El Pasoan Launches Laughter Campaign Against LeBron James

LeBron James will make his highly anticipated return to Cleveland tonight and one El Pasoan says people shouldn’t boo James, according to a New York Times article.

Acosta says humor may be the best way for Cleveland to cope with its feelings about the man known as the King during his seven years as a Cavalier. Last week, Acosta, who is actually a Celtics fan from El Paso, started a Laugh at Lebron campaign on Twitter that is asking fans at the Quicken Loans Arena tonight to mock James instead of boo him.

Acosta, who has more than 1,000 followers on the Twitter account @laughatlebron, figures that James, like most professional athletes, has learned how to play in hostile arenas and tune out boos. The last thing he would anticipate hearing is laughter. So if fans want to get a rise out of him, why not do the opposite of what he expects?

?He?s trained to let the boos roll off his back, so he won?t be able to react to laughter,? said Acosta, who writes about basketball for two blogs. ?Friday morning, Cleveland is going to be talked about, and I don?t want them to wake up with a black eye. Laughter will be effective and classy.?

Read the full New York Times article here.