When you’re Kevin Smith, you’re used to taking the bad with the good. Sometimes your movies win awards and accolades; sometimes they’re reviled as a bigger bomb than the SCUD, and about as useless too. (Look it up, kids.) Some days you’re living the dream; others, you get told you’re too fat to fly. Basically, the world can be lovely, but it can also fling more poo than a rhesus monkey. It comes with the territory.
However, when you’re Smith’s 17 year old daughter, you probably don’t expect to endure quite so much bullshit. You’d think people would be generally decent to a young woman who has done nothing to offend anyone. But nobody told that to this prize knuckle-dragger, who thought it would be funny to send death wishes to someone’s child.
Because he didn’t like her movie. Because he didn’t like her movie.
Harley Quinn Smith (admit it, you’re jealous of the name alone) starred in her director dad’s movie Yoga Hosers, a supernatural comedy about teenage yoga enthusiasts. Yeah, sounds pretty bad to me too. The difference here is, I’m not wishing anyone, let alone a minor, death over that opinion.
The asshat in question, however, decided it would be a good idea to jump on Instagram and leave this revolting diatribe as a comment on one of Harley’s pictures. (We’re just going to post a screenshot here, as I can’t even bring myself to type this refuse.)
Fortunately, her father has never been one to keep his opinions to himself, and he wasn’t about to start here. He issued a lengthy rebuttal on Facebook, which we will post here in its entirety:
Whew. Ok. Let’s all take a minute, while the perpetrator of this fuckery runs to get himself a dictionary. Never mind, judging by the scholastic brilliance on display in that stream of verbal diarrhea we’re generously calling a comment, he’s one step shy of illiterate anyway.
But, let’s try to give him the benefit of the doubt. Let’s hope that at least some of Smith’s wise words managed to hit their target. Because if they don’t, this discarded feminine hygiene product is probably going to remain a bellend for for the rest of his worthless life. And while that’s hardly a tragedy (I mean really, what was he ever going to contribute to society anyway?), it speaks to the larger problem of online asshattery. And I’m not talking about cyber bullying. A bully is a sixth grader shaking down underclassmen for their lunch money.
No, this lot is something much more insidious. They live for other people’s pain. What they put forth into this world is literal hatred. Vitriol. Rage. Malice. Venom. That’s far worse than bullying (which is an awful thing in itself). If this is how you get your jollies, you’re not just a jerk. You’re a borderline sociopath. You’re a danger to society.
So, while I applaud Kevin Smith’s ability to take the high road, and to attempt to use this as a teaching moment, I hope the next time this pathetic prick tries to pull this crap (and he will), someone is there to give him a piece of their mind. If that doesn’t work, a trip to the woodshed might yield better results. People like this have to be stopped.
What do you think of this situation? Should Smith have stayed quiet, and left his daughter to fend for herself? Should he have tried to have the user banned from social media? Or should she he have simply hired a couple of guidos to find the guy, and dole out a little bit of New Jersey justice? And what do you think of the state of bullying online in general?
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