Political correctness and victimhood have become such smothering influences on contemporary society that just laughing at an allegedly insensitive joke is enough to make you a target of the mob.
Actress Jennifer Esposito learned this firsthand when she dared to laugh at a joke posted to social media by fellow actor David Spade.
During the Oscars on Sunday, her former husband, Bradley Cooper, performed a reportedly “steamy” duet with pop sensation Lady Gaga.
In response, Spade posted a screenshot of the performance to his Instagram on Monday and jokingly wrote, “Is there any chance these 2 aren’t f–king?”
His insinuation was that there was so much chemistry between Cooper and Gaga that it’s almost as if they’re involved in a romantic relationship.
Look:
Esposito found the joke amusing, and so she left the following comment on Spade’s host: “Ha.”
And then came the insanity …
In a tweet posted early Tuesday morning, the actress said that she was being bombarded with hateful messages for the one-word response she posted to her peer’s Instagram account.
Look:
so confused. I get off a flight to see a comment I made of “HA” to a joke from @DavidSpade has gone wild!?. Has everyone gone mad? Somehow I’m insulting an X by laughing at a joke someone else made? Pls take your insanity elsewhere
— Jennifer Esposito (@JennifersWayJE) February 26, 2019
But she wasn’t done. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, she shared a poignant, must-hear message with all the people who’ve been chiding her for laughing at a joke.
“[S]o many people have been commenting about something that I said which was like this: ‘Ha,'” she said. “That was it. And in the way that it has spread. It was towards David Spade’s very outward statement about something about an ex, and I literally laughed at him because he was so bold in what he was saying. I thought it was funny and I’m allowed to think something is funny.”
“We have so many things going on in our country and in our world that need attention, and I wish that you’d spend even a minute of this insanity, of nonsense, on things that are really important.”
“I commented on something that I thought was funny, and someone being bold enough to say what he said. And I laughed. And to find that people are making judgment calls about me or them or the people that the comment was about is really psychotic,” she added.
Listen to her fiery diatribe below:
It’s psychotic but also ubiquitous, in that it’s sadly become commonplace in America for mobs of loons to harass, taunt, dox and sometimes even assault anyone who offends them in one way or another.
Esposito saved her fiercest criticism for tabloid “journalists” in the media who tried to link her innocuous “Ha” to words she wrote about an unnamed ex in her 2015 memoir, “Jennifer’s Way.”
In the book she described an unidentified ex as “funny, smart, cocky, arrogant, and a master manipulator.” According to “journalists,” this was somehow relevant to her “Ha.”
“My book … based on my journey with celiac disease after I almost died, to bring it up about something so silly and demeaning and stupid as a relationship I had eleven years ago, f–k you! This is horrible behavior! This is why people don’t speak up on so many situations!” she exclaimed.
She wasn’t wrong. And to think, all this hatred and all these smears were directed at her just because she laughed at a joke Spade made about the following performance:
Like Esposito asked in her tweet, “Has everyone gone mad?”
It seems so, especially if you take into consideration that the PC monsters who’ve been bombarding her with hate for days on end clearly haven’t learned a damn thing.
Case in point:
Something’s funny you say, “Ha Ha or Ha Ha Ha”.When sardonically in disagreement you say “Ha”.You are backpedaling/lying now to CYA.Bitter commentary about your X means YOU are the one who needs to go out and “do something positive” You think people R stupid.
— robyn (@robynsing) February 27, 2019
She seems a little jealous and bitter to me … but hey, in her video I love how she manages to get “New York Times Beat Seller” regarding her poor me book into her comments about Bradley Cooper… can you say shameless book plug? Ha!
— Laurie Blackerby (@Laurieet1) February 27, 2019
Girl please ? you knew damn well what you were doing. It was petty. Move on girl, move on.
— leli (@leli23508203) February 26, 2019
Exactly. The jealousy & envy is clearly evident in her response. If U R an ex you don’t post a reply like that unless U R still bitter. Geez….all these years & she’s still pissed she’s not with him –>in a BIG way. Her response was extremely petty. ? She’s now acting naive. BS
— Lisa (@ldstep) February 27, 2019
Who are you again???? Only way anyone knows you is the 4 months married to B.C…..how jealous and envious you must be right now…..
— Forest Johnson (@ForestJohnson13) February 27, 2019
Who are you again???? Only way anyone knows you is the 4 months married to B.C…..how jealous and envious you must be right now…..
— Forest Johnson (@ForestJohnson13) February 27, 2019
In fairness, Esposito is just as guilty as of them of perpetrating mob behavior. Last year she joined the chorus of far-left radicals who attempted to impugn the character of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by citing wholly unsubstantiated and since-debunked rape allegations:
It’s time the privileged old white male step down. We will NOT tolerate your abuse towards women and anyone who isn’t like you any longer. It’s OVER! #NovemberIsComing https://t.co/dCxVO7vZLu
— Jennifer Esposito (@JennifersWayJE) September 21, 2018
It’s unclear whether having the shoe on the other foot has been enough for her to learn something.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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