# These Karens have taken things too far **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609 "2021-05-07T18:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/1 "2021-05-07T18:00:12Z")
> **[Myanmar's Karen insurgents burn another government outpost](https://www.yahoo.com/news/myanmars-karen-insurgents-burn-another-113658210.html)** > > Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost on Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said. The position is approximately 15 kilometers (nine... Honestly, I haven’t been following the Myanmar situation closely, but this headline caught my attention. I thought, shit what did that poor clerk do to make them start burning stuff down? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/2 "2021-05-07T18:27:11Z")
[![](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/c4/8a/d4/c48ad4ba3717c039d5c99774d53fec3c.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/c4/8a/d4/c48ad4ba3717c039d5c99774d53fec3c.jpg) [![](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/housewives-holding-weapons-bettmann.jpg) ](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/housewives-holding-weapons-bettmann.jpg) [![](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/NINTCHDBPICT000517114112.jpg) ](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/NINTCHDBPICT000517114112.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/3 "2021-05-07T18:38:37Z")
> [@PackerMan2](#): > > …what did that poor clerk do to make them start burning stuff down? He didn’t let them speak to his manager? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/4 "2021-05-07T19:08:50Z")
> [@PackerMan2](#): > > shit what did that poor clerk do to make them start burning stuff down? He wouldn’t let them in without masks, then called the police to have them trespassed from the store. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/5 "2021-05-07T20:17:28Z")
> [@solost](#): > > He didn’t let them speak to his manager? Winner! 🤣 I was thinking they got tired of the whole “Karen” meme and were just letting off some steam. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/6 "2021-05-09T01:47:58Z")
Our domestic equivalent may be the Mamalitia. > **["Mamalitia" - Women Form Group Of Pro-Gun, Anti-Vaccine Moms - Parentology](http://parentology.com/mamalitia-women-form-group-of-pro-gun-anti-vaccine-moms/)** > > A group of pro-gun, anti-vaccine moms have started an armed "Mamalitia" -- but some claim it has ties to hate groups. Get the story here. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/7 "2021-05-09T02:02:12Z")
From a quick read about the Mamalitia: In favour of: Guns, Proud Boys Against: Vaccines, lockdowns, public education Sounds like Mamalitia is basically an organization of giant mutant coronaviruses hellbent on extinguishing humanity. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/8 "2021-05-10T16:00:54Z")
Or at least the spouses thereof. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-karens-have-taken-things-too-far/941609/9 "2021-05-11T01:23:01Z")
I read that some women had started calling themselves Proud Girls. They were promptly slapped down by the Boys, and told that their duty to the cause was to [Marry and Reproduce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZS68PeNmno&ab_channel=Lenaventurato).