The proprietors of a vintage resale shop in Chicago find themselves targeted by the mob for the crime of selling a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and sharing right-leaning memes on Facebook. And one of the agitators is a person actually named “Karen.”
Liberal activists in Chicago’s Rogers Park North Side neighborhood gathered last week to target owner Anna Marie Skalicki and her fiance, Xander Kazanowski, at their store, Boho Barbie Ken.
reported.”The goal is to continue the protests until the two can’t pay their rent and have to move, according to Rose.”Other supporters seemed oblivious to the irony of trying to drive someone out of the neighborhood for personal social media posts. One person passing by the protest said, “It’s sad to hear part of the community is not being welcomed by the other part of the community.”
The couple, however, remain upbeat and good-natured about the situation, even after someone spat on Kalinowski during the protest.
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