Kevin Smith has some advice for his daughter's cyberbully
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Kevin Smith knows better than to feed the trolls; instead, he's trying to enlighten them. On Monday the filmmaker and pop culture connoisseur took to social media to call out an appalling example of online abuse directed at his daughter, actress Harley Quinn Smith, and in doing so also offered some advice to cyber bullies everywhere. Posting a screenshot of a vile comment aimed at his teenage daughter, Smith wrote, "Here's a nickel's worth of free advice for folks like this Troll: If you hate me (or my kid) this much, the better use of your time is to make YOUR dreams come true, instead of slamming others for doing the same. The best revenge is living insanely well - so if you wanna get back at a 17 year old girl for the grievous crime of enjoying her life, the best way to do it is to succeed in your OWN existence." While Smith acknowledged that the troll's comment should have left him "apoplectic," he said Harley actually found it to be laughable. The Yoga Hosers director added, "Attacking teen girls on the Internet is the saddest form of masturbation that exists and requires no discernible skill or talent. You want attention? Don't make yourself mad, make something original and fun." Read Smith's full message below. What it's like to be my daughter: 17 year old @harleyquinnsmith_ received this message simply for the heinous crime of posting a pic of herself on @instagram. I have zero clue what the reference to #TheMatrix is all about but, wow - way to unload on a teen girl because YOU have nothing to do in life. But even though I should be apoplectic about it, my kid thought it was funny. "I'd be mad if I had a tiny dick and anonymous voice too," she said, bemused by the bitterness. But here's a nickel's worth of free advice for folks like this Troll: if you hate me (or my kid) this much, the better use of your time is to make YOUR dreams come true, instead of slamming others for doing the same. The best revenge is living insanely well - so if you wanna get back at a 17 year old girl for the grievous crime of enjoying her life, the best way to do it is to succeed in your OWN existence. Show the world WHY we should be paying attention to you instead of anyone else. Because randomly attacking others merely communicates how creatively and emotionally bankrupt you are. You think you have something to offer the world but others are getting all the attention? Don't bitch or punish the world: just create. Create something nobody's ever seen before and there is a good chance the world will notice you. Attacking teen girls on the Internet is the saddest form of masturbation that exists and requires no discernible skill or talent. You want attention? Don't make yourself mad, make something original and fun. Because if you're not being useful in this world you're being useless. Don't be useless: go make stuff that makes people happy! #KevinSmith #HarleyQuinnSmith #YogaHosers A photo posted by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Aug 15, 2016 at 9:11am PDT
Kevin Smith knows better than to feed the trolls; instead, he's trying to enlighten them.
On Monday the filmmaker and pop culture connoisseur took to social media to call out an appalling example of online abuse directed at his daughter, actress Harley Quinn Smith, and in doing so also offered some advice to cyber bullies everywhere.
Posting a screenshot of a vile comment aimed at his teenage daughter, Smith wrote, "Here's a nickel's worth of free advice for folks like this Troll: If you hate me (or my kid) this much, the better use of your time is to make YOUR dreams come true, instead of slamming others for doing the same. The best revenge is living insanely well - so if you wanna get back at a 17 year old girl for the grievous crime of enjoying her life, the best way to do it is to succeed in your OWN existence."
While Smith acknowledged that the troll's comment should have left him "apoplectic," he said Harley actually found it to be laughable.
The Yoga Hosers director added, "Attacking teen girls on the Internet is the saddest form of masturbation that exists and requires no discernible skill or talent. You want attention? Don't make yourself mad, make something original and fun."
