from important crime stories to simply point out why no reasonable conversation can take place about law enforcement in this country in the foreseeable future.  We have too many people monetizing too many side-agendas.  Common decency and critical thinking have disappeared.

And lastly, pretty much everyone in America behaves like "Karen."  No, really.  Kevin and African-Americans call the police on the police and do other stupid, obnoxious things all the time.  Watch Parking Wars.  Men of every color lose their minds, go full "Karen" over every little thing.  They start hurling racist and sexist abuse at everyone.  Race and gender don't predict how anyone will behave.  "Karen" is a classic American.    It's adorable how that all gets pinned on one demographic because "woke."