This is actually a behavioral pattern of the masses, and it's very frequent in comedy. When somebody publicly pokes fun at a group, very often, advocates of th

This is actually a behavioral pattern of the masses, and it's very frequent in comedy. When somebody publicly pokes fun at a group, very often, advocates of the group (who do not belong to the group), will complain, even if nobody belonging to the group actually complained. I remember a comedian telling how he made a joke about priests, and while a priest actually wrote it was fun, religious associations (not priests!!) went berserk. Such cases are ego trips, however, I can see how it's difficult to handle them in a politically correct manner (I'd tell them to shut the mouth, but it's not possible in real world).