There are some negative side effects of leaning too hard into that though, I think, like you mentioned in your last paragraph.
Right up until the point at which your own sacred cows are slaughtered. Then suddenly it's not funny any more. Blaspheming the sacred has long been grounds for jesters to be fired or beheaded, even though that is the jester's role in society.
It's still funny, you just don't like being ridiculed. Which is proof positive that your sacred cows must be ridiculed as much as possible.
> just don't like being ridiculed. Which is proof positive that your sacred cows must be ridiculed
"You're being defensive, therefore you're wrong." That's nothing more than an insulting fallacy, where the person saying it gets to feel morally superior and always right. There's no possible response, either they admit defeat or they 'prove you right'.
Yeah. Your sacred cows are not OK to ridicule, but when it's The Other, definitely their sacred cows should be ridiculed, and it's hilarious.
But what happens when you get classified in the Outgroup? Suddenly the shoe's on the other foot and you don't like it one bit.
Maybe tolerance and understanding towards The Other is the answer. Whether The Other is communists or people who live in middle America.
Every opinion must be open for discussion, debate and yes, even ridicule.