The Backlash Against Marie Kondo of Netflix’s ‘Tidying Up’

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6 pointsgerbilly6 comments

This is a good article, highlighting what's going on.

I like the show, I've no idea why people are so obsessed with throwing crap at her.

Me neither, the thing that seems to be unique with Marie Kondo, is that she encourages people to bring a spiritual dimension to their relationship with objects.

You may not agree with that perspective, but to me it's a nice change from the other de-cluttering consultants.

I do like that, actually.

Seems less about racism than women crapping on her. (I think her show is interesting and pleasant.)

The articles point is that most of the crapping has a strong racist flavor. Which sounds plausible, if not yet statistically demonstrated.

Certainly there are plenty of closet racists and 1/2 racists being drawn out by Ms Kondo.

My opinion is that people reach for whatever stick is handy when they want to be cruel to someone. Often it's gender, race, appearance, etc. But that's not racism--it's being an asshole.

Racism is "I won't watch your show because you're Japanese."

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