“Punching Up” vs “Punching Down” seems to justify a lot of it hereabouts. Somehow. Depending on who you’re arguing with, that is.
If I come up with an image of Jon Stewart or Anderson Cooper in drag, I’m somehow (?) “punching down” (punching down at Stewart or Cooper. Riiiight), or being offensive to the LGBTQ community. But photoshop Trump into looking like Divine and everything is just fine.
Any Excuse Will Serve a Tyrant. The tyrant in this case is an acceptable and embraced groupthink.
