Alinsky says that "ridicule is our strongest weapon," but he is so far WRONG, I don't even know where to start. The strongest weapon we have is TRUTH. Pure and simple.
Understood in that sense, ridicule is an ineffective tool against either falsehood or evil: one cannot tear down that which already stands low. Instead, mockery is employed to effect only against truth and virtue, in the service of reducing them, and for the benefit of those of lesser merit who wish to rise above them.