How to Respond to the "Karens" in Your Life

Scott Morefield, today has an article entitled COVID-Shamers And Seven Of Their Most Ridiculous Arguments at Townhall.com. Morefield and Kurt Schlichter seem to have been drinking from the same cup, with Schlichter applying his typical acerbic wit, calling COVID-Shamers by the meme "Karen." A "Karen" is a particularly annoying woman who nags you about, well, whatever happens to be the du jour behavior goes against political correctness. Today, of course, it is any opinion that doubts the need to STAY AT HOME. If you dare venture out, say for a roll of toilet paper, and especially if you aren't wearing the latest fashion appurtenance, a mask, you are sure to be berated by one of these Karens.

Morefield takes a more dignified approach, but gets the same point across, plus adds ways we can use to counter these morons.  But, before I get into Morefield's piece, let me just say that excessive attention to other's actions with a critical eye  and ready judgement, may betray a person lacking in honest self examination.  The berating of others is a form of virtue signalling that hopes to convince others that she is virtuously doing the all right things, while diverting attention away form the fact that she knows she is vulnerable herself.

But back to Morefields article:

Indeed, COVID-shaming is the latest way leftists try and fool the general public into mistakenly thinking they are somehow “good people.” It’s a win-win for them because they can pretend they actually care about human life and, via these ridiculous shutdowns, accomplish all their goals, all in one fell swoop. It’s almost admirable, actually, for its level of evil genius. When it comes to never letting crises go to waste, why kill one bird when you can kill two?

From the safety of their beltway townhouses, leftists point their judgemental fingers at anyone who isn’t meeting their definition of “social distancing” or who, worse, expresses any opinion about the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus pandemic that they disagree with. And trust me, they’ll ‘disagree with’ pretty much any opinion that doesn’t involve them getting to stay cloistered away in their homes, presumably living off what they believe will be the government teat for the next, oh, 18 months or so, give or take a few days.

Scott also offer valuable counters to seven of the most used arguments they offer for why you are a terrible, heartless person, while they are good and caring. The thing that Morefield points out time and again is that deaths due to COVID-19 can not be the only consideration. Even if we "save just one life," and that is highly dubious, if the process of saving that life impoverishes us all, we will ultimately kill many more.  Question:  why is death due to starvation less important than a death due to COVID-19? 

For those who live in the United States, who have never known real poverty, and have not studied  history to teach them about the Great Depression of the 1930s, they may think that things can not get much worse. But believe me, our supply chains are incredibly fragile. Farmers are dumping milk right now, do to lack of demand for milk.  If the economy remains shut down, many other businesses may go out of business, since most businesses operate on thin margins. 

Please go read Scott Morefield's article and learn how to respond to the "Karens" you will encounter.  Also read Kurt Schlichter's piece for some good fun at their expense.