The left, and dictators in general, cannot stand being mocked.
Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals #5:
5. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
Alinsky was a genius. However despicable one might find his values, his tactics, and explanations of why and how to use them put him up there with Machiavelli or Von Clausewitz: ignore them only if you want to lose. He absolutely understood how to fight entrenched power and condensed it down into simple things that work.