True, but it is still somewhat telling we are now suddenly getting more stories where the Karen is a liberal and the hero not, when until recently the Karen characters tended to more often be depicted as caricatures of conservatives, and the victims or intended victims who then will humiliate them as liberals.
This idea must have been there for quite a while, that the "Karen" stereotype is rather similar to the harridans screaming about not getting their will done, slowly stewing in the culture, but now some are finally willing to use it in the open. And when it is used, even if it is in something as lightweight as that, it will grow stronger.
True, but it is still somewhat telling we are now suddenly getting more stories where the Karen is a liberal and the hero not, when until recently the Karen characters tended to more often be depicted as caricatures of conservatives, and the victims or intended victims who then will humiliate them as liberals.
This idea must have been there for quite a while, that the "Karen" stereotype is rather similar to the harridans screaming about not getting their will done, slowly stewing in the culture, but now some are finally willing to use it in the open. And when it is used, even if it is in something as lightweight as that, it will grow stronger.