Satire, to do its moral work, must itself be more or less moral. And the
law is this: Broadly speaking, if it strikes upward, outward or inward,
it's satire, if it strikes downward, it's bullying.
Power cannot satirize: It has too much to lose. When it comes to satire,
power is mute.
-- James Parker.
"Is Legitimate Satire Necessarily Directed at the Powerful?"
New York Times Book Review (Nov 3, 2015)