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100X Worse than Karens: The Hypocritical, Racist, Destructive“Bailey”
I’m in trouble. I haven’t come up with a good name for people who so easily put on the robe of “social justice” but who actively and continually work against their own self-professed nobility.
I’ve tried using “woke-leftist” but it’s not a good fit. It inevitably ends up insulting an actual woke-leftist who is actually doing good work and helping people as they can.
Before I get much further, let me define *who* I’m trying to critique.
I’m trying to talk about a very specific type of person who claims to mean well and claims to be some kind of moral, ethical and social authority, but who has done nothing but undermine their own claims by their own actions and words. I’m talking about the kinds of people who claim to be anti-racist, but who are actively engaged in behavior that demonstrably and clearly hurts black people. We shouldn’t take their claims seriously if they engage in damaging behavior. But many people are reluctant to criticize anyone who puts on the invisibility cloak by merely claiming to be in the club.
I’m not though..
(you can read my breathtaking demolition of Robin DiAngelo here)
For example, we’re going to see a lot of people claiming to be members of Black Lives Matter turn…