No, being annoying/rude is not a good reason to assault somebody

In-case you haven't read any previous rants on this sub, I'm not a fan of slapstick. Or, more specifically, malicious slapstick: when a character gets assaulted by another character for comedy when they didn't do anything wrong. Your Lie In April, iCarly, and Family Guy are good examples of this. Now, if the recipient did something really douchey, like sexual harassment, I can forgive this. However, when it annoys me when the slapstick is presented as karma when the punishment doesn't fit the crime.

A good example of this is Ed, Edd n Eddy. The first two seasons were pretty light on the malicious slapstick. Most of the time, whenever the Eds were in danger of a beating, the episode ended with a comical chase. However, starting with season 3, the show really beefs up the karmic assault and battery. "Well, the Eds are always scamming the kids." Yeah, and maybe the kids should stop humoring them. However, the real problem is the show's tendency for misplaced retribution. Often, one Ed would screw up, but either all three Eds get punished, or all but the offending Ed get punished. In the episode "It Came From Outer Ed," for Ed's ritual, he stole Jimmy's stuffed rabbit, so Sarah beats up... Eddy. In "My Fair Ed," Ed and Eddy cause mayhem around the neighborhood, so the kids... hold Edd accountable. In the Halloween special, Ed attacks the kids mistaking them for monsters, or the kids beat up... Edd and Eddy, but not Ed even though he's right there.

My next example comes from Harry Potter. It's funny how fanfics always portray Ron as the "abuser waiting to happen" when it was always Hermione that threw fists whenever he got under her skin. So, in the sixth book, when Ron started dating Lavender, it was mainly to upset Hermione. Okay, that is kind of dickish, but Hermione's response is to have him mauled by a flock of rabid birds. In the seventh book, Ron left the trio after an argument, but he returned months later. Hermione's first response is to go Chris Brown on his ass. The narrative and even Ron himself thinks he had that coming for leaving. However, the reason why he initially acted like a dick and left was because he was holding onto a Horcrux. That'd be like if Sam decked Frodo after saving him from the Orcs.

My final example comes from Persona 5. I bet you all know the scene I'm talking about the moment I brought that up, right? That's right. Shido's Palace. So, after defeating Shido's Shadow, his palace starts to fall apart. Unfortunately, since his palace is a ship in the middle of an ocean, escape isn't as easy as before, so Ryuji trudges through his past injury and uses his track skills to release a lifeboat for his teammates to escape in. The Phantom Thieves escape, but they believe Ryuji perished with the palace, but it turns out he was okay. However, Ryuji has no idea why everybody was so upset, so he makes a joke about Ann crying, prompting Ann to slap him. Okay, maybe I can forgive that, but after they explain that they were worried about him, they still decide to gang up on him. Ryuji is like "Can't you guys cut me some slack? I just saved your lives," and the others are like "That was five minutes ago. What have you done for us lately?" And the guy who just saved everybody's lives is rewarded with getting beaten until he's unconscious, just because he put his foot in his mouth at the right time.

"Oh, but Ryuji was being insensitive!" Bite me! Yusuke blackmailed Ann into posing nude for him, but all was forgiven after he realized how much of a jerk Madarame was. Makoto threatened to expose the Phantom Thieves, made a snide comment about Shiho's suicide attempt, and put the PT in Kaneshiro's crosshairs by recklessly rushing in, but that was okay because she was being blackmailed by the principal. Futaba blackmailed the Phantom Thieves (less than half of the party really likes blackmail, don't they?) into stealing her Heart from her, but only backed down when she realized her demands couldn't easily be met. Oh, and Futaba's vocal filter is more broken than Ryuji's. So, there's no excuse for Ryuji getting singled out.