I think with jokes, no matter how funny or unfunny they are - society needs to take a hands off approach. A joke has a very clear structure. A set up and a pay off - it’s a piece of linguistic or situational trickery in which the expectations of the listener are subverted.

In this instance, the joke is definitely a joke. It meets the criteria. You can infer a lot about her wider views (and you do) but we must be very careful about considering our particular brand of being offended as more important than anyone else. As you’ve said, you think the religious right’s outrage at the Pence joke was misguided, they may not see it that way. And in a different context you may enjoy the joke. I can see that joke going down well in Soho if delivered by a drag Queen in a comedy set. In which case your issue isn’t with the words, it’s with the person or the context. Then we’re looking at arguments about who gets to say things and when.

When we take a subjective view on being insulted by jokes, we miss the wider point of comedy and its role in society. We need to maintain a system that speaks truth to power. If we weaponise offence we hand a ready made system of control over to potential oppressive regimes.

I have no idea who this woman is, or why she seems so unpleasant about things - but in a way that doesn’t matter. Her words meet the criteria for a joke, and that’s all which needs defending by crazy liberal penguins.