Is Satire Legitimate If It’s Not Directed Against The Powerful?

Siddhartha Deb: “Without principles beyond that of pushing the boundaries of what one has the right to say – and without empathy and engagement with the diversity of the world in which we live – all satire can reliably do is add to a sense of outrage, the one universal quality we still have in common.”
James Parker: “Satire, to do its moral work, must itself be more or less moral. And the law is this: Broadly speaking, if it strikes upward, outward or inward, it’s satire, if it strikes downward, it’s bullying.”