In this case she started the fight. I wouldn’t punch someone because I didn’t like them. However if they do start punching me, I do have a right to defend myself. While insults aren’t the same and I’m not really the type to get that much into it, when people like MTG or Alex Jones do it, I’m not going to have qualms with it being dished back to them. I mention Alex Jones because he does it to a ridiculous degree, and has had MTG on multiple times to spew similarly vile hate.
When you aren’t an expert, then you try to find answers by looking it up, as I explained. It isn’t hard, and this one in particular is a common joke. On some subjects a simple search won’t work as well, I’ll grant you that. However you seemed hellbent on defending people jumping to conclusions without som3 due diligence. That’s on the person. Misinformation spreads because lazy people want to go off of gut reactions and not even make sure the stuff they spread is true or a misunderstanding.
Why are you so invested in not even trying to fact check? Apologies if that isn’t your point, because it sure feels like it.