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but when it turns into antagonistic, targeted ridicule for it's own sake
And again we have the gulf of misunderstanding between French humour and British humour. French satire is not only provocative, but very intertextual and self-referential. So the jokes don't necessarily make sense unless you're paying attention to French politics. You're not their audience, after all.
Try reading this.
http://toohotforjacobin.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/if-charlie-is-racist-then-i-am-by-zineb.html?m=1
h2o
I had to go and look up the definition of staw man to work out what you meant by this, then I realised that by accusing me of straw manning you were... straw manning? mind blown
I'm not outraged, Dan, it's just that your post about ridiculing everyone's beliefs gave the impression you were on a bit of a crusade, and it's still not clear what you hope to achieve by it other than amusing yourself. Surely you will alienate people further if you tell people their beliefs are stupid just for the sake of it?
Every belief system should be open to questioning, but when it turns into antagonistic, targeted ridicule for it's own sake, it's counter-productive. For example I think the latest Hebdo cover could have been alot more intelligent. I don't understand why they didn't point out that two muslims were killed in the attacks.