‘Taking the Mickey’ is a well-known expression in our modern free societies. Besides a long tradition of satire, it has come to reflect both a notion of egalitarianism and a healthy scepticism about authority. In Western, liberal democracies, political leaders are parodied and caricatured every day in the media. Being thin-skinned is viewed as a sign of weakness, even in the face of unfair criticism.
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